advice needed on breastfeeding
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xaviers_mum
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Hi, U can find Fennel seeds at NTUC and Giant.
tanlengleng
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vera,
"gushing out", is it a let-down?
May not get a let-down if you are not relex,
stressful, etc...
"gushing out", is it a let-down?
May not get a let-down if you are not relex,
stressful, etc...
tanlengleng
Active Member
Suction of pump still the same?
tanlengleng
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vera,
eat well, rest well, sleep well, drink enough...
if your rest the same, eat the same & everything the same...mmm...
Menses?
When menses comes BM drops too...
PS: Unless you are pregnant? hee hee...
eat well, rest well, sleep well, drink enough...
if your rest the same, eat the same & everything the same...mmm...
Menses?
When menses comes BM drops too...
PS: Unless you are pregnant? hee hee...
tanlengleng
Active Member
vera,
sleep when baby sleeps,
don't go round doing chores when baby sleeps,
when he wakes up, you'll be tired.
Supple=demand
As long as there's demand, there'll be breastmilk.
JIA YOU.
sleep when baby sleeps,
don't go round doing chores when baby sleeps,
when he wakes up, you'll be tired.
Supple=demand
As long as there's demand, there'll be breastmilk.
JIA YOU.
first_born
Member
anybody knows whether i can take GNC's fenugreek capsules and more milk plus together?
Try to latch baby as much as possible and as long as he/she wants.. If you supplement with formula, your breasts will thought your baby won't need so much milk and it will produce less milk in return..
In the beginning, my girl also very fussy, so i latch her whenever she wants it. Sometimes i even latch her every hour.. Luckily my girl and i passed that phase liao. Now i'm also facing supply problem. She don't like to latch during the day, so i express out for her to drink and make her sleep. Night time then i latch her directly.
In the beginning, my girl also very fussy, so i latch her whenever she wants it. Sometimes i even latch her every hour.. Luckily my girl and i passed that phase liao. Now i'm also facing supply problem. She don't like to latch during the day, so i express out for her to drink and make her sleep. Night time then i latch her directly.
tanlengleng
Active Member
geberra,
I agree with PrincessOctober,
latch on more,
supply=demand
Do you feel that you are able to express more after you wake up from sleep?
Try to rest & sleep more.
Also rem to drink enough liquid,
Milk, Milk, Soup, red date tea,
need about 2L for ourself & 1L for baby.
I agree with PrincessOctober,
latch on more,
supply=demand
Do you feel that you are able to express more after you wake up from sleep?
Try to rest & sleep more.
Also rem to drink enough liquid,
Milk, Milk, Soup, red date tea,
need about 2L for ourself & 1L for baby.
tanlengleng
Active Member
Hi geberra,
baby drinks about every 2-3 hours time,
quite accurate timings, if you had recorded down the drinking timings.
Your baby had tried drinking from bottle,
which is much easier, no need to suck as hard as from mummy's teat.
Perhaps that's why she refuses to suckle?
If you are intending to return to work & will be expressing milk for baby,
you may want to start from now?
There are lots of babies who are on Total Expressed Breastmilk,
which are as good as from the mummy.
Now you have to deligently pump every 3 hourly to kick the volume,
rest/sleep as much as possible,
it helps to produce more milk.
Jia You,
Leng Leng
baby drinks about every 2-3 hours time,
quite accurate timings, if you had recorded down the drinking timings.
Your baby had tried drinking from bottle,
which is much easier, no need to suck as hard as from mummy's teat.
Perhaps that's why she refuses to suckle?
If you are intending to return to work & will be expressing milk for baby,
you may want to start from now?
There are lots of babies who are on Total Expressed Breastmilk,
which are as good as from the mummy.
Now you have to deligently pump every 3 hourly to kick the volume,
rest/sleep as much as possible,
it helps to produce more milk.
Jia You,
Leng Leng
Tell you guys something i'm quite embarassed abt: My left breast can produced 100-150ml bm while my right breast can only produced 20-40ml bm.. Isn't that funny? I tried to pump more on the right side, but still no avail. Think i'll have to accept that my left side is more productive..
Hi Princess...
Before you reach the conclusion that your right breast is less productive, perhaps you would like to try Mdm Rokiah service to rule out block ducts issue? Im in similar shoe as you until i engage her service. she told me that luckily i rectify my problem early coz block ducts will really have an adverse effect on milk supply...
All the best to you yah?
Before you reach the conclusion that your right breast is less productive, perhaps you would like to try Mdm Rokiah service to rule out block ducts issue? Im in similar shoe as you until i engage her service. she told me that luckily i rectify my problem early coz block ducts will really have an adverse effect on milk supply...
