Morning mummies...
What a hot hot weekend it has been! I am half glad to be back in the office and out of the unforgiving heat today!
Jer, okie, I'll try to get the table up soon... been very busy supporting a regional event... and too tired every day to do anything but sleep when I get home! Doesn't help that my hubby is out of town these 2 weeks as well... sigh...I feel so tired all the time!
I saw mummies talking about establishing supply... I tried many ways when I had my first to establish my supply but I wasn't very successful... partly probably due to my hypothyroid after birth which affects metabolism thus the milk supply will also get affected somehow and partly due to a lack of rest and care during my confinement month then...
I was prescribed motilium... I think its a drug for something but apparently causes lactation as a side effect... and many mums found it to be effective in helping them with their milk supply... but it didn't really boost my supply much... i also took 9 tabs of fenugreek a day and drank alot of green papaya soup... when I was home with my girl, I would latch everytime she needed a feed but I also had to supplement with FM because there was simply not enuff...
When I got back to work, I expressed on a n hourly basis... but each time it yielded probably a max of 20mls combined... v sad... end of each day I would only have enuff combined for less than 1 feed requirement for my girl...
But I continued until she was about 7 months old... then was advised to stop... nv once in those 7 months did I experience blocked ducts or engorgement... but the bonding and enjoyment I got from breastfeeding was wonderful... so this time round I will try again... to at least BF until 1 years old for #2...
but I will not be so uptight and sad about my supply though... cuz already tried my best mah... so mummies... take it easy... just know you did your best and then enjoy your time with baby...
Oh ya, one of my mummy friends shared with me that in the early months, the night feeds are v impt... even if you are not latching bb in the night because you have help with the feeding... you shd also try to get up to express at least once... it helps you to maintain the supply... alot of the mummies noticed that when they stopped the night latching and expressing, their supply dropped drastically, no matter how hard they worked at keeping it up in the day...
So there, my 2 cents worth... paiseh, so long winded...
Isobellies, ya, I plan to have my maid to cook for me... sigh... she is going to finish her contract by Sep and the sweet girl told me if she decide not to stay with me, she will leave only in Dec... so I dun hve to worry about looking for help when baby arrives... I plan to renew her if she is ok to stay... but wonder if that means we have to give the mandatory day off every week? What if they don't want the day off themselves? do we still insist or we can work out private arrangements? Any mummies here with experience on this?