pildough
dun worry. a little bm is better than nothing. when i went back to work after my ML during my #1, my supply drop to only 20ml. very depressing. try ways to increase supply....but the most i can pump at tat time when at work is only 60ml which is not even half of what my elder one is taking at tat time. so have to mix with FM. n tats when my colleague told me tat even 10ml is better than nothing. n one fo my collegaue has been expressing out only a total of 60ml per day for up to a yr. i really salute her. i stop expressing when my boy is 9mth old as i need to go into lab to do some bench work which means dealing with chemical and tats when i decided to stop as i do not want boy to take in "contaminated" bm.
Jaren is doing fine now. he is drink 70ml now...an increase from a mere 30ml when he just discharge. but he still take alon time to finish up his milk....fast is 15mins and longest is max 1hr...after which i will discard the bm liao cos cant keep too long.
eat all u can now!...i'm super sick of confinement food and i still have 2 more weeks to go...arghzzz.....
Re: sterilising pump
not too sure abt other brand..i'm using avent pump now...n i sterilise all parts le...hmm....the valves, shield, funnel, bottles etc.
when at work, i just wash all parts and dump them in a container and soak with hot water.
little almond
if u intend to latch bb on now then go back work pump, then u must at least prepare ur bb for a switch from breast to bottle feeding. prob a month b4 u go back work?else if u change all of sudden, ur care giver going to have a prob feeding her in case she cant differentiate bottle and breast.
the more frequent u express/latch, ur body will start to get the message tat there is more demand and will start making more milk. the less frequent u do, ur body is going to think tat the supply is just sufficient for ur bb.
lili
me also have slight sore nipple now. going to apply the cream later.
dun worry. a little bm is better than nothing. when i went back to work after my ML during my #1, my supply drop to only 20ml. very depressing. try ways to increase supply....but the most i can pump at tat time when at work is only 60ml which is not even half of what my elder one is taking at tat time. so have to mix with FM. n tats when my colleague told me tat even 10ml is better than nothing. n one fo my collegaue has been expressing out only a total of 60ml per day for up to a yr. i really salute her. i stop expressing when my boy is 9mth old as i need to go into lab to do some bench work which means dealing with chemical and tats when i decided to stop as i do not want boy to take in "contaminated" bm.
Jaren is doing fine now. he is drink 70ml now...an increase from a mere 30ml when he just discharge. but he still take alon time to finish up his milk....fast is 15mins and longest is max 1hr...after which i will discard the bm liao cos cant keep too long.
eat all u can now!...i'm super sick of confinement food and i still have 2 more weeks to go...arghzzz.....
Re: sterilising pump
not too sure abt other brand..i'm using avent pump now...n i sterilise all parts le...hmm....the valves, shield, funnel, bottles etc.
when at work, i just wash all parts and dump them in a container and soak with hot water.
little almond
if u intend to latch bb on now then go back work pump, then u must at least prepare ur bb for a switch from breast to bottle feeding. prob a month b4 u go back work?else if u change all of sudden, ur care giver going to have a prob feeding her in case she cant differentiate bottle and breast.
the more frequent u express/latch, ur body will start to get the message tat there is more demand and will start making more milk. the less frequent u do, ur body is going to think tat the supply is just sufficient for ur bb.
lili
me also have slight sore nipple now. going to apply the cream later.
