So 3 nights in a row now we have given in to giving Tycho formula at 10 pm. The midwife was getting worried about my health from getting no sleep what so ever, plus the fact that Tycho was still loosing weight. Now we do get a little more sleep and Tycho has put on 30 grams, so I guess this is ok. But I actually felt awful giving him the formula the first time. It felt like I couldn’t do anything right. The birth ended up being a C- section and not natural(ok I know that with brow presentation you can’t give birth any other way) and I can’t produce enough breast milk, so I felt like a lousy mother. But I am getting better, I have been expressing milk too so it seems my milk production is getting a bit better too.
As for any of my old MS symptoms, well fatigue is here, but I don’t know if it is worse/better or even MS related, show me any new parents that aren’t fatigued (unless they got nannies and such). My right arm and leg have tingled a bit, specially when I got to get up for the nightly feeds and make my way down the stairs, then I can feel that the body feels a bit weak.
But it does seem like all the crying is due to hunger and that he is normally a quite lovely little boy when he is not in his milk vampire mode. Just looking at him makes me smile. I know I should be having naps when he sleeps (like at the moment) but i keep on having to just sit and look at him.
xoxo
Hellie – Milk Vampire Slayer and proud Mamma
Tags: Fatigue, formula, MS Symptoms, sleep
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