the milk nazi

My milk started coming in yesterday, and by nighttime it was as if two boulders had replaced my breasts.  I took a shower to try and relieve the pressure and express some milk.  I tried to pump some too, but hardly any came out.  I knew I needed to nurse through the night but it was hard to move, it was hard for Tuana to nurse, and she was falling asleep after only a few minutes of nursing.  By morning time I thought I would explode and took another warm shower because I was leaking milk everywhere.

We had a couple of appointments today and so we left the kids with their Babanne and headed out just the three of us.   First was the hearing test - the first day they did it the results weren't clear because she was just born and probably had amniotic fluid in her ears.  Today the test was fine.  We then went to the pediatrician she was assigned and it was a doctor we hadn't seen before.  Tolga and I both liked him because he was so gentle with her.  Tuana slept through the examination, slowly opening her eyes.  She had dropped in weight to 3.650 - which wasn't too bad.  He sent us up to the milk nazi for another blood sample and consultation.  

We call her the milk maxi because she is so ruthless in assessing the breasts and milk.  With Teoman she had grabbed my boob and squeezed out the milk, made me pump some more, and went on and on about my yağlı süt, or fatty milk.  

I like her because with Teoman she did his blood test from the heel and he just nursed and sucked a little harder when she did the shot.  With Tomris, we had done it in the clinic and they didn't let me nurse her so she had cried and cried and even screamed as they squeezed her heel, it was really stressful.  With Tuana, we were back with the milk nazi and she had situated Tuana to nurse while she took the blood sample.  Tuana didn't even flinch. She actually fell asleep while she was squeezing the heel.

We stopped for some coffees with Tuana - our first outing together.  Just the the three of us, some mochas, and carrot cake.

I can't believe I gave birth three days ago...