Sketsa hari ni

Tahukah anda...

Bila kita baru deliver baby, susu yang keluar terhasil dlm bentuk kolostrum. Kolostrum ni, bukanlah byk mcm susu yg kita dok pump hari2 tuh, ber oz-oz, memancut2.

But, kolostrum ni adalah susu awal, yg amat sedikit in kuantiti and pekat.

Like really sikit u know.. i read somewhere klu picit kuar, dlm 1 teaspoon jer dpt. 1 teaspoon tu pun dah mampu mengenyangkan baby for hours. (some say for days.. wallahualam). Coz u know, perut baby masa baru lahir only sebesar kacang. (i think la.. i read somewhere, correct me if i'm wrong, well, maybe beso sket from kacang, coz kacang mcm kecik sgt plak, but i know its really small la the tummy)

So how can such small tummy accomodate large amount of milk?

Allah punya kejadian tu mmg sgt indah. Susu awal2 tu mmg dlm jumlah yg sikit, BUT SANGAT TINGGI khasiat.. sgt sgt tinggi.. susu yg sikit but sgt berkhasiat sesuai utk baby yg masih kecik and sgt fragile..

Kolostrum ni, or some people may think that "susu tak der" or "susu sikit" normally ada for the first few days of delivery..
hence, some ppl (most ppl actually) thinks that susu mula ada only after few days of delivery.. hence, they tend to give formula milk to their babies during that time..
hence, bila no demand, supply pun menurun lah kan?
hence, ppl will think/justify that "ohh.. susu tak byk... kena top up dgn formula"
hence, bye bye breastfeeding!

So, mcm mana nak remedy the situation?

Stimulation is the best remedy.. we may think tak de susu, but believe me (yourself), there WILL BE susu IF baby continuously direct feed from the breast. So the best thing is direct feed as frequent/soon as possible after delivery!

So... sketsa hari ini..

Lebih kurang 2.5 bulan lepas, Mrs Tulip (bukan nama sebenar) yg tgh sarat ngandung bertanya kepada Mrs Korny yg sibuk basuh her pumping gadgets kat pantry..

MT : eh you breastfeed eh? dah berapa bulan your baby?
MK : (sambil senyum2 gatal) dah 9 mths dah..
MT : wahh..good lah u... i pun nak bf my baby nanti.. dah pinjam pump medela fr my fren!

(and she continuously tanya MK dia pump mcm mana.. pump kat mana.. yada yada)

MK pun syok la... sbb alhamdulillah.. makin ramai org interested in bf. Makin sihat la penduduk2 dunia ni kan?

Itu cerita few mths ago...

Pagi ni.. bila Mrs Korny masuk lif, nampak Mrs Tulip masuk lif jugak.. ahhh. dah balik maternity la kot... tapi, dlm hati Mrs Korny tertanya2.. apsal minah ni sempoi jer bwk handbag dtg ofis? dia ni ha jenuh ngangkut beg besau gabak bwk pump & bottles... takkan tak pump kot? hehhh.. tak per.. Mrs Korny tak mau bersangka buruk.. mebbe minah ni tinggal pump kat ofis kot.. maleh nak ngangkut pi ngangkut mai..

So Mrs Korny pun bertanya..

MK : how is your son?
MT : ok lah... tapi i tak byk susu lah.... i pump morning b4 work and after balik fr office... susu i pun keluar after 4th / 5th day.. so dah bagi formula..

aikk.. dia ni mcm tau jer Mrs Korny ni pk apa kan.. elok2 dok tanya pasal anak dia.. pi bukak citer susu plak.. isk isk isk.. kat muka Mrs Korny ni tampal penyokong kuat susu ibu kot kes kes kes...

Mendengar alasan tu.. Mr Korny pun meyabarkan diri agar tidak membuka ceramah pasal kolostrum etc seperti di atas... dia senyum kambing jer sepanjang2 lif tu... ye la.. siapalah Mrs Korny ni kan... sibuk2 nak paksa2 org bf plak...

So question for the day..

Should Mrs Korny sibuk2 ajar org the right thing abt bf or just diam jer? Coz, u know.. tak semua org suka klu org sibuk2 ni kan... kang cop aku eh.. Mrs Korny ni jaga tepi kain org plak.

tapi aku rasa Mrs Korny ni diam jer la kot eh? klu org tanya then jawab la...

gitu ke?