Nearly a Week

It has been nearly a week since I started Inducing Lactation!

Wow! Time has just flown by! I have been pumping every hour and a half when I’m at home.  I don’t pump at work, but during my lunch time and break time, I had stimulate in the bathroom.  

I am noticing a change in the breast tissue, it is getting harder.  My Nipples are also very sensitive and sore.  But I am sure it has to do with the constant stimulation when I am at home.  I am also noticing Visual changes to my left nipple.  

I just can’t wait to start producing!!  

I have decided to purchase loose leaf tea that is good for promoting the lactation.  I already have looked into a tea strainer.  🙂  

Well nothing else really to say today!  Hope everyone has a great day!!

The new pump!

Yahhhh!

I got my new breast pump today!  I purchased the Evenflow Manual Breast Pump from Target.  It was $20, and it came with 2 disposable breast pads.

 

I used it this morning for the first time before heading off to work.  It was not uncomfortable at all.  It was a little at first, but after the first minute, I did not notice anything other than a slight tug.  The only they did not have was the Lanolin.  I was actually very surprised that they did not have any on the shelves, anywhere!  😦  But I had a lotion that worked just as good.  I am planning on using this one for a little while until I can afford an electric breast pump.

I am noticing today a little more tenderness in the nipple.  I am sure its due to being stimulated 6 times a day for 3 1/2 days.  I just can’t wait until the milk comes.  

I had a conversation with my husband last night about it, I swear that all we talk about, haha! He can’t wait to be home to help.  We have already started talking about a system.  He is more than ready for the 20 minute sessions.  He even went as far as to ask if he could do it at night while I sleep LOL hahaha.  We have pretty much mapped out a system to get in the 8 recommended sessions once he gets home.  When I get up for work in the morning, I will get up a little earlier so that he can have a 20 minute session, and then another before I actually leave.  Then I will either pump or hand stimulate on my lunch break.  As soon as I walk through the door and get comfortable he will have a session, again two hours later, and one more time before bed.  Depending on my state of sleep or his, he will try and get in two or three at night.  I am usually dead to the work, so he can simply turn me over and have one without me even noticing.  

Everyone have a great day!!!

Madness

I am just in utter shock.

Last night I was doing some more research on the subject before bed, and I stumbled across this website full of great amazing information.  And I read almost everything she has posted, including her personal blog/stories of her own adventures with an ANR.  And I was just utterly and totally disgusted!

This woman talks about how her husband is very controlling, and wont allow her to wear panties, makes her drive topless, doesn’t care who she gets pregnant by, and doesn’t care who she nurses.  He makes her walk around exposed, even with guests over, he let his own brother sleep with her right in front of him.  To make it even worse, she allowed a random stranger to finger her in a department store corner and did not even stop him, WHILE 8 MONTHS PREGNANT WITH TWINS!!  I was just sooo grossed out by her stories and very offended.  I know im still new to ANR, but everything I have read talks about the love and the closeness that couples experience.  She took it to a nasty nasty place.  Not to mention, I really don’t believe her stories.  She claims that its all true, but I just find them hard to believe.  The sound more like fiction than anything.

Well enough of my ranting lol.

Today I was able to do the hand stimulation first thing this morning.  I was only able to get in 5 total sessions yesterday, hopefully with more practice I can build it up to 8 a day like the websites suggest.  Honestly my nipples HURT.  I think they are already tired of being touched this many times a day.  Tomorrow I am going to get the manual breast pump and will start incorporating that into the routine, hopefully it helps!

Day 1, a hectic day

Yesterday, my husband called me, and asked me the craziest question ever.  He wanted to know if women could lactate and produce milk without having a baby.  Well, I knew that the answer was yes, I had heard of women adopting babies and being able to eventually product natural breastmilk without going through pregnancy.  So we begin to talk about it, and he asks rather shyly, if I would consider doing it.

 Apparently, his step-brother and his wife were discussing it, and it got my husband intrigued.  He finds it very erotic and sexy, and is very very interested in pursing it.   I will say that I myself found it rather exciting and interesting.  I told him that he was not weird or strange, that it was natural.  I knew that my husband had a huge fascination with my boobs and sucking on them, so it really was not a shock.

Thus began my research on the subject.  Then I found that it had a name, Adult Nursing Relationship, or ANR.  Needless to say I have been obsessed with the subject since he brought it up.  I spent hours looking it up last night and watching videos.  Since I can’t talk to anyone I know about it, I wanted to start a blog about it.  

So I started reading the steps that I need to take to induce lactation.  Most websites suggest the Marmet Technique.  They suggest 10 min sessions on each breast , alternating, 8 times a day.  That is 160 minutes of my day squeezing my breasts, LOL!!  The technique is going to cause my glands to respond to the method and cause the production of breastmilk.  I am doing this the all natural way, no added hormones, no pills.  Just the hand technique and a pump.  

For those not farmiliar with the Marmet Technique, it goes as follows:

• Step 1- Place you thumb on the top of your areola and the first two fingers on the bottom, creating the letter C 
• Slightly lift and push into your chest wall
• Roll the thumb and forefinger forward, applying a slight pressure.

I did it last night, (I accidentally did it for 20 min on each side, I was distracted) first thing this morning upon waking, at 2:30 on lunch, and again at 4:30 on break.  I will repeat when I get home, and before bed.  I will eventually get a pattern and schedule going.  

Wednesday I will be buying a breast pump and will start to incorporate that into the mix.  I plan on using the pump only twice a day, mabey three times, the rest will be by hand.  

At first there will be no milk, my body has not begun to produce it this quickly.  But in time I will be able to feed my husband.  Once he gets home, he will be able to assist with the sessions by physically sucking on my nipples for the 20 min sessions.  This will also assist with the production.  

I can not wait to experience the closeness of providing my breastmilk to my husband.  He will be able to drink freely, and when he is not home, I can freeze the breastmilk for him to use in his coffee, in baking or cooking and If necessary I can donate it to a breast milk bank.  

I will be keeping you all updated as I progress.  I know I don’t have any followers yet, heck I just created this today.  But in time, I hope to inspire a growing community of people who are into ANR.