Milk donation-happy feels

I really struggled with a huge over supply for the first 6 weeks of breast feeding. I went to multiple lactation appointments where this wasn’t ever mentioned or taken seriously when I told them I felt like I was drowning my baby. I made an appointment with a friend who’s a ‘mama coach’ (best decision ever!) She helped me so much and finally figured out how to get myself regulated.

Well I had been pumping so much to empty (wrong thing to do in my case) that I had hundreds of ounces of milk already frozen away.

I found out a great friend of mines sister, who’s baby was only like 8 days younger than mine, has been struggling to produce enough and her baby had a horrible response to multiple formulas. So I did what any momma would do...I went home. Packed up just over 200 ounces of my frozen milk and drove it 5 hours back to my friend for her sisters LO.

It felt so good to be able to help another momma and LO out. I was so angry for so long with breastfeeding and now I truly understand the miricle it is. 🥰