[mandiedandie]

I'm ecstatic right now because I had my first few drops of milk today. I decided to go ahead and start pumping since we are officially "out there" and I am not taking the BC or domperidone, altough, I do have it for backup. I pumped for the first time three days ago...just once, but for about 20 minutes straight, which was a mistake because the moisture from the continous contact with the shield caused some painful chaffing on my nipples and I had to take a break the next day to let them scab. Ouch. So, I pumped yesterday for about twenty minutes again, stopping a few times to let them breathe. Today, I pumped again, and after about 15 minutes, I had my first drop. I couldn't believe it, but I had a few more after that. I am super surprised since it's only been my fourth time pumping and I thought it'd be about a month before I saw anything since I'm not taking any meds and am only doing the manual massage thing and the pumping. I also had my first truly negative reaction. My mom called during the excitement to ask me a question, so I told her, and she got really excited for me, and her mom was right there, so she told her, and she was pretty negative. But, that's okay, it's not her decision and does not impact her at all. She's ignorant in more ways than one, so I let it roll off my back. I'm too excited to let it bother me too much anyway. Woo-hoo!!!!