Before we head out to Colorado Springs for the weekend, I thought I'd participate in Alicia's Friday Photo Flashback! If you want to participate and get linked in...head on over to her blog!
Anyway, I scanned this photo from the mid 1980's...
In it (clockwise from left) are my cousin Kathleen, my sister Rosalynn (making the funny face), my mommy, and me (standing). We were stationed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii at the time. The good old days!
Anyway, when I saw this picture years back (I was probably in high school), I thought, man, my mom has big boobies and what happened to mine? Did the big boobie gene skip a generation? Which brings me to my next topic of breastfeeding. It took my baby girl to get my boobies almost as big as mom's in this picture. But you know what? I've been enjoying breastfeeding, as crazy as that sounds. It's been such a great bonding experience for Baby V and I and it just feels nice knowning that she's getting the nutrients she needs in the early stages of her life.
I only felt the pain of engorgement for about a day. I went and bought a breast pump and have been pumping on a regular basis (every 2-3 hours). And who says that you have to go out and buy the expensive, almost $300 Medela breast pump?!? For you expectant or new mothers out there...I bought about an $80 Evenflo brand breast pump at Target the other day and it works like a charm. My only recommendation is that you find a breast pump that operates both on batteries and with an electric charger/AC adapter so that you can easily pump on the go.
And that's my two cents on breastfeeding. We're heading out in about an hour or two. We decided last night that we're just going to leave when we're ready and not stress out about waking up early and rushing to get there. I'm dreading the drive. We'll see how Baby V does for about 9 hours in a car. But we're going to visit Grandma and Grandpa and tons of our family and friends in a little bit. How exciting!
