I went to my first La Leche League meeting yesterday. It was smaller than I expected, but it was good. We met outside at a park and I definately got a good burn.
In the last week I've had two different dreams about nursing. The first dream went something like this: I went into labour, had my baby within a couple of hours and then was trying to nurse. It was a pretty realistic dream, other than the labour being virtually painless and being fast - oh and I think I decided to have my baby. The nursing part was so realistic I could feel everything and was convinced it was actually happening. Most of my dream was just about sitting there nursing. When I woke up I had a little panic because I was confused, where was my baby? And then I realised I was still pregnant.
Last night or maybe early this morning, I had a dream about trying to nurse my niece. She is three now but in my dream I think she was one and a half or two. My sister said it would be good practice, but I was having trouble getting her latched on. Infact, it hurt. She seemed to be getting impatient and there wasn't much milk coming out. Then my sister came over and said I was doing it wrong. She repositioned me and it was much more comfortable and I had lots of milk. I remember wanting to practice before the baby came.
Weird. I don't really have anxieties about breastfeeding but my dreams would say the contrary. I am nervous it will hurt, that I won't be able to get my baby to latch properly (and that's why it will hurt) and that I won't have enough milk supply. I know the solution to all of these things!
The next thing I am going to be dreaming about is trying to nurse in a baby carrier or wrap and having my baby fall out or something absurd. Either that or being told off for publicly breastfeeding.
Aw, don't worry about it! It DOES hurt, though- at first. Even with a proper latch. If you can get through the first week-week and a half, it won't hurt any more.
ReplyDeletehaha, I have dreams about being pregnant and "deciding" to have the baby too! And something goes wrong (like it's not a boy to carry on the family name or something silly) so I have to keep pushing out babies, faster than I can name them. It stresses me out because I can't think up good girl names that fast.
ReplyDelete...Then I wake up and wonder if I'm being haunted by pregnancy instincts because I'm currently in prime baby-making years. I never used to have such a dream in my teens!
Just part of the mommy worries. You will do fine! It does hurt at first, but before you know it you will be a pro!
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