Club Breastfeeding Mums
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My kids were/are all exclusively breastfed too. My 4yo and 2yo are still on breastmilk. It's the best!! :celebrate:
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Hi there,
I breastfed my DS exclusively for over a year.
Best decision ever, despite some form of 'harrassment' from MIL
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I partially bf my DD for only half a year as no enough supply.
Managed to fully bf DS for 3 mths then partially until 14 mths after I went back to work.
Feel that I didn't done my best.
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I am still bfing my #3, coming 9 mo.
A decision I never regret. The first 6 mth, I bf both :lol: newborn and 4 yo. -
BlurBee:
Squeezing those precious drops for me was like squeezing juice out of rock, but I persevered and fed Ds1 for 1 yr, DS2 for 2 years. Damn hard work, a lot of sacrifices (no lunchtime becos that was spent expressing milk), but I never regret (though I am not sure if I can ever do that again).I partially bf my DD for only half a year as no enough supply.
Managed to fully bf DS for 3 mths then partially until 14 mths after I went back to work.
Feel that I didn't done my best. -
Yes, Bf is the best. BF ds partially for about a year. Low on supply too cause …hianz believed MIL when she advocate partial in the first month.
Only realised that you need to work hard from the beginning after starting to do research 1 + month later. -
hquek:
yeah, agree....no regrets. All the missed lunch time and mid night squeeze...
Squeezing those precious drops for me was like squeezing juice out of rock, but I persevered and fed Ds1 for 1 yr, DS2 for 2 years. Damn hard work, a lot of sacrifices (no lunchtime becos that was spent expressing milk), but I never regret (though I am not sure if I can ever do that again). -
I'm breastfeeding DD (my first child) and she is 9 months young today ( born 9 Oct). I was a SAHM for 8 and a half months, recently returning to my job. Now MIL rely on the \"arsenal\" I expressed and stored in the freezer. I built up a supply enough for at least two months as I was planning to return to work. DD now also eats homecooked porridge and baby biscuits so hopefully the EBM will go further for her.
It's not easy.
All new moms *persevere*
Don't let anyone tell you that your BM is not enough or not good enough for your baby.
And especially don't let pestering MILs or kaypoh relatives irritate you constantly by asking:\"wu ni boh?\" Just give them a stern look to shut them up.
I'm lucky to have no such experience but I've heard of such and worse.
Jiayou mommies!
Motherhood is NOT for sissies :celebrate: -
Yah… perserverance is the key to successful breastfeeding. For first kid, had engorgement in the first week until baby could not latch (also made the mistake of using bottle to feed the breastmilk as suggested by confinement lady). Very painful so had to visit lactation consultant & also could not sleep at night becos of pain. Also made the mistake of feeding on demand until I became a "pacifier" for him…With baby no.2, I somehow managed the engorgement part but had sore & cracked nipples until it was bleeding. I only knew when baby’s vomit got blood…only with baby no.3 & no.4 did I managed well without any problems. Not to mention all those "broken" sleep and changing of diapers in the middle of the night after each feed…no joke.
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Hi Hi,
I BF my DS for 10 months which is quite long for me! Did it during the 3 mths of confinement and then after returning to work, express out the milk for bottle feeding.
I found that I can only have supply enough for one day and have never understood how some mummies can actually stock-pile milk for many days! Almost gave up half-way because as all experience mummies will know, the milk supply takes time to build up and the milk actually got absorbed into the baby's system very easily hence they are always hungry for more! Not like formula milk whereby it can satisfy the hunger easier. So I ended up almost breast-feeding my baby every hour or so until the confinement nanny got fed-up! But glad I persevered. She was so worried I won't have enough milk for the baby but when the baby burped and hiccupped, she exclaimed with delight \"Yes, the baby got drink! The baby got drink!\".
As for me, the baby suckle so much that most of the time I feel flat so I never knew whether he was actually drinking milk or not. Until the full month when I need to go deliver one-month cake and was away from baby for 5 hours then I suffered engorgement! Then knew I have milk! Hee, hee!
After that, I pumped every 4 to 5 hours at work but I think what the book said is true, you need the baby to suck directly for the body to produce milk. Else when pumping, the supply actually gets less and less!
Ended it all by asking my gynae for some tablet as I wanted to prepare my body for 2nd baby (unfortunately still trying leh.....) after 10 months!
Good news is my DS never had to use the pacifier and so I don't have the headache of weaning him off that.
Although really tiring but no regrets at all. All BF mummies persevere!
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