Breast Feeding

Okay, for the past three weeks people have been curious. Most people don't come right out and ask me if I am breast feeding, they ask other questions that are obvious that they want to know but don't want to ask me directly. That's fine. I have totally given up the privacy thing. Breast feeding is natural anyways (just don't do it in front of me or in public, I find it very distasteful)

I am breast feeding. After all, I do have one perfectly functioning breast (for now)

I am producing a fair amount of breast milk. It comes in just as fast as it goes out. The same as anyone else.

No, my nipple is not sore, infected, cracked or anything like that. It does not hurt.

Sure it would be nice to have a second breast, I never imagined that I would loose one. However, things are going just fine with the one I have. Ethan feeds anywhere between 15 min and 50 min. and that does not make me sore.

People have twins and do just fine. I guess that my breast is working the same as it would in the situation of twins. Full time.

I actually as of now have officially stopped breast feeding. (literally as of the last 30 min) since I have taken the first of my drugs to get ready for tomorrows chemo. I have a lot of stored up milk in my freezer. He has had 3 weeks worth of breast milk which is the most important. The formula is really good for babies as well. I was a little worried about not breast feeding for 6 months but now I am pretty confident that the formula is going to work just fine. I had been feeding him some off and on in the past week.

To be honest, I will find bottle feeding a little more convenient than breast feeding. I do not feel that it is appropriate to breast feed right in front of other people so I would have to excuse myself to go into a private room until Ethan was finished. It was a little frustrating since I did not always want to get up and leave. Now I can just whip out the bottle and it will be perfectly acceptable to do so.

Ethan has had no problems with nipple confusion. He has alternated between the two just fine.