12 Weeks
posted Jan 31
There have been a few changes so I wanted to journal them before I forget.
One: I was surprised today by how much bigger my breasts were when we were an hour later than our usual suckle time. I was wearing a lacy V-neck camisole under my clothes. At first, I thought it accented my cleavage better than I remembered. When my DH pulled it up, even I was impressed. It was not the camisole after all; it was I. After we were done, he pulled the camisole back down and I was surprised again. There was a HUGE difference in the before and after; HUGE. This was the first time that it was strikingly noticeable.
I never pump my milk, (never needed too,) so I do not have any real way of measuring it. My DH will make comments now and then; usually in the form of moans of pleasure. 
He will mention “gulps” and “good girls.” I have to rely on what he tells me. So today was a milestone for me because, I could really see an unmistakable sudden improvement with my own eyes.
I wanted to note that I still do not have any problem with leaking. (I didn’t with my last few babies either.) It is nice not having to worry about it, because we still have children at home and they seem to discover everything we buy or throw away. Nursing pads would be hard to explain.
Two: The other change since I last did a journal entry would have to the “naturalness” that I spoke of in my recent blog post. Our suckling has become as natural as the other daily events that we have participated in for years; like eating and sleeping. (Now if I could just do this with my treadmill.)
Even though it has become natural and a part of our routine… There is still the anticipation that builds as the time to suckle draws near. It is getting more special instead of less. It still makes me… ummm, well you know.
Three: It is more relaxing to him now. It does not make him sleepy, per sea, just relaxed. That is unless I get too excited. Then my excitement makes him excited, and any relaxing is put off awhile.
I read on one of the links that ABF is a great stress reducer. I believe that. Just think of all the health benefits in the stress reduction alone.
“Do this with your treadmill”? You may not have to; as long as you watch what you eat the calories diverted to breast milk production are quite capable of trimming your waistline, cellulite, arm flaps, and whatever else “magazines for women” push to sell their slimming products.
If word of induced lactation and the resulting “100% natural” breast augmentation it produced got out, do you think sales of breast pumps would soar?
You should continue this series on your blog. I am sure there are many who read it and would give much to be in your position. I suppose I’ll be satisfied by reading your blog series.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate hearing some feed back! Thank you so much for commenting. I get reports on the hits and if they are coming from another website, but I don’t know how many are return visits. I find myself wondering, “Are they one time hits out of curiosity, or are people coming back for more?”
I do feel I am blessed to be in my position. I have a loving husband and our relationship has matured enough through trials and years, that we can and do appreciate each other. In our earlier years neither of us appreciated what we had enough. I participated for him while the babies did all the work of keeping me in milk. I did not develop my own desire to lactate just for him until recently. Now I look back and I know I should have appreciated it more before.
May you be blessed.
His Milkmaid, and loving it
Here’s to hoping it remains something you both look forward to for a very long time!