8 oz!!!

Yesterday I did not pump at all coz.. alehh.. Sunday kan? Sofeya was with me whole day.. so no need to pump…

However, malam tadi.. felt my breast a bit heavier than usual.. Sofeya pulak menyusu sikit2, main2.. I dunno if any of you ever encounter this..

When the breast is full.. and the baby cam nyusu sikit2.. thus initiating the ‘let down’ phase… then elok2 tengah let down.. she stopped nyusu-ing.. and there you go.. susu keluar mencurah2 non stop…

Aiyohhh.. rugi wooooo susu.. rasa cam nak tadah and simpan jer…

Anyway ni side story jer.. bukan main story for the day…

Since semlm breast a bit heavier.. Sofeya pun dah tidur.. so LOGICALLY what is shud do is PUMP.

TETAPI..

Disclaimer.. jgn ikut perangai malas aku!

Angin MALAS KUS KUS sudah dtg.. so aku pun belasah tidur kepenatan

Few time si woke up in the middle of the nite sbb breast sakit and bengkak, still.. aku malas nak pump.. ish ish ishhhh

So finally I just wait till morning and pump time 7.30 am (normal pumping time, luckily breast still full!).. and hasilnya.. LAPAN OZ! wutttttt!!!

I think last time I dpt 8 oz was masa dlm pantang… lepas2 tu paling byk pun 5 oz la..

So apa point aku eh? Ehhe.. panjang sgt la mukadimah..

Since morning I’ve been wondering what da heck I’ve been eating / doing yang menyebabkan susu aku byk..

Bfast – MIL’s nasi lemak (sodap I tell u)
Lunch – 2 x nasik kenduri (dua kali tuuuuuu)
Dinner – Cucur bawang + ikan bilis

There... i think la kan.. nasik contributes the most to my susu..
So… how la want to kurus?

Tempoh penyimpanan susu

Nak share about my practice in handling my EBM (frozen and also chilled).

Meh kita tengok the definition dulu.

EBM = Expressed Breast Milk.
Fresh EBM = Susu yg baru diperah
Chilled EBM = Susu dah perah, masuk dlm fridge bhgn sejuk (bukan beku)
Frozen EBM = Susu yg simpan dlm tempat beku.

Below are the general guidelines (and my own way) on storing and handling the above types of EBM :

Disclaimer : Cara yg aku buat might not be suitable to others.. ikut ketahanan perut baby masing2..

Fresh EBM
Room temperature = 4 hours
Air conditioned room = 8 hours
My way = Jarang la aku simpan EBM kat bilik lama2.. lepas pam aku masuk fridge terus…

Note: some people say you have to keep the milk at least dlm 30mins kat room temperature b4 masuk fridge, sbb susu baru perah mcm suam2 sket.. Aku tak ikut sgt, pasal pernah terlupa & end up susu basi.. rugi woooo.. and so far susu aku alhamdulillah ok..

Chilled EBM
Some say tahan dlm 2-3 days (48 hours – 72 hours)
Some say tahan dlm 4-5 hari
Some say it depends on tahap kesejukan fridge nkorang.
Lagi elok klu simpan susu tu kat bahagian paling belakang (paling sejuk)

My way : Not more than 48 hours.. kiranya play safe lah ni.. klu agak2 dah dekat 48 jam..(from time aku perah), aku transfer susu tu masuk freezer plak)

Note : Chilled EBM ni normally akan terbahagi kepada lapisan2.. normally mcm ada 2 lapisan… atas dia bhgn lemak, bwh dia air.. this is perfectly normal, jgn pulak nkorang ingat susu tu basi and buang plak. Wat u need to do, is masa panaskan susu tu, GENTLY SWIRL the bottle to mix the lapisan. (another post on this later.. why we kenot shake EBM)

Frozen EBM
Ini a bit tricky… sebab depends on what type of fridge you have.

Fridge 1 pintu : tahan up to 1 mth
Fridge 2 pintu : tahan up to 3 mths
Deep freezer : tahan up to 6 mths

My way : aku guna fridge 2 pintu, and stok aku pun x de la sampai melimpah ruah sgt, so all my stocks tak pernah lagi exceed 3 mths punya turnover period..

Klu agak2 stok susu byk.. invest la in deep freezer…

There you go..

p/s since now ntah mcm mana ofis aku dah ada access utk update blog, hopefully aku bleh update more frequently lah now :)

My pumping routine

Aku ni tak der la rajin norr nak pump... like some mothers, especially yg exclusively pumping (ni kes baby reject direct bfeed). I know some of them religiously pump at least 8 times daily, i.e. every 3 hours.

Tgh2 mlm pun diorang bangun pump kak oiiiii..

Tabik spring lah!!!

As for me... dulu2 rajin ler aku bangun tgh mlm... but now.. hmmm... angin M.A.L.A.S tu ader gak sket2.. so tgh mlm mmg ilek!

