Thanks mommies! for the well wishes (before my delivery) and congratulations!!! =)
Paiseh, long post cos i type it from 9:40pm till now. just finish breastfeeding Zachary both my breasts. Left breast feels real painful... Zachary seems to like my left breast more cos more colostrum from there... 22mins latching on until he take out his mouth. Right breast only 13 mins. he seems to know my left breast got more colostrum (cos can see when hand express out).
<font color="ff0000">breastfeeding mommies take note!!!</font>
An important note for all breastfeeding mommies. My CL is very experienced and she told me that this is the list of ingredient/food which we should avoid. She said that normal people wouldn't know unless the person is a very pro-breastfeeding person.
cannot eat these - milk will stop : mai4 ya2, san1 zha1, ren2 shen1 (ginsheng), zhu1 gan1 (pig liver)
I don't know what is mai4 ya2, san1 zha1 too but auntie karen said these are something which can be buy from chinese medical hall. Luckily my CL mention it, or else my MIL sure make ginsheng and think it is "bu" and ask everyone in the house to drink including me.
{laughing gas}
seriously it DOESNT WORK if your dilation is already 8cm for normal contraction & 5cm for induce contraction!!!!! i request for it cos waiting for epidural dr to come. ended up pay extra for this stupid gas. got so mad about it during labour hahaha. i was like screaming "THIS DOESNT WORK!!!! I use the breathing technique better and FREE and not smelly!!!!".
Regg
congrats!!!! =) When I was in the hospital, I didnt rest well at all haha... kept going around waiting for baby to be push to me. >_< slept maybe 3 hrs on tues middle of the night after delivery and 4 hrs today. zzz.
Zachary got jaundice too but only 7.1 so Dr Ong said can bring him home with me. what level is your baby's?
pegsfur
i didn't let Zachary nipple crawl cos donno how to initiate that. die le... dont remember about what i did. but i make sure he suckle on both my breasts ASAP after delivery. atfirst i wanted them to pass to me right after he was born, purple and bloody but i dont care about that cos thats my precious darling mah! but i think dr wong said cannot must let baby be under the warmer to warm him up and wait for him to cry for blood circulation cos he was still purple... i think the color was purple lol forgot le!! everything happened so suddenly and at that moment i can only think about hugging and initiate breastfeeding to him. i think i only manage to let him suckle after they weigh and measure him ect.
piggytoh
yes, if you didnt request for cup or spoon, they will automatically use bottle cos their milk sample came in bottles! my room mate also got the same experience as me.
for me now (almost exactly 2nd day after delivery), when i pee i just lean forward then somehow not so painful le. if i sit and my back is straight... the episiotomy part feels more painful than when i lean my body forward.
sharon
yup attended the BF class while in hospital. actually i attend today lah, after discharge cos i ask the nurses and they said won't charge me half day. i dont think it is at parent craft centre. more of like at the PD clinic level. for my ward, ward nurse will come everyday to ask if i would like to go. anyway, the class is at 1:30pm, so if no nurse ask you at like 12pm maybe u can enquire about it.
oh yah hor... miss you also but today i was so busy discharging.
DolceVita
actually i kiasu. i brought my medela purelan with me to hospital (even now it is besides me!) and apply after Zachary latch on. my nipples are painful but i ren lor. just now during the breastfeeding class, i told the teacher that my ward's nurses uses force to put my nipples into Zachary's mouth when she taught us cannot do that cos it will cause bleeding nipples. T_T made me feel that the ward nurses caused my left nipple to bleed a little cos thats what they do to my breasts! i was crying in the class cos couldnt stand it when i think about it. then i saw another mommy from another ward also cry with me lor.
can i have the info about the Pep bed too? my son's jaundice level is at 7.1 now. worried if it increase cos it is quite common. thanks!!
irene
yah lor i also dont wanna starve my baby so now I am trying my best to drink lots of hot fluid, CL help me to "bao" cabbage (she say it helps). after just now's feed, he suckled 35 mins in total and looks like satisfy le. hopefully 2am's breastfeeding round won't have a lots of cries! 9 pm and 11pm feed he was doing good so far.
i only asked TMC nursery staff to give me samples and she gave me 2 bottles. initially she said cannot give those who total breastfeed but i gave them permission to give Zachary formula once for the first night.
will try my best to breastfeed cos i really don't want him to get nipple confusion... just now he was still confused but really thanks to him that he decide to work hard and suckle!