Breastfeeding...dejavu...

It's been awhile since my last post. Been busy managing my time between my two princesses and my one and only king. Although my mum was kind enough to come, I just could not bear to see her limping with her aching knees, having to take 3 buses just to come to my house...so, I told her she need not come if she is tired. And when she does come, I just tell her to play with Mia...

Anyway, as the title suggests, I am updating about my breastfeeding experience. This time, with Anasofia. My experience with Miasara was a real nightmare (as described in my post)...

The first few days was a dejavu experience. There were no milk. My gynae suggested taking Fenugreek pills...so I did. I just could not bear to latch Fia on and see her struggling to get any milk at all...so I express milk. The first week I only managed to pump like 5-10ml at one time. I persevered and just continue expressing. I read on the forum that there are many new mothers experiencing the same thing and they saw their supply increasing with each day.

So, I increased my expressing sessions from 3 times per day to 6 times per day. And slowly, I managed to express 20-30ml per session. I supplemented her feeds with formula milk. As weeks go by, my supply increased, alhamdulillah.

And now, after one month, I am able to feed her with breastmilk totally...syukur...I hope to be able to provide her with my breastmilk for a long time and help her be a healthy baby.....wish me luck!

Jaundice checkup

Anasofia and I had to go for our check up today. Mine is just a routine checkup to see if all is well while Anasofia is to check her jaundice. When she was discharged, her jaundice was measuring at 10. Dr Rhonda Watt advised us to keep her hydrated with milk and try to catch some morning sunlight.

So, upon reaching the clinic, my darling was to bring Anasofia for the blood test while I waited to see Dr Lee. He said everything is fine with me and he will see me in a month's time for another post natal check up.

After the test result was out, we went in to see Dr Watt and she told us that Anasofia's jaundice level is very low, 1.8. She said that this is very good and this is the lowest she had seen so far. Usually after a week, the level would drop but still at 6 or 7 but for Anasofia, it is nearly gone...alhamdulillah....

Went home and sadly, had to continue my confinement.....can't wait for 26th January, confinement over....

My hospital stay at Mt Alvernia

After the birth, the 2 nights stay at Mt Alvernia had been fun, apart from the pain of course. The reason for this was because we had the whole room to ourselves and my darling and Mia kept me company throughout the 3 days and 2 nights.

We actually asked for a single-bedder upon admission but all single-bedder was full at that time. After I gave birth, there were still no single-bedder available so they put me in a double-bedder room. The other bed was empty. After checking, the nurse told me that they are able to convert my room into a single-bedder room. So that's the story. Oh ya, they also provided a cot for Mia...which my darling said looked like a cage...heheh...here are the pictures of our 'hotel' stay....


My darling get to sleep on the bed next to mine and that's the cot that was provided for Mia...


This is the dresser cum wash basin...


And this is my bed next to the balcony which had a lovely view of the Christmas tree...

And of course, the nurses are all superb and the service rendered were excellent...I would recommend Mt Alvernia Hospital to everyone who wants to give birth...