AP Baby

I am not sure if I posted here about this or not, but I followed up with a second endocrinologist who tested me for every darned thing under the sun. Seriously, they took so much blood I was woozy; and I was holding a baby. I was like "oooooooooooooooohh thanks, now I'll just take my BABY and DRIVE home..." Yikes, I had a granola bar in the car and felt better, but anyways.. a lot of blood!

Everything came back perfect, except that my vitamin D level was very, very low. The endo told me that she has a tentative hypothesis. That because my vitamin D level was so low, my body could not absorb calcium, and I need calcium to make milk. I am certainly desperate enough to grasp at straws, so I said YEP, let's start on some vitamin D.

Now here is where the "I am not a vampire" part comes in. I DO get sun every day. I get at least the 10-15 minutes of exposure which I've been told is required to make adequate vitamin D. The endo told me there isn't much research as to what is a good RDA, especially for nursing mamas, for vitamin D. Most of the research regarding vitamin D has to do with prevention of rickets in children. I will admit here and now that my brain has not yet been capable of combing the internet for information about this, but...

Since I started the supplement, I DO have more milk. Without question. Right now I have ten ounces of pumped milk in the fridge. That has *never* happened before. My breasts definitely feel more full, more often.

And, totally unrelated but adorable nonetheless, my baby has started responding when I ask if she wants some booby, by opening her mouth like a little shark and chomping down on me. (Not in a way that hurts!) It is the cutest darned thing ever!

I am not sure that I'll ever have what other moms would consider a full supply, but... I'm glad for every bit of improvement. And I'm not ashamed to say that I am incredibly proud to have officially, as of yesterday, made it FIVE MONTHS of breastfeeding! :)