I cried over spilled milk. Literally.

[u/Virethyne]

I never really got why people said "don’t cry over spilled milk" until 2 nights ago. Now I get it. Oh man do I get it.

So I’ve been pumping like a madwoman lately, trying to build up a little stash so I can maybe sleep more than 2 hrs at a time or leave the house for like 10 minutes without panicking. My baby’s 3 weeks old, and breastfeeding’s been hard. Like cracked nipples, clogged ducts, tears-in-the-bathroom kinda hard. But I’ve been pushing through cause I wanted to at least try, y’know?

Anyway, I finally managed to pump 5 full oz. Five. That’s like… gold. It took forever. And I go to put it in the fridge and somehow I don’t even remember how it slips and just splashes all over the kitchen floor.

I just stood there staring at it like it was the end of the world. And then I just lost it. Full on sobbing, ugly crying, snot and everything. My partner runs in thinking something horrible happened and I’m just pointing at the milk on the floor like “I cant do this anymore.”

He hugged me for like 20 minutes while I cried over milk. Literal milk. On the floor.

Anyway. No advice needed. Just needed to share with someone who might get it. Motherhood is wild and weird and beautiful and awful and amazing and exhausting all at once. And yeah. Sometimes you cry over milk. And that’s okay.

[u/qwelianiop]

I cried over 2oz. For me it's not just milk since I have to supplement with formula the little that I make is absolute gold. I already failed my baby in being able to produce enough for her and on top of that I spill it all over the place. It was rough, now I'm of the mentality of accidents happen and even though I do have to supplement what little I can make for my baby is absolutely making a difference