Feeling Discouraged
I have been feeling so discouraged lately.
Emma is 3 weeks old now and I have been spending the whole time struggling with my left breast. First its thrush then mastitis… twice. Now it’s thrush again and again. I’m worried I have this resistant strain of thrush that is very hard to treat. Im on all sorts of meds and so far its treated the mastitis but the thrush is persistant.
I have been SO MOTIVATED to nurse exclusively this time around and it just feels like everything is against me. Just had to get that down.
It’s also tough because I feel guilty. I dont have a good breastfeeding environment downstairs but the upstairs isnt a good kid environment either. So Ive been hanging out upstairs. Its a battle between the top and bottom floors.
Jay has also been working long, late hours so Im managing the kids myself all day and into the night. This just isnt good for the first few weeks of Emma’s life.
