Isaak's Birth Story

• Isaak is now almost 2 years old. He was a repeat c-section. I was told even before Mica was breach, that I may never be able to have kids naturally. I elected to have another c-section.
• When Isaak was born, I thought nursing him had to be a breeze compared to Mica.
  
• I was wrong. I think the only thing that made it easier this time around, was that I actually knew how to use my pump.
• I got sores on my nipples really bad because Isaak was latching the wrong way.
  
• He lost too much weight, and I had to supplement with formula. Oh...I was upset!
  
• A week later, he was nursing just fine!
  

Mica's Birth Story

• My oldest Mica, who is now four was a breach baby who refused to turn. I even tried to get an external cephalic version, which is so painful! He was long, I was low on fluid, so turning him from the outside just wasn't happening.
• Mica came out mooning the doctors. Since he was a c-section baby I didn't get to nurse him right away. We were separated. This is one thing I wish would change.
• Once I did see Mica my sister's, mom and I realized that his tongue looked funny.
• It wasn't until the pediatrician came in that we found out Mica had a salivary cyst under his tongue, and he was tongue tied.
  
• A doctor came in that night to lance his cyst and complete a frenulectomy. Talk about difficult to nurse!!!!!!!!!!
  
• When people complain about how hard it is to start nursing, I always want to say, "You have no idea". It was hard!
• I was determined. I refused to give Mica a bottle because I didn't want him to get nipple confused. I had a birth plan, and that was already changed drastically with the c-section happening; I didn't want another thing to get in the way of bonding with my first born. Looking back...it was silly I should of just given him a bottle. Instead I pumped. I actually fed him with a syringe. I'd try and nurse with shields too.
  
• A few days later I was told that Mica wasn't gaining enough weight. I had to remove the shields, and nurse naturally. It was a bad night. Mica and I were both in tears!
  
• A few days later we had it down. He still had an asymmetrical tongue.
  
• Latching under a blanket was out of the question. I had to see what I was doing!
  
• He went on to nurse until he was 2 1/2 years old.