With last week being my first week back to work - I was hard pressed to get a schedule into place for breast pumping. I found that my breast feeding book was right, I did produce less by Friday than I did on Monday (due to stress, they say). However, when I started pumping this week I thought that my production would have been back up considering I had a good weekend. But that was not the case. In fact, on Tuesday I struggled to get 3 oz in the afternoon! This worried me, and when I told my sister she asked if I was drinking enough water. The truth was, no. After I was done with pregnancy I found that my thirst level dropped and I sometimes didn't drink a glass of water all day.
So, yesterday I tried drinking just as much water as I did anything else - and I even drank a good 2 glasses before I pumped for the first time this morning. Bingo - that must have been it. A good amount for me was 2.5 oz each breast and I pumped much more than that. I'm glad that it's easily fixed but I'm still really disappointed in myself. I need to get my diet into shape for the sake of not only myself but more importantly - Evy.
The other consistency I'm striving for is also in regards to my milk production. It seems that my right breast is producing about half as much as my left breast. I wonder if this has anything to do with my engorgement - because I only became engorged on my left side. I'm not quite sure if I need to be worried about that just yet. I know there's probably nothing "physically" wrong, but I'd like it if I didn't disfigure myself (one breast permanently bigger than the other) if there's a way to avoid it. Must root through my breast feeding book some more...