Club Breastfeeding Mums

[peapot]

It will be a pity to throw it away since I just bought it. Pls don’t feel shy about it and ASK me for the powder.

[Mychildren]

Hello! Hello peapot, though I breastfeeding but I don’t need. Thank You!:)

[phankao]

buds:

PS. Your DD ok without boobie feed a few days? Any alternatives for her?

Actually even if you are on medication, there is no necessity to stop direct breastfeeding. What if we are talking about an infant and not a toddler here, right?

Remember that there is always a breastfeeding-friendly alternative for medication. If the doc is adamant that there is no such medication, then get help from a Lactation Consultant.

Online - Dr Jack Newman has written articles on this too.
http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=drjack

You can find him on Facebook too - but he says for personal problems, he prefers mothers write privately to him.

[buds]

Yes phankao. There are medications that are not exactly breasfeeding-safe and then there are those that are. The medication i took was for stronger medication (for quicker recovery) and i opted for that, since that was the only one available at the clinic that day (they cud order in the safe ones) but i didn’t want to wait. DD was almost 2mths old then. I had to go back to work soon so waiting wasn’t exactly a choice i wanted to make (to delay returning to work). Furthermore back then being a first time mom the pain plus the almost 40 degrees fever was honestly unbearable. I had delirious sleep days and nites that few days and even given a sponge bath i didn’t remember getting in that state. It was horrible. I made a personal choice to go for the meds and was given full knowledge that i was not to bf for just a few days.

[phankao]

buds:

Yes phankao. There are medications that are not exactly breasfeeding-safe and then there are those that are. The medication i took was for stronger medication (for quicker recovery) and i opted for that, since that was the only one available at the clinic that day (they cud order in the safe ones) but i didn't want to wait. DD was almost 2mths old then. I had to go back to work soon so waiting wasn't exactly a choice i wanted to make (to delay returning to work). Furthermore back then being a first time mom the pain plus the almost 40 degrees fever was honestly unbearable. I had delirious sleep days and nites that few days and even given a sponge bath i didn't remember getting in that state. It was horrible. I made a personal choice to go for the meds and was given full knowledge that i was not to bf for just a few days.

Some of us don't have that option lah. Out of 3 breastfed children, only 1 accepted the bottle. Actually the direct breastfeeding helps heal the mother faster too bc of the frequent flow thru the ducts. Fresh milk made as the baby suckles and flows thru the duct helps heal.

[buds]

Yup, i understand not all moms have that option. That was why i iterated that it was a personal choice due to the circumstances at that time. Not that there were no other options. If it sounded that way, it was not intentional.


Because i had to rely on my mumsie as alternative caregiver when i returned to work, DD1 adapted to the bottle regardless for formula feeding or having the bottle filled with expressed milk with much success due to alternate bottle feeding/direct latch on feeding sessions. There was no fuss on the baby's end if i fell sick or if i had to work late and anyone could feed her... whether it was expressed breast milk or formula. I didn't have to supplement cos i had a lot of milk. The fridge cudn take anymore spares! So there were many many times i had to discard. As infants didn't really drink much expressing 300mls ++ every 2 to 3 hours was tiring and i had mumsie complaining the fridge was taking up a lotta space and no, we didn't have space to place another freezer.

The mastitis occured due to severe engorgement... because i wanted to catch up on sleep due to exhaustion. I thought skipping one session of expression should not be a big deal since baby slept longer than usual. I should be able to still express without pain or so i thought. But i thought wrong. I thought my melons were going to burst anytime. My breast pads were too full that milk seeped thru to my tank top and bed. :shock:

If i wasn't on a tick-tock to resume working so soon at that point in time, perhaps i would not mind enduring the pain for a bit and just work normal panadol, hot compress, massages and of course not forgetting the wonderful cabbages.. :please:(yes, i swear by it!) :rotflmao:

I missed having DD1 latch on so much during those few days..

I will never ever deny that the babies to date are the best healers for blocked ducts and engorgement episodes. Period.

After we had more babies after DD1, hubs oredi understood the cycles very well and we both paired up our routines like clockwork and i never got ill again because of that. He also likes to tease them, (and me!)...after bf-ing sessions, \"How? Full tank oredi?\"

:rotflmao:

[phankao]

buds:

Because i had to rely on my mumsie as alternative caregiver when i returned to work, DD1 adapted to the bottle regardless for formula feeding or having the bottle filled with expressed milk with much success due to alternate bottle feeding/direct latch on feeding sessions. There was no fuss on the baby's end if i fell sick or if i had to work late and anyone could feed her... whether it was expressed breast milk or formula. I didn't have to supplement cos i had a lot of milk. :

Yeah, I expressed while working with no.2 who was the only one who was happy to accept the bottle.

The others I worked around them. For no.4 most tiring. I came back every 2 hours to nurse him directly. He's still nursing at 4yo lah.

[Busymom]

My current pump in style has probably reached its full life span :sad:


Does anyone know of ongoing promotion for Medela pumps at this moment?

[alng]

Busymom:

My current pump in style has probably reached its full life span :sad:


Does anyone know of ongoing promotion for Medela pumps at this moment?

I am not sure if Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group (Singapore) is still selling the breast pumps. If they are still selling, their pumps are cheaper than retail prices. Do contact them. If you are a member, you get further discounts. If you are not a member, I am one and I can \"loan\" you my membership.

http://www.breastfeeding.org.sg/medela-pump-in-style-traveller-breastpump.html

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