And I'm not getting much sleep. See if you can find the irony in this:
Matilda is a good sleeper. I'd say she wakes up to nurse on average 3 times a night. Since she's lying right next to me, I hear her waking up and get her situated to nurse before she has a chance to get riled up. She nurses, pops herselp off, I roll her onto her back and we both drift back to sleep.
Two nights ago, on the way to bed, I noticed that I had the beginnings of a clogged milk duct. *OW* It woke me up at 3:30AM with THE PAIN and I in turn woke up the baby to nurse. (Things to do with a clogged milk duct: Massage it, apply heat and NURSE.) But the baby was done long before my boob had stopped THROBBING. So at 4AM, I went downstairs to pump. Too bad the pumping did me no good and I was left with a throbbing breast. Which refused to let me sleep.
Yesterday, the clog on the left started to go away to make room for THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. Right! Clogged milk duct in the right breast. This is awesome, right?
Got rid of that one yesterday by nursing all day during Matilda's first party. We had a party for her yesterday. Family and friends were all here. For her party. And I nursed her in the middle of the room for the majority of the party.
Got rid of that clog! During the party!
OMG though, right? Woke up in the early hours this morning with a new clog on the right and the entire left breast clogged. No really, THE ENTIRE THING. Is hard and hot and painful AND I WANT TO CUT IT OFF TO MAKE THE PAIN STOP.
Basically, right, this blows. The fact that I know exactly how much breast tissue I have, because all the breast tissue I have is SWOLLEN AND ANGRY, is not interesting enough to make up for the pain this is causing.
