like if you're nursing

3 months ago, i was ready to throw in the towel.

it was my fourth baby after all.

nobody would have blamed. me.

we fought a good fight,

and the stress of it all had dried mama out.

but then brooke posted some silly little picture about breastfeeding and plexus,

and it was like i just knew i had to at least try.

now, 7 month old dean and i are 

i'm BEAMING over here at what my body is doing for this little man of mine. 

With each one of my babies I have plum RUN OUT of milk by this phase of the game, 

and even though I nursed the entire year, my babies were getting only an ounce or two once the afternoon feedings hit. I know I'm not alone with this. 

But that's not how things are shaping up with Dean.  

I'm here to tell you that blood sugar balance is REAL,  

and it affects more than just your hunger throughout the day. 

My milk supply has doubled since using Plexus (settle down ladies and gents, it does NOT make you make beast milk). Want to know why it's done this for my body? 

Because insulin is our dominant hormone, and it plays one of the biggest roles in milk production. 

I've always thought that my body just quit making milk the last 6 months, 

but guys, i don't accept that anymore.

When your blood sugars are balanced, your insulin can support other functions in your body. 

Like if you're nursing, it will help you drown your 7 month old DURING AN AFTERNOON FEEDING bc you just have that much milk 

BOO YA.

always

september was rough.

i felt like i was constantly drowning.

like i was in this state of ongoing anxiety

that wouldn't even leave me alone when i was sleeping.

i kept thinking,

i see why people take prozac.

and then i started thinking,

maybe i need some prozac!

remember the eggs that needed mayo?

that was my breaking point.

and somewhere along the way my milk all but dried up.

and somewhere in there i cried about all of it while making sewing cards at a relief society activity i had helped plan at the church.

very therapeutic, i assure you.

5 days of pumping and a couple of early bedtimes later,

my milk was back.

heavens don't make me do that again.

the making my body think it was nursing 12 times a day part.

don't make me do THAT part again.

the early bedtime part though.

i like that part.

THAT part can stay.

and stay forever:)

i just keep doing over and over and over again,

going to sleep early.

like 9pm guys.

i go to bed at 9pm.

and i keep wondering why it took me four kids to figure this secret of sleep out until now???

i don't watch tv.

it's weird.

who have i become???

a person that sleeps 8 hours a night,

that's who:)

so when my boobs wake me up at 6am,

and i lay there for an hour waiting for my alarm or my baby to get me up,

i'm not even mad about it.

because if there's one thing nursing 4 babies has taught me,

it's that having too much milk is always the problem you wanna have.

ALWAYS:) 

and also,

a baby that sleeps in 12 hours stretches:)

at 4 months old.

on an only breastmilk diet.

who ever even HEARD of something like that before???

god bless baby dean:)

and god bless sleep.

it cures all the world's problems overnight.

{my money's on hazel, by the way.}