My mum made these for my girl, a fact made more poignant now that her left arm is encased in plaster, a weighty reminder of the unfortunate fall she sustained in my kitchen, resulting in a Colles’ fracture, and effectively terminating her stay at my place and my postpartum pampering only a mother can offer.
Such [...]
Calor. Dolor. Rubor. Tumor.
Millions of hypersensitised nerve endings. Lignocaine in more than required amounts.
18G needle. Indescribable pain.
Pus. Blood. Relief.
Cloxacillin.
Temporary cessation of breastfeeding, or the beginning of the end of lactation?
Getting my caffeine fix while I can.
Breast abscess. What a beast.
It’s twisted logic at work here : I was sick a lot less when I was working, despite daily encounters with hospital superbugs, tuberculosis patients, and a myriad other pathogens.
Now that I’m marooned at home with a baby, illness strikes me with an alarming frequency.
Stale air? Lack of sleep? Or a higher probability of being [...]
(image from colleenpatrickgoudreau.greenoptions.com)
Calling all new mothers!
Are you
a good mother trying to breastfeed BUT
have hit more bumps AND
received no boost along the tough journey called lactation?
Are you
feeling like a total failure for not measuring up as a mammal AND
agonising over the fact that your own child has to drink modified COW’s milk AND
struggling with inferiority complex [...]
It’s an exciting week for Allison *hyperstimulated infant alert*
We haven’t been bringing her out - save for visits to the paediatrician and short trips to the neighbourhood mall - for fear of unnecessarily exposing her to unwanted contagions, but decided that the confines of our home is becoming a tad too boring for her.
So we [...]