Thursday, January 29, 2009

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!

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