skybie - woot for showers!! I love that fresh feeling, when you've been able to wash/shave/condition hair/brush teeth/clean ears/moisturise - whatever it is that makes *you* feel brand spanky new ... love!
mylitta - nice work on the EBM bath! I could just about do that with my boys - I've got about 28 litres in the deep freeze now ... my boobs are always feeling so full, and while I'm trying not to pump too much (because I'm back in the office tomorrow, and won't just be able to pump whenever I feel like it, as will have meetings, train trips, appointments and other out-of-the-home-work!) I'm getting good amounts most pumps. And a great big happy birthday to Kyson!!
sararose - yay for snuggly times ... and yay for a relaxed day!
nickers - umm, not hungry too often, but am trying to grab a banana/apple/raisin toast/yoghurt etc when I get a mug of water and a decaf, when I get ready for each feed. If I eat something which is healthy (or healthyish!) when I do a feed, I'm ok - even if I then don't end up having time to make a proper lunch, or if I lose track of time completely or just forget ... my "best" easy healthy snacks are trail mix, plain yoghurt with a piece of fruit, or my fave is corn thins with a generous spread of hummus with tomato and a little good quality cheese (mersey valley is my favourite at the moment). I'll have 2 or 3 of these, with a huge mug of water as a bf snack - it's got carbs, protein and natural sugars all in one tasty and filling go. If I have more time and want something hot, I can't go past good old oats - I've got a great big homebrand bag of oats, sultanas, and a jar of honey all together in the cupboard, and I put 1/3 cup of oats and 10 sultanas in a big bowl with some cold water, microwave for 90 seconds (while I boil the jug) and then put in a teaspoon of honey, and it's just perfect on cold mornings for a healthy but filling brekky, and it also makes a good lazy snack if I don't want to be cleaning tomato and cheese off the chopping board later so no, I'm not getting hungry, but I do often forget to eat - but I try to make sure I catch up the next feed ... DH has been really naughty in buying me nice things to eat (blue cheese, chocolate, icecream, neenish tarts etc) because he knows that bf can take it out of you physically - but I don't want to replace it with stuff like that!! I'm also going to the gym, so I've lost some weight since DS2 was born (and I actually lost some weight during the pregnancy ...) but I don't know overall whether it's from eating well or exercise or breastfeeding or a combination ... as I'm back in the office tomorrow, I've made all those pre-cooked lunches, and some sugarfree jellies with fruit in the bottom, and have also taken oats, sultanas and honey, corn thins, etc, and I'll take some salad sticks and chopped up fruit also so I can behave while I'm at work, rather than getting too hungry and grabbing something unhealthy from the cafe downstairs or whatever ...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGHHH! Maternity leave is over in a few hours.
And tomorrow I already have a breakfast meeting, a lunch meeting (where I may have to give a speech), a team meeting (which I'm running) and I expect to have to meet formally with at least 2 of the Directors I report to ... and I'm anticipating needing to express at least 3 or 4 times tomorrow, given that I'll be on a train before 7am and I don't expect to get home before 7pm ...
so no, I'm not getting hungry, but I do often forget to eat - but I try to make sure I catch up the next feed ... DH has been really naughty in buying me nice things to eat (blue cheese, chocolate, icecream, neenish tarts etc) because he knows that bf can take it out of you physically - but I don't want to replace it with stuff like that!! I'm also going to the gym, so I've lost some weight since DS2 was born (and I actually lost some weight during the pregnancy ...) but I don't know overall whether it's from eating well or exercise or breastfeeding or a combination ... as I'm back in the office tomorrow, I've made all those pre-cooked lunches, and some sugarfree jellies with fruit in the bottom, and have also taken oats, sultanas and honey, corn thins, etc, and I'll take some salad sticks and chopped up fruit also so I can behave while I'm at work, rather than getting too hungry and grabbing something unhealthy from the cafe downstairs or whatever ...
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