Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. I unfortunately don't respond to massage at all as I've tried in the past so it will be me just taking a break from NBE during this period. I don't know how long the break will have to be before trying again. Maybe a few weeks? It's hard to predict because I don't understand the problem. It was going so well before I had to take that 5 day break, so I don't know why it's all of a sudden a problem. I don't know if it's unrelated to noogling and noogling is just effected or if I caused tissue damage before the break that only showed up after the break because it had some time to heal or what.
That hot water trick sounds really good for the future though! I do a lot of heat before and after but I was trying to think if there was a way to increase heat during it. Maybe there is a supplement I can take that helps circulation or a topical to try in the future that will increase it. For now I will just take a few weeks off probably and see what happens. I hate the idea of taking so long off, but I'm obviously not responding well at the moment since I've been back after that five day break and am not helping the situation at all by continuing for now. I'm crossing my fingers that after a few weeks break all returns to normal.
I just set a restart date of September 23. So three weeks from now. Obviously if there is still anything indicating that it's still too soon to restart I will push it back, but I know myself and I know how much I miss pumping so I feel like if I don't set an actual date I will try to restart it early. I bought some Mederma dry oil and am planning on getting some aloe so it will give me some time to work on those stretchmarks a bit too & those zits are a bit better so to completely clear them. I'm not sure if there is a bit of a deep bruise as it's been a bit discolored but it's in the same area of the new stretchmarks so its hard to tell if it's just part of it, so maybe that is contributing to the problem. I'll go back to putting Arnica on it every day as well.
It feels like this week I've gotten an avalanche of bad news so every little bit extra contributes to a hopeless feeling, so I'm trying to find the positive in things. Maybe everything will be completely back to normal, that skin will be clear, and those stretchmarks will even be really faded by the time I go back and I can have a fresh start with the knowledge that I now have as far as what works for me and what my limits are. I've been stress eating the last few months and gained 10lbs so maybe I can use these three weeks to get my diet on track and get back into the habit of exercise so that it's already a habit again that I can keep up by the time I attempt to pump again. Bonus: exercise should improve circulation. I just can't think of it being a permanent issue right now and need to hold on to hope that a long three week break will fix the issue.
That hot water trick sounds really good for the future though! I do a lot of heat before and after but I was trying to think if there was a way to increase heat during it. Maybe there is a supplement I can take that helps circulation or a topical to try in the future that will increase it. For now I will just take a few weeks off probably and see what happens. I hate the idea of taking so long off, but I'm obviously not responding well at the moment since I've been back after that five day break and am not helping the situation at all by continuing for now. I'm crossing my fingers that after a few weeks break all returns to normal.
I just set a restart date of September 23. So three weeks from now. Obviously if there is still anything indicating that it's still too soon to restart I will push it back, but I know myself and I know how much I miss pumping so I feel like if I don't set an actual date I will try to restart it early. I bought some Mederma dry oil and am planning on getting some aloe so it will give me some time to work on those stretchmarks a bit too & those zits are a bit better so to completely clear them. I'm not sure if there is a bit of a deep bruise as it's been a bit discolored but it's in the same area of the new stretchmarks so its hard to tell if it's just part of it, so maybe that is contributing to the problem. I'll go back to putting Arnica on it every day as well.
It feels like this week I've gotten an avalanche of bad news so every little bit extra contributes to a hopeless feeling, so I'm trying to find the positive in things. Maybe everything will be completely back to normal, that skin will be clear, and those stretchmarks will even be really faded by the time I go back and I can have a fresh start with the knowledge that I now have as far as what works for me and what my limits are. I've been stress eating the last few months and gained 10lbs so maybe I can use these three weeks to get my diet on track and get back into the habit of exercise so that it's already a habit again that I can keep up by the time I attempt to pump again. Bonus: exercise should improve circulation. I just can't think of it being a permanent issue right now and need to hold on to hope that a long three week break will fix the issue.