re: breastfeeding
last nite i endured for 8 hours without expressing and i think it really worked in reducing milk supply. my breasts have been painful all day, but at least when i express the milk amount is less. i have sudden throngs of pain coming for a few seconds then disappearing. i wonder if that is due to inflammation. so far no fever/shiver but do have headaches and backaches caused by the engorgement. like moi_dar and some others told me, medicine will stop the milk flow, so i guess if i wan to bf my baby i have to endure the pain...
kitsune, just wondering, when u put salt on a wound, won't it be very painful?!?
jeannie, i think u can consider maxmobile too. cos besides using at home, u can use on the go, anywhere in singapore. both hb and i using that now. corporate discount so only $29 each a mth. otherwise i think it's $60 or so. but it's reali convenient.
re: induction
heard some of u saying that induction is more painful than natural. i didn't have the chance to have natural contractions. but in my experience, out of the 10 hours of pain, the first 9 hours of contractions by induction was bearable. so maybe not as bad...
re: waiting mummies
dor, yes i totally agree with u. been one week since i discharged and everyday barely 5hours of interrupted sleep, except for last night when i bear the engorgement pain for 8 hours cos i was simply too tired already! pls rest and sleep more when u still can!
xiaoyun, my bb head was 34cm at birth - 38w5d old. abt the same as yrs, juz that yrs not out yet... hehe
bx, didn't cut the tags and bb is ok so far. my waterbag burst when i was leaving office!
linda, yes, my bb was engaged for more than 4 weeks then i delivered.
casa, thanks for helping me check... so nice of yoU!
jess, my stretchmarks are also itchy, but i nv do anything abt it, juz scratch it once a day when i feel too itchy.
dor, i think it's normal ba. for the first few nights i started crying very badly and felt depressed over small issues. like on chu er, i cried until i was breathless and i never cried like that for years liao. was crying because didn't like my MIL around and the way she does things la. actually just a small issue but dunno why cry until so cham. guess it's just the hormones.
stephie, wear gloves la. but if u r bathing for her, it's warm water should be ok what. i bathe and wash my hands with warm water. in fact sometimes lazy so i juz wash with cold water, but wipe off immediately.
tongtong, supposedly not allowed so i use warm water. my aunt said she washed her hands with tap water during confinement and all her veins came out so she warned me not to do so.