Moo

Ever since I got on my health kick a couple of years ago, eating natural food has been important to me.  As an extension, this means that avoiding formula for Tierney is extremely important to me.  I'm sure formula is perfectly safe, but it just doesn't feel natural to feed my baby something manufactured.  On top of that, most formula is cow-milk based, and she has struggled with dairy. 

Due to this mind-set, I because obsessed with building up a freezer stock of pumped milk while I was on leave.  My job sometimes requires me to travel, and I was afraid I'd be sent over to Asia as soon as I got back from work and need to keep her fed for two weeks.  Also, I'd heard that production can drop after returning to work, and since I didn't know what to expect I wanted to be prepared for anything.  It's funny because at one point during the new mom group the lactation consultant was shocked when I said I had about 200 oz. of frozen milk stocked up.  Well, it's around 1000 oz now!  Shoe boxes work perfectly, neatly fitting two rows of Lansinoh bags.

  My mom has taken to calling me a cow.  But I can't help it!  I still get up in the middle of the night to pump even though she sleeps through the night.  And if I don't get the same amount at each pumping I get really upset.  I regularly freeze between 20-30 oz a day.  It's paying off now, because I'm headed off to my first work trip in two weeks.  Luckily it's only for 3 days, but I can breathe easy knowing Tierney will be well fed.  Now all we need is a bigger freezer!