Breastfeeding Journey Part 1

Hmmm suddenly feels like sharing with u guys on my breastfeeding experience..:) Sharing is caring kannnn :D maybe there are new/mom to be out there looking for tips or learning thru others experiences so maybe can check out mine..:) Even baru je 4mo bf kan Ilyas tp i did learn a lot! Trust me!

During my early stage as a mother..to be exact during confinement period the stress i had was like sooo horror(referring to the sleepless nites)! Especially when it comes to feed my baby..fuhhhhh extremely challenging for me!(maybe not for other newbies mummy la kannn :) )  After Ilyas was born, the nurse asked me to feed Ilyas in the labour room..Masa ni xstress lg..lg eksaited adalaaaa..Den segan2 ngn nurse sbb cam xreti cane nk feed ilyas..hehe While in the ward, on the first night he didnt sleep with me coz the nurse wanted me to have a goooood rest after giving birth..And i am for sure they gave ilyas FM that night coz they didnt asked me for milk pon thruout the night..huhu I pasrah je sbb im too exhausted..the 2nd night in the hospital, ilyas slept with me..haaa masa ni dh stat my sleepless night! hehe i did fed him sepjg mlm but everytime letak dia lepas menyusu mesti dia nangis..so end up when the nurse came to check me that morning, ard 6am kott we asked the nurse to take care of ilyas..Lps tu mummy and ayah dia trs tidoq keletihan! hahaha mmg memori sungguh la tang nih! Lol!

Confinement after delivery at my mom's house was such a relief coz my mum was always there to assist me. My sleepless nights wasn't over as Ilyas still behave the same. He refused to sleep at night. I had done some researches before deliver on feeding a newborn baby. They said the baby's tummy was like a bean size that's y he will always ask for milk! Masa mula2 tu susu mmg xbyk n i was soo worried that he drank less. Penah jugak we fed him with FM(Lactogen) just to check whether he'll sleep better after that but it didn't work..So from there i know mmg kena sentiasa feed him whenever he wants..my husband adalah another BIG reason why i didnt back out from 'bf'ing Ilyas. He has had been very supportive and helpful along my confinement journey. So guys make sure u tell yr husband layan u mcm puteri before and after delivery keyy..:) hehe

I started my EBM project when i was in my 1 month ML. I think it's a bit late to start coz for mummy yg xbrape meriah milk production ni should start even earlier! Thank God at this stage i am doing well with my 'bf'ing so i worked very hard to stock up! And now you know u have to do watever it takes to make sure yr milk is enuff for your baby. This is when i started not to choose what vege to eat but to eat more vege no matter what! hehe I didn't take any supplement yet at this moment coz masa ni xcuak lagi susu sikit. But alhamdulillah i kept on stock up even 1 day pumping i got only 3oz!

The day Zaza came to visit us at mil's house i suddenly felt a bit cuak coz duk citer pasal susu kurang laa..pam xbest laa...bla..bla..blaa...hehe then zaza told me that she took RTC pils to boost up her milk..ape lg i pon mintak dia kirim gambar pil tu cemana coz nk g bli kannn..this is RTC Homeopati by Salindah product..

During confinement, mmg bila pam susu je dpt sikiiiiit sgt! Ada sekali tu beberapa titik je kuar! I thot pam yg salah guna ke cane..rupa2nyer not because of pump pon..When my mum saw the milk amount mulalaa dia potpetpotpet kata kena top up ngn FM..aduhaiiii if org lain ckp ok lg boleh abaikan..ni mak sendiri bilang mcm tu..i was like soooo demotivated tp still berkeras jgk xnk kasi FM! *clap!clap!clap!* to myself coz berjaya tahan godaan! hehehe First time i took the RTC pils mmg nmpk ketara jumlah susu yg keluar. Biasa pump dpt 2oz utk dua2 belah cik B but after taking the pils i can get up to 3~4oz both! wowwww masa ni lg semangat nk stock up! :D

And pumping time yg paling best skali was during early morning! Usually i was waken up by the drenched cloth n cik B akan terasa sakit..Haaa mmg terjaga otometik lah! hehe The way i did was sebelah kiri susukan Ilyas thruout the nite (amazingly mmg cukup wpon sebelah jer) n sebelah kanan i will pump everytime woke up. So boleh dpt 3.5 ~ 4oz sekali pump utk sebelah jer..Alhamdulillah..:) During day time i mmg ssh nak pump coz always df Ilyas je..tried buat at least once siang tuu utk tambah stock..I buat gak tandem pumping..Sebelah susukan Ilyas n sebelah lg pump..and yes it works dpt byk jugak. :) tp kena make sure masa siang tu dlm 2,3 jam kasi minum sebelah je so masa buat tandem pumping buat yg sebelah yg xfeed tu..baru leh dpt byk!Where do i learn this?? thru the nets occayyy!! We have to READ a LOT! coz bfing is not that easy and it will be more complicated when u need to store yr EBM perfectly..so i mmg byk membaca n byk meminta nasihat dr org2 lama yg bf baby dia...:)

So towards the end of my ML tu i managed to stored EBM for a week stock! phewwww Well, my rezeki on breastmilk is only enuff for Ilyas.. xde la dpt stock up byk2 sampai sebulan or dua bulan punyer stock but heyy i bersyukur sgt2 coz i know Allah knows best what is good for us..Maybe if byk stock i xterhandle ke..or Dia xnk susahkan i utk bli extra fridge utk susu ke..Dia xnk i stress sbb susu byk sgt ke...So u olss yg ebm xbrape nk meriah tu jgn komplen byk2 ye! Itu jela rezeki ebm korang utk anak..Dia Maha Mengetahui. If say that day i pump dpt 12oz jer..amazingly kat rmh bs Ilyas minum 12oz je rupanyer..So byk mana kita pump byk tu la jgk yg anak kita minum..Next entry i will story how i maintain my milk stock and what did i do if my milk production kurang. :)

Hmmm kurang gmbr plak entry kali nii..Sebab i xamik gmbr stock pon masa berpantang dulu..hehe

K...till then!


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