WTF. my MIL is a TOTAL IDIOT!
The story goes like this, Zachary already finished latching and he doesnt want any milk anymore because he is full. How do I know he is full? He looks contented and wet many diapers a day. He will not continue to suckle if he is full.
Just now I spent 30mins to empty my breasts and it was 120ml. MIL INSIST that I let Zachary drink those and she THINKS that he will be hungry in 2 hr and can empty BOTH my breasts. what kind of F***** brain does she have? She THINKS that Zachary can actually drinks 1000ml of milk A DAY if I can actually produce that much.
So I asked her, "have you actually breastfeed before?". She said she have and that my hubby always drink all her milk no matter how engorged she gets. She also mentioned that she always OVERFLOW. Wow... she makes it sounds like my hubby had a blackhole in his stomach that he can drink milk all the time without getting full!!!
Total BULLSHIT!
First time i argued with her because she simply cannot absorb what others said. Even my CL explained to her nicely that baby cannot drink that much, if baby is full, he wont drink anymore (SIMPLE LOGIC).
pink
oh so thats why your pump doesnt have suction that time! mine is properly assembled but still got problem and i can see my membrane is out of shape. haiz. now the function is like sucks... previously can pump 30ml each side in 5 mins but now 20 mins only 50ml and i have to increase the suction to 5. so piss off cos it takes so much time to pump out so that my breasts wont be engorge... cant even sleep!!
yen2008
nope i didnt take any supplement to increase milk supply but if your gynae prescribe to you, should be good bah? haha i am in aircon room almost all the time. but i didnt take lots ginger cos my boy got slight jaundice.
joeey
Thanks! Is this the one you mentioned?
http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/products/breast-care/108/therashells
yesterday i almost gave up latching on cos it was so painful but i realised it is due to my engorgement. they gets engorged every 1 - 2hrs after emptying. actually i dont like to bath!! because after bathing with lemon grass, i will sweat like mad!!! but have to keep myself hygiened so bo bian have to bear with it.
pegsfur
i can also walk for 4 hrs straight a few days before i gave birth. but thats because i went shopping haha! walking helps to dilate my cervix.
cherrios
yup i am using freestyle. did you set the level suction? for me the stimulating phase i put it at level 4, the suction phase i put it at level 4 too. manage to pump out 60ml of milk in 15 mins for my first pump (4th day after delivery)
just now i was pumping too, right breast was 90% emptied by Zachary. pumped out 110ml in 30mins on left breast and 10ml on right. For the breast shield, medium is ok for me. You can check out this page to decide if you need a bigger shield.
http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/tips-and-solutions/13/choosing-a-correctly-fitted-breastshield
http://www.mybreastpump.com/medelafreestylebreastpumppage.html