Breastfeeding

I breastfeed my girls.

I love breastfeeding!

I don't have to carry around bottles.

I don't have to buy formula.

I really don't like washing out bottles!  And have you seen John wash dishes... not a good thing!

One great thing about breastfeeding... it's FREE  

When my girls were in the NICU - and there was nothing I could do... knowing I could pump milk for them was one thing I knew I could do to help my girls.  And I pumped like a crazed mad women every 3 hours.  Just ask my mom and sister, who helped out those first few days after the girls were born.  I was a crazed woman whose goal was to pump as much as possible.  I did.  Every 3 hours like clock work!  I pumped at 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, 12am and 3am.  I had 3 freezers full of expressed milk.  {grin}

At the beginning, my plan was to go back to work right away.  Which was why I was okay with all the crazy pumping.  I knew when I returned to work, my milk supply would go down.  Therefore, stocking up with milk while the girls were in the NICU seemed like a good thing.  But plans rarely go as expected!