All the best to you yah?
tanlengleng
Active Member
geberram
u r most welcome,
from a mummy to another.
u r most welcome,
from a mummy to another.
Hi SWM, i read from somewhere that it's ok to colour our hair even if we're breastfeeding coz the amount of chemical that might get into our blood, thus through bm is very minimal. Is of an insignificant amount. If you're worried, maybe can colour an inch away from the scalp? I'm breastfeeding and i did my rebonding & diy colouring..
Hi Geberra,
supply did improve only 2/3 days later, most noticeably in my left breast coz initially my left breast is less productive than the right even though it is slightly bigger... When she was here, she taught me how to feel for lumps and it is true that ive a lot of block ducts on my ampit area and she taught me how to clear those...
she told me that block ducts can come back again if we do not clear them diligently...
supply did improve only 2/3 days later, most noticeably in my left breast coz initially my left breast is less productive than the right even though it is slightly bigger... When she was here, she taught me how to feel for lumps and it is true that ive a lot of block ducts on my ampit area and she taught me how to clear those...
she told me that block ducts can come back again if we do not clear them diligently...
Hi Princesss.. no worries...
actually me think this is a good place to share or talk about our bf experience (in a way to encourage each other bah)
i find that bf is a very difficult thingy, especially if your family and relatives are not supportive of it coz there is a lot of scarifice, especially where "time" is concern..and it makes it even harder when hubby is not supportive.
actually me think this is a good place to share or talk about our bf experience (in a way to encourage each other bah)
i find that bf is a very difficult thingy, especially if your family and relatives are not supportive of it coz there is a lot of scarifice, especially where "time" is concern..and it makes it even harder when hubby is not supportive.
tanlengleng
Active Member
I BF #1 for 12mths,
#2 for 16mths,
still BFing #3.
#2 for 16mths,
still BFing #3.
hi,
i dun know man.. i guess you have to answer a few questions first (for me lah):
- am i always eating healthily?
- am i willing to go that far coz for me, im not reallly bf FULLY.. im supplementing with FM at night coz my son is a BIG eater and if he is not full, he can really crank the whole night..
- is your family "GAME" for it? if you are latching, then i guess not so troublesome, for ppl like me who is dependent on a machine, then it is double the trouble and expenses as well... imagine the electrical bill and it does seems very stupid to outsiders, coz me pumping, then feeding.. =\
so for me, i will try to tahan until 6mths, after that then decide... i miss "Sushi", and "Chilli Crab" and "Oyster"... hai
i dun know man.. i guess you have to answer a few questions first (for me lah):
- am i always eating healthily?
- am i willing to go that far coz for me, im not reallly bf FULLY.. im supplementing with FM at night coz my son is a BIG eater and if he is not full, he can really crank the whole night..
- is your family "GAME" for it? if you are latching, then i guess not so troublesome, for ppl like me who is dependent on a machine, then it is double the trouble and expenses as well... imagine the electrical bill and it does seems very stupid to outsiders, coz me pumping, then feeding.. =\
so for me, i will try to tahan until 6mths, after that then decide... i miss "Sushi", and "Chilli Crab" and "Oyster"... hai
Hi Jayce,
With regards to your child being fussy and not full...mine is also having the same issue le... my nanny told me that BM is not thick enough and the child tends to be more cranky coz when they are not fully "FILLED", i mean, then they can slp well..
I tried once givng my son an oz of FM after 4 oz of BM, and he slept like a log after that...can try yourself if you really cant stand the crankiness... i only try that when i cant stand it, otherwise, i just let him "crank"
With regards to your child being fussy and not full...mine is also having the same issue le... my nanny told me that BM is not thick enough and the child tends to be more cranky coz when they are not fully "FILLED", i mean, then they can slp well..
I tried once givng my son an oz of FM after 4 oz of BM, and he slept like a log after that...can try yourself if you really cant stand the crankiness... i only try that when i cant stand it, otherwise, i just let him "crank"
tanlengleng
Active Member
Munchies (oosh),
"intro" food slowly to your baby thru mummy,
take the same food for a week,
look for any allegy in your baby, or wind in tummy,
I can take any food I want now.
FM & BM can fill baby as well,
just rem to feed on a breast each time,
make sure BB drinks your hindmilk full full,
if really not enough, then switch.
Hindmilk is more "creamy" thus fill baby more.
If feed only foremilk on both sides on each feed,
baby will get hungry easily,
and will feed more frequently,
may not put on much weight/fats too.
