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Spilled 3 ounces of BM...I just want to cry!

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I'm about to give up on this BFing thing. I just spilled 3 ounces of milk while trying to store them on the freezer (darn The First years milk organizer!)

I have no stash of BM, so what I pump today is what DD takes to daycare tomorrow. So, she'll have to have at least one bottle of formula tomorrow.

I'm so tired of the pumping. It's so time consuming! And my nipples don't take this very well. I'm afraid the right one is gonna fall off anytime. Any tips on what can help to heal a bleeding nipple? So far I've tried milk wipes, mustela breast cream, lanolin cream, water and vinegar wipes.

DH doesn't really understand whining, so I just needed to vent. I never thought I'll feel so overwhelmed over 3 oz of milk. 

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Re: Spilled 3 ounces of BM...I just want to cry!

  • CareBear01CareBear01
    I remember being so emotional about BM - DH would tell me that I acted like it was "liquid gold".  Um, YEAH - it IS!!!!  He let some leak out while defrosting and i went off on the poor guy.  Now, looking back, I was way too stressed out about it - but that's just how you have to be at the time.  If you feel like your nipples cant' take anymore, just pump a little less to give them a break.  Or turn down the suction on the pump.  I used some nipple cream that you could leave on even during a feed - I would lather it on before pumping.  Make sure you completely dry off after a session - and if possible, let them air out.  Use cotton breast pads instead of disposables, so they are breathable, and change them out for dry ones when needed.  Good luck! 
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  • kreeper611kreeper611 member

    imageCareBear01:
    I remember being so emotional about BM - DH would tell me that I acted like it was "liquid gold".  Um, YEAH - it IS!!!!  He let some leak out while defrosting and i went off on the poor guy.  Now, looking back, I was way too stressed out about it - but that's just how you have to be at the time.  If you feel like your nipples cant' take anymore, just pump a little less to give them a break.  Or turn down the suction on the pump.  I used some nipple cream that you could leave on even during a feed - I would lather it on before pumping.  Make sure you completely dry off after a session - and if possible, let them air out.  Use cotton breast pads instead of disposables, so they are breathable, and change them out for dry ones when needed.  Good luck! 

    This.  I also got some of the Nuk breast pads and they helped quite a bit.  It really only took me a day or so to heal up.

    As for the crying, I did once.  I made the bottles for DS for the next day and realized AFTER I poured the milk from the pump bottle to the regular bottles that there had been a bug in the regular bottle.  Nothing like looking down to see a tiny little fly floating in 5 oz of gold.  I screamed, I cursed and I cried.  It didn't help that DH was OOT so I had only myself to blame.

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  • Suzi-G-Suzi-G- member

    One Friday a few weeks ago DH didn't put the milk away when I got home from work.  (He does all the milk handling jobs-- storing, freezing, bottle washing and bottle making.)  I didn't find Friday's milk it until late on Saturday.  I thought I was going to have a stroke.  Almost 20 ozs down the drain.  I may have slammed a few doors and I definitely harped on it all weekend.  Poor man.  So yeah I feel you, I have definitely cried over spilt milk!

    Don't be too hard on yourself, pumping is hard work but you're doing a fabulous thing for your kiddo.  

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  • KrispiKremeKrispiKreme
    Men don't understand but you have my sympathy. The first time I pumped, I accidentally grabbed the unsterilized and unwashed bottles to pump in. The next 2 times, I dropped the bottles before I got the lids on. 3 pumping times in a row...fail.
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  • CoachFonCoachFon

    Oh my, I remember when this happened to me and the first thing I thought to myself was...I WILL CRY OVER SPILLED MILK! Whoever came up with that phrase of not crying definitely wasn't talking about breast milk.

    I totally understand where you're coming from. Just take a deep breath and know that you are doing your absolute best and things happen. I realized that my supplementing my daughter with formula (when I didn't pump enough or spilled some) actually helped her transition to regular milk after one year of breastfeeding. So it's really okay and I promise you will laugh about this when your LO stops breastfeeding.

     

     

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