Boobs and....

running.  Boobs and running, what did you think I was going to say?  Ok so anyone who ended up here accidentally by Googling naughty words sorry to disappoint but you might as well just move on because there is nothing here to see! ;-)

This weekend was my son's 1st birthday and I will post photos of that in a couple of days but before I was able to celebrate I had to get a 12 mile run in on Sunday.  I was already dreading it I just woke up feeling tired and not into it.  But I made myself get out there because I knew I'd regret it if I didn't and I knew I wouldn't get it in the next day because I'd probably be suffering from a sugar hangover. :-)  So out the door I went and I could tell it was going to be a warm day but luckily there was an ever so slight breeze the whole way.  But I couldn't get past the fact that I was in pain before I even started and the entire run.   I also hadn't had a good nights sleep from the pain and was so tired!  I had forgotten that I could now take medications if I wanted since I was no longer nursing and my MIL was so kind to remind me of that so I popped 2 Advil right before the run to help but I could still feel it.  Why was I in pain? 

Well my boobs hurt!  That is one thing that they don't prepare you for is once you wean your little one it can take quite a while for your body to get the message and stop producing milk.  You are so programmed to do everything in your power to keep your supply up that you don't think the end would be a problem.  It's been about 2 weeks now and I thought I did it the smart way cutting out 1 feeding per week thinking by the time I quit my body would just know it's time to stop!  More power to those of you who quit cold turkey I don't know how you do it!  But man the things are like two solid baseballs and my sports bra was about to burst at the seems.  I was small to begin with before having a baby and was never one of those that had to wear 3 sports bras to keep from getting a black eye, I won't name any names, but this hurt and if I thought taping them down would help I would have.  Normally I look forward to the downhill part of my run but not this time!!!  I tried to prance lightly on my toes but that never works well towards the end of a long run.

Luckily I saw some lovely ladies around mile 5 that greeted me with very enthusiastic hellos and that helped distract me for a while and give me a boost.  I tried as much as possible to remove myself from my body and for the most part it worked.  Oh man and when you're done and you release the pressure from the sports bra, watch out, you don't want to be in the line of fire.  Hopefully this soreness and sensitivity goes away soon!  I even went as far as for 2 days trying to dehydrate myself by barely drinking water and having extra caffeine, don't try this at home kids, and that didn't help!!!

There you have it more then you ever wanted to know about running post nursing but at least you can say I warned you!  Hopefully it doesn't take much longer to go back to normal.  This mornings 3 mile 5 am run was no picnic either I sure was awake though.