Morning ladies! How are u all doing?
Haven't been here for a week now. Time really flies, Andreanna is now 1 week old. To all u FTM waiting to pop, I'd just like to say that being a mother is the best feeling ever! The little is so precious and words can't describe how much love I feel for her!
The lack of sleep was crazy in the beginning and it somehow made me delirious! I'm way more emo now too! Andreanna was warded twice for jaundice (at jaundice was measuring at 13 and 15 respectively)and I cried buckets both nights. I was told that 16 is considered dangerously high and 10 is the cut-off mark. Thank god it's now under control at 6.6. Hopes it doesn't go up anymore.
Bcos Andreanna chose to pop 1 mth early, MIL was unable to shift her leave earlier. Thus, I'm alone at home with her most of the time. Still manageable as I do not have to clean or cook. MIL still takes care of the cleaning and cooking before/after work. My mum and SIL tries to visit and babysit as often as possible so that I can catch up on some sleep. Hubby is already in reservist. He comes home every night and helps what he can. But he's got a few night next week that he's not allowed to book out. The missing him feeling is so intense! I have a feeling I'm going to cry then too.
Breastfeeding: I'm having problem latching Andreanna. Seems like my nipple is too short. Any of u non-FTM experienced the same problem? And because she was considered premature, she's always too sleepy to really try so usually she latches on for abt 2 mins and gives up. So I'm now expressing BM for her. Some night I let her have FM so that it last her longer. Luckily, with constant encouragement, she's drinking well at 60-70ml per feed now. I was told she needs to drink abt 90-100ml by the next appt which is in a mth. I hope she continues gaining weight healthily bcos that was 1 of the concerns my PD had with her.
I've had really good supply of BM earlier (I'm practically dripping milk all the time) when she was in the hospital and it seems to have slowed down now
Maybe it's bcos of the lack of sleep, supplements and pumping frequency. I'm trying to get it up to speed again. I don't know what the normal range but I get a total of abt 70-120ml from pumping 15mins on each side.
Weight gained: I think I might have gained the most weight for June mommines! I think I've gained abt 20kg this pregnancy. No wonder I had GD! Anyway, on a positive note, I've lost 11kg as if yesterday. Woohoo! Tummy has shrunk quite a fair bit too but still bulging and jelly-like lah. I'm sure it will be almost gone after post natal massage and wrap. But gynae told me to hold off massaging and wraps for 1 month. She says the scar currently looks good. It's just 1 fine line now. The end results will depends on how I take care of it. The less movement the better. No stomach exercises for 3 months. Gosh! I hope I can get back in shape before Hari Raya! But I feeling quite positive abt losing all the weight now that I'm already half way there
