Something just fell in to our laps the other day. It was kind of like one of those things that happens and you think, "WOW, I was never expecting
that but SURE,
GREAT,...and THANK YOU!" It was a bonus, a gift, a blessing, whatever you want to call it, but we're super stoked about it. You see, a good friend's cousin just had her baby boy about two weeks ago and she's been producing SO MUCH milk that she had approximately a two months supply of sterilized breast milk in her freezer. She really wanted someone to take advantage of it instead of wasting it and so we jumped on it (the opportunity, not her boobies). She's a military wife, has five (!) kids, and her husband is a surgeon in Afghanistan. We felt very comfortable taking it off her hands since it was our friends' cousin and not a total stranger. And our surrogate who is a full-time nanny and very knowledgeable about these kinds of things said that the advantages totally outweigh the risks so that made us feel confident that it was ok.
Soooooo, at 32 weeks pregnant (today!) we are
rolling in boobie milk and it's a bit
crazy. The nursery is completely done. We have a months supply of breast milk sitting in our freezer (of which about 10 of the bags are full of colostrum), and with more to come. And we still have another 6 or 7 weeks to go until our little girl arrives (and two more baby showers!!)!!
I'd like to say we are over prepared, but I'm sure that will just jinx us...
The super yellow bags are the ones full of colostrum and are from the first week or so of milk production. Note the bag on the bottom right is much more white, which does not contain as much colostrum. Amazing!.
And congratulations to Bernadette and Duane on the arrival of their boy and girl!!! Thinking good thoughts and saying prayers that everything continues to go well, guys.
