My baby is four months old. I took her for her check up and they said she did not gain enough weight. The doctor told me that I needed to start pumping my breasts to increase my milk supply. I was so upset. Why all of the sudden did I need to start pumping. Her weight was fine in the prior months.
They sent me to a lactation expert. We sat down and got the the bottom of why I was not producing enough milk. Stress! Can you believe it? When a women gets stressed her milk supply starts to run short. I started to go back in my mind and yes the past three weeks had been very rough.
I made a promise to my self to calm down. Nothing is worth getting so upset that it affects your child.
They also said to drink more water and only one cup of caffeine a day. I said I only have one cup. Then I thought about that statement. My one cup really equals three cups. I have a very large coffee cup.
With all that now I am pumping and still breast feeding. My daughter is doing great. Life is so short. We have these little lives in our hands. I love the phrase "Take time to smell the roses." I live my life by that now. Take time for all the little things in life. We were given the gift of life. We must pass that gift onto our children.
