Every mom has their own story about how their children came into the world. My little one was a repeat c-section. I don't know how people can plan sections and be ok with it. From the minute I scheduled it I was worried about every bad thing that could happen. I had two months to think about it..way too much time. Thank the Lord everything went very well. :)
Day One: I had the nurse make my husband do skin to skin with her while they put me back together. As soon as they handed her to me, I was able to latch her quickly. I was pretty drowsy, but I do remember a student asking me why I was massaging my breast while she fed. I didn't even realize I was doing it, but its what I do when I help moms. I always want to make sure the baby's sugar doesn't drop and that the breast is as stimulated as possible. I tried to explain that to the student, but I pretty out of it..so I'm not sure what came out of my mouth.
For the rest of the day I fed her off and on..but mostly I threw up. That night she woke up and fed all night. I was ready for her and thanks to toradol I was able to move around and feed her in a side lying position.
Day Two: She was sleepy from her all night feed fest, so I had to remember to feed her at least every three hours, which she did. I found I could hold her in any position, but I could feel the soreness coming on. I asked for comfort gels and lansinoh.
Day Three: I was ready to leave the hospital at this point, and I had found out the night before that she would sleep in her crib?! This was new too me..my oldest never slept in his crib even for a hour..so of course all I did was watch her sleep. We left in the afternoon and we continued to feed every three hours. At this point I was starting to notice scabbing on my nipples. I chilled my comfort gels and tried to latch her as deep as I could. So this is were I remembered that a deep latch still means soreness :(
Day Four: My little darling girl was starting to show me she was a easy going gal. She slept between feeds, fed 15-30min and sometimes would eat so much she would spit up. It was really good for my sanity..helped me sleep..but now I was treating two very sore nipples :/ Luckily the new season of Arrested Development started at midnight, so I was able to take my mind of the very tip of my nipple with a show I love.
Day Five: So how did this IBCLC over come sore nipples. Five days in, I was starting to count the minutes into a feed. I didn't want too..but I was super sore. I found wet hot wash clothes over my nipples for a few minutes took the sting off after a feed. LOTS of lanolin! and during the feeds I would compress the breasts as much as possible for the first few minutes. I also started using breast SHELLS. Not a shield...SHELLS..they really helped since in between feeds the friction of clothes is not great for nipples. Also I think the Motrin I was taking for incision pain was helping.
Day Six: I was now on a good regiment of heat on the nipples, lanolin and shells. I was also switching up the positions very often during the feeds. Clutch to cradle so that her lower jaw was not always on the same part of the breast. I can say that by the end of the sixth day (yesterday) I was feeling decent. She even fed through all of Magic Mike! not a movie I would ever pay to watch, but it was starting and the remote was so far away.
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