So basically my WAJIB pumping session (on weekdays) are :

7.30 am
10.30 am
1.30 pm
4.30 pm

susu kuar ke, tak kuar ke, sikit ke, banyak ke.. aku pump jugak..

agak2 mcm stok dah kurang.. aku pump lagik during tgh2 mlm..

on days that I am with Sofeya, mmg botol dilarang sama sekali.. dia akan direct feed dgn aku jer. If i hv to go out without her.. aku akan bajet2 la baper lama nak kuar.. if more than 3 hours.. mmg aku angkut pump sekali..

Leceh? idok ler... tak pernah nyer la aku rasa leceh... dah jadi mcm normal routine.. i lap my medela FS!!

U see.. most mothers would go thru 100x this trouble as long as the child gets the best thing in the world.. Sadly.. some mothers don't..

I know some mothers yg adopt the child, tak pernah beranak sendiri pun berusaha nak menyusukan anak.. (yes.. its possible!). however, some mothers yg melahirkan anak sendiri pun ada yg refuse nak menyusukan anak dia..

Nak kata tak pandai.. ilmu ada depan mata.. mcm mana lah boleh tergamak nak menarik hak anak kita? Ini bukan kes tak boleh.. ini kes tak mau...

Ntah la i am lost for words.. klu kes tak boleh, kita boleh ajar.. bagi ilmu.. tapi klu kes tak mau.. buat la apa pun, dia still tak mau jugak..

I pray to God semoga dilembutkan hati para ibu2 utk menyusukan anak sendiri..

Paed vs Lactation Consultant

First of all... minta maaf atas post yg sebelum ni (mimi and kedu). Blog aku telah di hijek oleh anak dara ku si cantik manis balqis.. :)

Dia dah elok2 post, skalik tgk2.."eh ma.. ni blog yg mana ni?"

aramak.. salah blog la plakkk..

tak pe lah eh?

Anways...

Aku nak citer pasal pengalaman adik ipar aku. Dia ni pun semangat nak bfeed anak dia 2 x 5 jer mcm aku.. mmg alhamdulillah so far dah 6 bulan lebih masik lagi bfeed, the first 6 mths tu ALMOST exclusive bfeed (sekali dua tak cukup stok kena top up dgn formula, tapi tak per.. semangat tu yg penting kan?)

oh btw nama dia liyana jugek.. heheh..

Makcik ni... masa dia branak, a couple of mths after that baby cam tak naik2 berat... very little la kot the increase in weight tuh.. as usual, org sekeliling will blame it on bfeeding... SUSU TAK CUKUP itu lah yg org akan attack dulu.

Org2 sekeliling tu lain citer la.. org yg tak de ilmu mmg akan sentiasa bercakap..

Yg aku paling hangin sekali kat sorang paed ni. SIL aku bwk anak dia jumpa this paed, nak tgk la apa problem anak dia. Paed ni tanya.."u bfeed? ada top up formula?" She then of course lah answered she is exclusively breastfeeding..

And the paed said (more like ceramah) well.. sket lebih kurang la..

"u aaaaa... u think u can produce milk.. but in actual fact u can't.. u are seksa-ing (some word he used meant something like this..can't remember what) the baby... if in US, i can report u as abusing the child"

cam tu la plak kan... ampeh dot net btul..

ko tu tak de ilmu pasal bfeeding.. or simply tak support bfeeding.. jgn la sampai nak report plak kan?

Part nak repot tu ok lagik.. part yg dia kata tak boleh produce milk tu yg aku tak tahan.. agaknya dia pun membesar berkat susu lembu la gamaknyer... tu pasal perangai mcm lembu wakakakakkakakak

no offense to mothers yg x bfeed.. aku pun tak bfeed my 1st child due to my own stupidity.. but at least i admit it and i learn kan?

so in my SIL punya case.. we asked around few LC.. and they suggested gi jumpa Dr Koe.. this wonderful lady is a pead AND a Lactation Consultant. Susah woo nak carik org mcm ni.

Cut the story short, the problem is with the latching (common la eh?) She even taught my SIL to scheudle effective pumping session, latch properly and gave domperidone (hormone to increase milk supply).

The clinic is at Jalan Klang Lama.. clinic no. 03-79830539.

Dr Koe is super baik. Unlike the 1st paed, Dr Koe langsung tak ungkit pasal anything that could bring down the motivation of a breastfeeding mother..

Now.. anak sedara aku dah nak masuk 7 bulan (benda ni happened when she was 3 mths kot).. dah somel and montel dah budak ni... sama montel dgn anak aku dah..heheh

nanti ada gambo aku post...

mimi and kedu

mula-mula mimi and kedu hidup lepas tu depa meninggal tapi mama punya kucing juga meingggal