Thanks again, everyone. You guys are the best.
Kate, I do agree that your baby will be happy and well adjusted if you wean her, but I want to add that I found people were very rigid when I was having trouble producing enough milk for Franny. The lactation consultants esp were the worst. It was all or nothing. But one NP was supportive and suggested I add a bottle or two of formula to supplement and the nurse for as long as I liked. And then just like that everything was okay. I nursed until 12 months but also used formula to make sure my kids got enough. I just didn't make enough milk on my own.
Ugh, I'm sorry you had to deal with people being judgmental. So far, fortunately, that's something I haven't really experienced. I have had a somewhat similar experience with the low supply. We started supplementing Rose with formula on day 5, at our pediatrician's insistence; she was down 16% of her birth weight and just screaming all the time, poor thing. So she's been eating mostly formula all along, and I've been nursing (and pumping, and taking herbal supplements and even medication) in an effort to increase my supply. I'm producing more now than I was before, but still nowhere near enough. So that's part of the problem. The other part is that, despite several lactation consultations and observations, she's still a difficult nurser. Everyone says her latch is good, but something about her technique isn't very effective, and often hurts me. Plus, much like Emmett, she has a tendency to pull her head away when she's excited or frustrated, or else she flails her arms around and pulls my breast out of her mouth. (You wouldn't think she'd have the strength to do that, but she does!) So nursing sessions tend to be long, ineffective, and painful, and then we have to give her formula afterwards anyway. It just doesn't seem worth it anymore. I'll still pump and give her as much as I can, but I'm not going to make myself crazy with it.
Sooon, I hope! I am v. broke right now, because I had to spend $1400 to have my terminal molars removed (not my wisdom teeth, my molars) because my mouth was too small to accommodate them. (There went my F2F money...sigh.)
Yikes, that sucks. But wow, that's crazy about your sleep apnea going away! Yay!
I really look forward to meeting Rose and M some day!
javachik, me too!
billytea, that's such great news about Biyi's parents! I'm so happy for you, and them, and Biyi, and most of all Ryan. What a lucky kid.