If you've never been a breastfeeding mother, you probably won't appreciate this entry

With Leyla, I've had an abundant supply of milk from day one. In fact, I was producing too much milk and I had to make an effort to not pump so much so that I didn't have to get up 3 times a night between feedings to pump milk. But somehow, over the weekend, my milk supply plummeted. Normally when I pump milk at school, I get 8 ounces between classes. Today I only got 4. I couldn't figure out what happened, so I decided to do some on-line research to see if I could find out what more I can do to get my milk supply back up besides just pumping and nursing more often. I didn't really find any good advice, but I think I did find the culprit. Stress. Since Miguel left, I've had to take care of everything myself, and it's time consuming and stressful. I haven't been getting as much sleep, my house is a disaster (which stresses me out), studying for school is pretty much a thing of the past, and my grades are a good indicator of that. If stress decreases milk supply, then consider mine seriously decreased. I have to go wake Leyla so I can give her a bath and try to force her to eat. And then I have to try and study for my test tomorrow. I already flunked one of my midterms (and no, I'm not exaggerating, I literally earned an F), and I don't want to make it two.