Lina and I are fighting this battle still- learning to eat properly, how not to fall asleep, sucking and swallowing well, etc… See, she was three weeks early and posterior tongue-tied as well, which no one caught till six weeks into it. Plus, I need to be feeding her More often than I was, which ties us down even more. And it’s not what I was expecting- I thought I’d be able to feed her anywhere, that it wouldn’t tie us down so much- but with all of the issues we’re having, I really have to protect eating time. Go off by ourselves, close the door and breathe and relax (which was really hard earlier when my nipples were being chomped on!), cut out the distractions and focus (again, really hard when you’re a touch ADD). And, with all the other issues, throw in a very burpy baby, so I’ve had to get creative with positions and such, one includes me slouched way down on the couch with my feet on the ottoman, my legs holding get back while she sits next to me facing me and coming on from there. Not terribly pleasant for an hour, let me tell you what! Then add pumping for a half an hour to an hour after that, and it’s almost time to feed her again!! Agh!!
Anyway, but I hear there’s light at the end of the tunnel. She doesn’t always need a bottle now unless we’re going through a growth spurt, and my milk is fairly well established now. so I don’t have to worry that she’s not getting any or enough… Now there are concerns on my end of mastitis or blocked ducts or engorgement,… Oh, and i forgot to mention, right now we’e both very purple- we’re using gentian violet to fight off a bout of thrush (a yeast infection we just keep passing back and forth between her mouth and my nipples)-ugh!
Yet somehow God still shines through. He’s given me a ton of resources and a great support team, who have all cone alongside and let me ask questions and cry, and they’ve done laundry and held her and burped her while I pump, Daniel especially has kept me fed and made sure I get a shower every once in a while, and sometimes even a precious nap! 
This too shall pass. Soon she’ll get it, we’ll be out and about, learning a new phase of life that will also come with it’s difficulties, but hopefully they won’t be as strenuous as all of this.
Our breastfeeding journey, three months in
Advertisement
Oh Becky, I remember when Zoë suffered through thrush too. We were both ordained in the royal color as well.
Now she is almost 9 years old! I barely remember it. Keep your wise perspective, sister. That wisdom that you already exhibit so early on in this mothering journey is truly from the Lord. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, transforming your emotions and thought dwellings to His truth and messages to you. Keep listening. I’ve been so blessed to read of the journey He continues to guide you on in Price Hill. May He continue to be magnified through the love you and the other believers shine.
Thank you so much, melissa! It’s good to hear from you! That has been the most encouraging thing throughout this process is finding out how ‘normal’ we are, that we’re not the only ones struggling with all of this. How are you all doing? What’s new in life, in the past-oh, 10 years or so?
I know you all are out on the west coast somewhere, or something like that? Fill me in! 
The girl is awake again- later! Thanks again for writing! Becky