Ahhh...the joys of...

breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding has been going pretty well. I generally feed Caelyn and have DH feed Carter with the milk that I pumped the feeding prior. It has just been easier to have one person in charge of one baby...though I have done tandem feeding a couple of times...

**Side note on the first time I attempted that**
DH had gone out to mow the lawn...twenty minutes prior to feeding time. Both kiddos woke up screaming so momma decided to GIT ER DONE. Top off...bra off...twin nursing pillow...two screaming babies sprawled on the couch. Grab one kid by the armpit...hoist up and latch...grab the other by the armpit...hoist and latch. (Before the hoisting and latching milk is getting EVERYWHERE...by the end of the feeding I was soaked...the pillow was soaked....the kids were soaked....LOL) DH came in from mowing...looked at us and laughed.

I looked at him...pointed to the two milk drunk babies and said "You have two poopy diapers to change mister!!!!" :o)

**End side note**

For the kids nearly three week birthday we decided to take them and my mom out for dinner at Out.back (she's been cooking up a storm for us over here!!) on Sunday. The kids did great...but I was noticing that my left breast was a little sore. By the next feeding I started feeling really crummy...pounding headache...whole breast felt bruised. I got under the covers and shivered. I wondered if I had a fever but decided to sleep instead of checking. That night was horrible...I felt like I was coming down with the flu and I was really worried about what would happen if momma was hugging the toilet for the next couple of days! I got up to get my pump supplies after the 3am feeding and suddenly I felt like I was going to pass out. It just wasn't normal. Thankfully we were headed to the pediatrician later that day (and she's a lactation consultant) so I showed her that my left breast was turning pink and was tender. She said "Oh well you may have a clogged duct...but it would really be serious if you had a fever or felt ill..." I told her I was shaking under the covers and DH piped in about me feeling faint and she could not take out her prescription pad fast enough. We filled the prescription on the way home and took my temperature....yeah it was 101. I just sat there and cried. My mom told me to just pump and go up to bed...so that's what I did for the next two feedings and then DH brought Caelyn to me all the rest of the feedings up until 3am...I didn't change one diaper or burp one baby from 6pm to 3am...and I was in a room by myself so I didn't hear babies grunting or wiggling so I got some high quality sleep....I felt like a new woman after that!! Of course after the 6am feeding this morning I had to let hubby go upstairs and sleep after all he went through yesterday!!!

Hopefully I can work out this little issue and be on the road to recovery soon...because that was NOT fun...having a fever for probably nearly 24 hours....ugh.

Allright...gotta go eat something...and maybe take a quick shower.... :o)