MILK

*****  FOR MOMS ONLY *****  *** ABOUT NURSING ***

I just want to have this on record....
After battling mastitis on and off for 7 months, I am finally feeling better.  I saw specialists at the U of M Breast Center, had loads of labs drawn, got an ultrasound, and oodles of antibiotics I was still not getting relief!  I turned to two other people- Julie Matthews and Dr. Nicole Hamel.  Julie is a lactation consultant-  and she went above and beyond!  She helped me figure out what was going wrong while she was on vacation in CO.  Thank you Julie for taking time out of your vacation to help me!!!  And Nicole did acupuncture work on me.  These two women helped me so much, thank you.  Since then, I have not had any trace of the nasty M word!
I have been having a really hard time nursing Stephen in the last week.  He is constantly biting me and man, those teeth are little razors.  Needless to say, I am not too keen about ...  well, let's just say, nursing (right now).  I am super bummed because it is so important to me to nurse Stephen until he is at least one year.  I am seeing that dream possibly slip out of reach if I can't get this biting habit to be a thing of the past.
Yesterday, when I was so desperate for a nursing break, so I could heal a bit.  I thought I would try for a bottle of my frozen milk.  That's when the devastating news struck--
ALL 1000+ OUNCES OF MY MILK HAD ACCIDENTALLY THAWED!!!!
Somehow, our freezer was left open and all my milk thawed and was bad.  I am devastated.  I do have an abundance of milk (obviously) but, I worked many works to pump all that milk and save it for times like these.  Today, I filled a whole garbage bag with bags of rotten frozen milk- sigh.
An angel from my Mom's group sent me the kindest offer.  There was an email asking if I wanted her only 45 ounces of frozen milk to get me thought the next couple days.  That is a huge gesture, when you only have 45 ounces, and to offer up your liquid gold- wow. Cyndi, I owe you!  The offer ended up not working out, but still, major brownie points were earned!