"intro" food slowly to your baby thru mummy,
take the same food for a week,
look for any allegy in your baby, or wind in tummy,
I can take any food I want now.
FM & BM can fill baby as well,
just rem to feed on a breast each time,
make sure BB drinks your hindmilk full full,
if really not enough, then switch.
Hindmilk is more "creamy" thus fill baby more.
If feed only foremilk on both sides on each feed,
baby will get hungry easily,
and will feed more frequently,
may not put on much weight/fats too.
Munchies,
Weekdays: I pump during work, direct feed when i got home.
Weekends: Direct feed + pumping throughout the day. Usually she will dozed off after i feed her ebm in bottle, but if direct latch, she won't sleep! So if it's time for her to nap, then i will feed her bottle, while i pump to maintain supply.
I'm always eating heathily during the day, only go haywire at night time. When i'm tired, i will look for junk food to keep up my energy =(
I'm still total bfing, but now need to use some of the frozen bm to keep up her intake liao.. Now only left a few packs of frozen bm..
My hubby is very supportive of me bfing. Ask me not to stop! I'm also dependent on my pump, no pump = miserable me. I agree it's double the trouble and expenses, need to sterilise, buy milk bags, warm milk, batteries, electricity etc. It's not stupid lah, i'm also pumping, then feeding mah. That means we love our babies very much coz we don't mind the trouble =)
I also eat whatever i like now. Spicy food, bubble milk tea, crab, etc, only try to limit my coffee..
Weekdays: I pump during work, direct feed when i got home.
Weekends: Direct feed + pumping throughout the day. Usually she will dozed off after i feed her ebm in bottle, but if direct latch, she won't sleep! So if it's time for her to nap, then i will feed her bottle, while i pump to maintain supply.
I'm always eating heathily during the day, only go haywire at night time. When i'm tired, i will look for junk food to keep up my energy =(
I'm still total bfing, but now need to use some of the frozen bm to keep up her intake liao.. Now only left a few packs of frozen bm..
My hubby is very supportive of me bfing. Ask me not to stop! I'm also dependent on my pump, no pump = miserable me. I agree it's double the trouble and expenses, need to sterilise, buy milk bags, warm milk, batteries, electricity etc. It's not stupid lah, i'm also pumping, then feeding mah. That means we love our babies very much coz we don't mind the trouble =)
I also eat whatever i like now. Spicy food, bubble milk tea, crab, etc, only try to limit my coffee..
How nice that your hubby is suppprtive.. mine is not so coz it is a lot of trouble and every where also cant go, especially during the weekend. When we go shopping, we have to look for shopping centre that has nursing room and there was once i was scolded by a lady who saw me coming out of the nursing room w/o the baby... so upset and embarrassed coz to me, i felt like a failure for not being able to feed directly ... =\
tanlengleng
Active Member
PrincessOctober (jayce),
he just turn 1 last month,
11KG.
he just turn 1 last month,
11KG.
tanlengleng
Active Member
Munchies (oosh),
if not BFing...
Need to bring hot water, cold water,
milk powder, milk bottle, etc. etc...
More troublesome... Trust me.
if not BFing...
Need to bring hot water, cold water,
milk powder, milk bottle, etc. etc...
More troublesome... Trust me.
Hi Geberra,
Cam try buying a hot stone... more effectivethan hot towel coz it stays hot for a long while and you can really use it to compress the ducts which Mdm Rokiah use... I have not gotten from her coz not many block ducts since her 1st/last visit... should i need her svc again, i will buy from her... otherwise, you can go to her store (somewhere near kovan area)..she is selling at 10+++ (if i dun remember wrongly)
Cam try buying a hot stone... more effectivethan hot towel coz it stays hot for a long while and you can really use it to compress the ducts which Mdm Rokiah use... I have not gotten from her coz not many block ducts since her 1st/last visit... should i need her svc again, i will buy from her... otherwise, you can go to her store (somewhere near kovan area)..she is selling at 10+++ (if i dun remember wrongly)
Munchies, i bought a nursing cover at First few years, so i can bf wherever i want outside. But if i go out w/o my girl and i need to express bm, i also look for nursing room. If no nursing room, then i settle for toilet. Anyway, shopping centre toilets are vry clean.
Sorry can i ask you what is the reason that you can't direct feed? No need to feel embarrassed, you're a good mummy to make the effort to express the best for your baby.. You did not give up bfing and give your girl total fm..
By the way, you found fennels already?
Sorry can i ask you what is the reason that you can't direct feed? No need to feel embarrassed, you're a good mummy to make the effort to express the best for your baby.. You did not give up bfing and give your girl total fm..
By the way, you found fennels already?