Of all the things that I can't control right now, my breasts and their milk are number 1. They're leaking in public, they're spraying my daughter's face, and now they're showering other people!
We spent the weekend with my family in Tualatin and had a great time. Saturday evening, I was feeding Nyla and my cousin and aunt were with me, and we were just chatting away about whatever. Nyla decided she wanted to get in on the conversation, so she stopped eating and pulled away. Again, the milk came spewing out in a constant stream! This time, it wasn't Nyla that only got milk on her; now other people were getting sprayed! And the pillow Nyla was lying on was getting showered! Hello, boobs! Get it under control!
The fun didn't end there. We got home last night, and when we went to bed, I was able to lay on my stomach for the first time in over NINE MONTHS! I'm a stomach sleeper, so it felt glorious! Too bad when I woke up to feed Nyla around 3 a.m., I realized that I had leaked through my nursing pads, through my sleep shirt, and onto the bed! Apparently all the pressure from lying on my chest just kept the milk flowing all night. There were two fairly large wet spots where my chest was on the sheets. Perfect.
No one tells you this stuff! Maybe it should be common knowledge, but I didn't know. I did not know that I would be spraying people with breastmilk. I did not know that my chest would leak all the time. Hello, parenting magazines and books! How about a heads up?
Sigh...it's a new week. I will try to get these things under control, especially since I'm back to work on Thursday!
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