Liquid Gold.
I don’t normally post in a reactionary manner. I usually contemplate before spewing my words on the blog. This is not the case today…
I JUST SPILLED 3 OZ. OF BREAST MILK AND I WANT TO CRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOSH, I CANNOT BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT!
I have been having SO many issues stocking up on my breast milk and I finally, FINALLY got ahead a bit. I pumped 5 extra oz. this morning - I was on top of the breast milk world! There would be extra milk in the freezer for once. AND THEN, I did something so lazy it would end up costing me those precious 3 oz.; I stood the bottle up ON THE BED (why?!), left the room to get a cap and when I came back in, I found the bottle flopped over on it’s side.
At first, I could not look. I didn’t want to know what damage was done. Then, the lighting played some tricks on me and it seemed as if I was in the clear. As I got closer, I noticed a dark shadow around the bottle and that’s when I knew. I snatched up the bottle and that’s when I counted OUT LOUD… “1, 2… OH MY GOD!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
I pumped 5 OUNCES and I am now left with TWO. T-W-O. I am practically in tears as I write this. Go ahead - you can think it- that cliche line my mother always used to say to me as a child, “No use crying over spilled milk”. But then you wouldn’t understand. Breast milk is an exception. Extra breast milk is rare. Extra breast milk is like liquid gold.
So, I will go ahead and mourn this loss with a box of tissues and some espresso.
