This was another tough week but already things were getting better. At this point, I realized that there was something wrong with the way the breastfeeding was going. I was in soooo much pain. I decided to call the lactation consultant that my friend Theresa and our pediatrician recommended. She came to our house at 9pm and was the answer to my prayers. I won’t go into all of the details but she helped me to be able to breastfeed and not be in pain!

By this week, I started sleeping in our bedroom again. I was pumping after every feeding (on Pat Shelly’s recommendation) and so Ben had to get up with me to feed Sam bottled milk while I pumped. Even though I am sure Ben would have preferred to have stayed in bed, for me it was really nice having that time together in the middle of the nights. And I guess at this point I was tired enough that I was able to sleep through Sam’s little gurgles and squaks.