The second week

Week 2 was a hellish week for breastfeeding as my boobies got pretty sore. But the midwife really helped by getting me prescription for Jelonet, which are parafine/vaseline coated net things that you put on your nipples. They are huge so I used to cut each into four squares. At the beginning I used a new one after each time I fed, but I was going through my supplies pretty quick so once my tits got a bit better I only used them at night. They were great, I just had to peel them off before a feed. I wish I'd had more of them, but now at week 8 all is well anyway so what I had was enough.

The other thing that took place on week 2, and that I had no idea about, was a growth spurt from Logan. My Facebook post that day was:

"My baby hasn't slept all day. If he isn't feeding, he is crying. Even if the nappy is clean and he has been winded. I am knackered and my nipples are killing me. I'm 2 seconds away from giving up the whole breast feeding thing. I want to fast forward 4 or 5 weeks. In 5 words, having a pretty bad day. Advice please?"

I had my second Baby Blues day that day. But my friends were wonderful again and made me realise it was normal, that was him growing that day. And as usual, the next day I was all set for breastfeeding again and thought I had been ridiculous the day before for wanting to give it up. 

A few days later, Logan got really bad colics, screaming his head off for 3 hours at a time 2 nights in a row. We thought we'd hurt him (you never know, they seem so fragile!) while bathing him so the first night we patted his entire body to double check. 

And at day 11 the visits from the midwife stopped! That meant I wasn't going to get daily visits any longer. I was really scared of that! Every day when she came I had a nice long list of questions, and the prospect of having to wait a full week before having them answered really worried me. The health visitor came on day 12 and she was great. I really liked her. (she's not coming anymore, hence the use of the past tense: she only comes until week 6).

On week 2 I also rediscovered the joys of eating whatever you want! There are so many things you can't eat while pregnant, and the 1st week is so hectic you don't really think about what you're eating. So that second week it was rare steak, red wine, goats cheese, cider, my palate was having a ball!