Taylor's Cup Runneth Over

When we found out that Rebecca was pregnant, we sought the advice of friends and family concerning the battle between formula and breastmilk.  We were highly encouraged to breast feed if at all possible (sometimes it's not).  As we were told, breast feeding provides nutrition that your baby just can't get with formula.  Rebecca's breast feeding guru, Sarah Hinson (whose blog you can find here and here) told her about the numerous benefits.  Did you know that when Rebecca holds Taylor, Taylor's germs get on Rebecca?  That sounds pretty yuck, but God has a plan for that yuck.  Rebecca's body picks up on those germs and works to make antibodies to fight those germs and then delivers those to Taylor at the next feeding.  Isn't God's plan awesome?

Initially, we were very concerned about Taylor getting enough milk.  As you might remember, Taylor was in the hospital the first five weeks of her life.  Rebecca stressed herself out trying to get enough breastmilk to feed Taylor.  We even put a picture of Taylor beside the bed because that can stimulate breastmilk production.  Initally, Taylor was only taking about three CC's each feeding (doctor's orders, by the way, there are about 30 CC's in one ounce).  Rebecca would pump and pump to deliver just enough for Taylor to have at her next feeding.  Then she would pump and pump again, just barely having enough to cover the next feeding.  It was a constant concern for us.  As soon as Rebecca got one or two extra CC's, the doctor would increase Taylor's feeds starting our worries all over again.

We finally got to point where having enough for each feed was not a problem.  Now we have a different problem: Where to store it!

Note that this is a full size deep freeze specially packed over the course of 2.5 hours (by yours truly) to maximize breastmilk storage.