felpoo,
Agree with you, we got to be smarter and know what we want this time round. (Peviously being 1st x mummy blur like sotong is pardonable)
Not easy as dunwan hubby to be caught in between also, haiz...
I religiously took hot soup and hot drinks before pumping. In order to boost up my flow, i pumped 3.5 hrly then to substain the flow. So the whole ordeal was "pump, wash, sterlise" "pump, wash, sterlise" "pump, wash, sterlise" "pump, wash, sterlise" ..... I was just like a pumping machine!
And gradually I lengthen the pumping from 4hrly to 6hrly to 8hrly interval.
I took fenugreek during the 7mths when there was a dip in my supply, helped abit. BM slowly ceased off when my son turns 1.
Cross my finger doubly hard that I will be successfully in latching my #2 this time round.
Poor you, wronged by your mil. What i did then was to find newpaper article in chinese on breast feeding and show it to my mil. If need me to frame it up, i will do so to convince her lor.
I also did educate her that is alrite to feed bb EBM that I pumped 30mins to an hr ago. I believe this is what they term by "cold milk". I brought her along for bb routine check by PD, and asked in front of PD whether is it ok to feed bb the "cold milk" that I've expressed out an hr ago, i guess PD's reply shut her up lor.
I believe the elderly has got alot to learn and they are not prone to breastfeeding during their time thus not trusting our "system". I gotta give mil some face also, rather than being angry with her, i resort to using facts via media or from professional help.