I gave her all the BM that was in the fridge - so bout 10ml...lol... thats like a days worth of expressing... doesn't seem like much!!!
honey, why do you think breastmilk is called "liquid gold"?

there's so little of it (in quantity) but the quality is there!

BTW breastmilk IS very sweet, my bub starts giggling and jumping about when she knows she's about to be fed, so i conclude it must be yummy!

I think virtually every mum, no matter what happened on your particular mothering journey, finds SOMETHING to beat ourselves up about, "i let my bub down cos i didn't do X", then there's all the unsolicited advice we get (!!!).

I hope you realise, deep down, when you're having a good day, and both kids are settled, that you ARE doing the best you can for them, and you ARE a great mum. None of us are perfect, we do what we can, we love them to bits, we try to keep everything ticking over, not much more you can do.

Good on you for trying something outside your comfort zone.

i totally agree, there is alot to being a mum. How your child is fed is ONE aspect of being a mum, but there are MANY aspects to being a mum.

we all have shortcomings and sometimes it's not easy to come to terms with those - for whatever reason. I still get sad that i was unable to use babycarriers/wraps etc to bond with bilby, carry her. I'm not a bad person for not using them, just a person with a bad back and stuffed wrists - but i haven't always been able to think as rationally about that shortcoming - cos i so badly wanted to do that for bilby.

WTG for having a go Gudie. no matter how long you do it for, one hour, one day, one week wotevah, it's more BM than your bub would otherwise have gotten. so you can only succeed.