Mama's Milk (Pumping, Feeding, Storing) **warning....bare skin**

This is what I have to do everyday. Pump. While pumping, especially in the middle of the night, giving Sean a bottle. Look at all this extra milk. I am so thankful that I can produce all this milk. I finally talked Duane into buying a small deep freezer from craigslist. Breast milk doesn't last as long in a traditional freezer as it does in a deep freezer. I don't want to waste a drop. I plan on pumping for as long as I can-one year is my goal. So if I can give Sean breast milk long after one year...HALLELUJAH! Speaking of not wasting a drop, even Brownie gets to have Sean's leftovers. I give it to her when Sean has had his fill and it's too old to be put back in the fridge or frozen. What a lucky dog! I have seen 2 lactation consultants and contacted the La Leche League. Part of me has accepted that I won't be able to breast feed this cutie patutie baby. But the other part of me, the part that I firmly believe is doubled in Sean, STUBBORNESS, believes that he may one day find comfort and pleasure and nutrition from breast feeding. So I keep trying. Down Syndrome babies CAN breast feed. I've read it, I heard it, I've seen it. Sean has breast fed, with & without a nipple shield. With and without a SNS. So today we're headed back to our super awesome lactation lady. :-)
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