Greatest week ever... Well sorta

Shane came home!!!! Hooray! He got in Sunday at 1ish. I was overjoyed to see him. He woke Ava up the next morning with donuts and Olivia was excited to see him too. We all were. Ava told everyone at church "Daddy back", she was so proud to show him off! Shane took the week off to catch up with us and relax. Well that was the plan anyway. Monday we relaxed, Tuesday was date night and then Wednesday came... I started the morning off with a scratchy throat and thought it must be allergies (which don't affect me usually) and went along with my day. Ugh, by Wednesday night I had a 102 fever and had chills, then I was burning up. That would be the night Olivia woke up what seemed like every hour on the hour. She didn't sleep a well as she usually does. The next day I pretty much stayed in bed all day after going to the doctor. He said my swabs for flu and strep came back negative but he thought it looked like strep and gave me an antibiotic just in case. I could tell when Olivia nursed I didn't have a let down at all. I know she was hungry but I guess since I was in pain and couldn't relax nothing was coming out. So Shane fed her a bottle of breast milk I had in the freezer (that I thought she'd never drink!) and she took it like a champ!!! So I nursed a little (not what I usually do) and Shane gave bottles when I was sleeping. I was so upset about not being able to feed her. So I thought I was done with breastfeeding because I thought I dried up... Oh I was wrong! I was so full this morning that I fed her and then she ate breakfast took her morning nap. I went grocery shopping and she didn't eat again until 4 hours later. I did give her a bottle after her afternoon nap but nursed her too and then a bottle at bed and nursed her after too. Hopefully tomorrow back to no bottles. I'm glad she can take one because that's been an issue for SEVERAL months! But I still want to give her what's best. I told Shane I felt so guilty that I started down the road of weaning her only to discover I don't have to. I really hope going 2 days not nursing normally won't mess anything up permantely, I'm hoping for a slight bump in the road or maybe even a smooth curve! Wish me luck!!

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