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Jenna's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 8/16/02 -------------------- 8/2/02 7/19/02 4/27/02 4/15/02 2/24/02 1/21/02 1/4/02 12/5/01 10/22/01 10/2/01 8/30/01 8/17/01 7/26/01 7/7/01 6/30/01 6/13/01 5/17/01 4/30/01 4/19/01 4/9/01 3/30/01 3/15/01 3/9/01 2/24/01 2/19/01 2/15/01 2/7/01 1/31/01 1/26/01 1/16/01 1/9/01 1/2/01 12/27/00 12/18/00 12/4/00 11/28/00 11/16/00 11/13/00 11/8/00 10/24/00 10/10/00 9/27/00 9/12/00 9/5/00 8/28/00 8/21/00 8/7/00 7/25/00 7/18/00 7/3/00 6/26/00 6/20/00 6/13/00 6/6/00 5/31/00 5/23/00 -------------------- Jenna's Introduction

June 20, 2000

I woke up Friday morning and I was sick. I'm talking can't get out of bed sick. Well, I suffered through that day thinking I'd be better the next. I wasn't. I realized what was going on and I called my lactation consultant. She confirmed it, I have mastitis. If you don't know, it is an infection that starts in the breast where there are plugged milk ducts. You get red streaking on the breast, experience pain in the breast, and have flu-like symptoms. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but if anyone suspects they have it, they need to do something about it ASAP. Mine got really bad, really fast. This is about the most miserable I've been. This isn't the worst, but it is very close. I'm taking antibiotics now and should start feeling better in the next day, if not it is back to the doctor for me.

I'm always worried about neglecting Aaron. Not in the legal way, but by not spending as much time with him as I do with Kirk and Anne. Kirk forces himself on me and makes sure he gets all the time he wants and Anne is a nursing baby and gets all the time she wants. Wes says it is all perception. I just don't realize how much time I spend with Aaron. I get myself all worked up and worried about neglecting the middle child, because so many people felt it was necessary to make me feel guilty on top of everything else I was emotionally going through when I found out I was pregnant when Aaron was four months old. I have to manage a house, care for a nursing baby, a toddler, and a 5-year-old. I've got to keep them clean and fed and happy and at times I get so overwhelmed. On top of all of that I really want to spend mommy-kid time with each of them. I think Aaron gets lost in it all, or does he?

Jenna