What you need

Semalam aku nak pump, and I realized the letrik is not working. So aku guna bateri lah.. tried cucuk wire kat letrik point lain, pun x jalan.. aiihh.. sudahh..

Dah ler baru tukar breastshield, farah pulak baru cakap dia tukar wire pump dia (dah 6 tahun beb.. about time kot hhehh) was thinking takkan bersilih ganti kot aku dgn farah ni kena tukar medela punya spare parts?

Oh tidakkkkkkkkkk

Balik rumah I tried to cocok kat letrik point.. fuhhh.. masih elok ghopenyer… something wrong kat ofis aku ni ha..

So pump aku tarak hal.. alhamdulillah.. (lap peluh kat dahi)

Aku nak cerita sebenarnya ni haa… pasal the 3 most important things that you need kalau nak breastfeed..

1. determination / willpower
2. knowledge
3. support

Determination / Willpower
First and foremost, menatang ni yg nkorang kena ada dulu klu nak breastfeed. Sebab, nak nyusu anak ni bukan benda senang. Especially fulltime working mothers. Semangat mesti ada, and bukan setakat ada, semangat kena KUAT. TABAH. CEKAL.

PAHAM?

Like the peribahasa, nak seribu daya, tak nak seribu dalih. Exactly. Kalau ada semangat, semua boleh. Yang susah akan jadi senang. Yang tak pernah buat pun nanti jadi pernah. Make it your LIFE. Your PASSION. Makan minum tido ingat BREASTFEED.

CLEAR?

2. Knowledge
Determination alone does not guarantee success. Kalau nak jadi dokter, takat semangat jer lebih, berangan, tengok citer Grey’s Anatomy jer.. sampai bila pun tak buleh jadi dokter kan?

Mcm tu lah jugak breastfeed.. kena ada ILMU. Some may argue that BF comes naturally. I bet org yg cakap mcm ni are the few ones yg LUCKY, yg tak de any of the BF problems. This was my problem dulu, I thought BF comes naturally.. so aku tak der la sibuk2 menggoogle info pasal BF.

Specifically for working mothers, BAAAAANYAAAKKKKK benda korang kena belajar klu betul2 nak berjaya in breastfeeding. My advice is rajin2 lah cari ilmu, rajin2 lah bertanya.

Aku dulu tiap2 hari dok surf susuibu.com. Pas tu hari2 aku dok gasak farah and kamalia with gazillion of questions.. how this, how that, what if this, what if that.. hahah.. sampai kamalia kata dia ni mcm kaunter pertanyaan..muakakakak..

There are courses available.. some are 1 day, some are 3 days.. books, and many more sources of info. Aku pun ader.. tanya lah aku… I am more than happy nak guide korang in breastfeding…

3. SUPPORT
Support ni penting, but not as critical as the above 2 factors. Kalau korang jenis kuat semangat, support ni boleh tolak ke tepi. Org nak kata apa.. biar lah kan? Tapi, with support, semangat kita will definitely jadi lagi kuat..

Paling penting kita kena get support from HUSBAND. Sbb husband org terdekat dgn kita and baby. Kena make him understand the benefits of BF to him, (especially tak yah bangun malam!)

Pas dia dah paham.. support from husband juga penting supaya husband anda akan willingly membelikan breastpump yg mahal dan bagus! Muahahhahaha

Even better if your family (mother, in laws) pun support sama. The key is EDUCATING THEM. I know its not easy. Example… mak aku tak expose sgt pasal exclusive BF, so dia suruh aku bagi baby air masak (baby below 6 mths). Payah kan nak explain kat mak kita pasal why kenot campur air masak.. so senang citer aku just cakap “DOKTER KATA klu exclusive BF tak yah kasik air masak..”

Dahh.. baru mak aku diam.. the magic word is DOKTER KATA.

So… these 3 factors I believe mmg contribute the most towards successful BF. Of course, other stuff mcm time, gadgets, money contributes jugak.

But like I said, kalau nak seribu daya kan?

Finally setelah almost 1 yr berbakti..

Ada jugak parts medele FS ku yg kena ditukar ganti... huhu..

Tapi tak de la major pun..

Last week for few days, bila pump jer rasa pedih kat nipple.. suction as usual, production also alhamdulillah as usual. Tapi kena la tahan pedih.. nak habis 15 minit was like forever. There were times yg aku hesitate nak pump sbb pedih.. tapi ku gagah kan jua misi mengepam demi anak ku yg terchenta! Ewahhh..

So after few days, aku pun belek la pump & the parts.. specifically the softfit breastshield. (the corong yg lekap yg breast).

Owhhhh… ghope ghope nyer the part yg direct contact to the nipple cam dah terhakis.. dunno lah how to describe.. but imagine permukaan kayu.. yg terhakis, the permukaan mcm tak rata… analogy nyer cam tu la with the breast shield, cuma breastshield ni bukan kayu la… ni mcm silicon.. getah dia cam terkeluar sket result from the friction..

Aku nengok sebelah, dah terkeluar.. then check the other breasthield, pun sama kes. So confirm… mmg ler sbb heavy usage ni..

Aku check dgn forum dlm susu ibu.. ada yg kata benda ni common, kena tukar the breasthshield..

Survey2 … call sana sini.. then nasib baik kat lactaequipt ampang ada stok. Sbb klu nak order online.. ada yg sampai 2 minggu nak tunggu. 2 minggu klu.. mmg rabak la nipple aku!

Nak tau berapa rega??

RM40 PER PIECE.

PER PIECE ok.. bukan per pair.. Sib baik nenen ada 2 jer… klu mcm kucing.. nenen ada sampai 6.. mampusss…

And ni only the breastshield. Tak masuk the other parts mcm the cap.. rubber membrane watsoever yg pasang2 gedebak gedebuk tuh…

Aku pun cakap kat Mr Photographer.. NASIB BAIK laki aku ni mmg penyokong kuat susu ibu.. so without hesitation dia pun bwk aku pi lactaequipt hari jumaat lepas abih kerja.

Mmg ler a bit expensive.. tapi bila pk, dgn RM80 tu beli susu formula pun maybe tahan tak sampai 2 minggu kan? Ni beli breastshield baru. Insya Allah bleh tahan nyusu sofeya sampai 2 tahun kan?

Kat lactaequipt, diorang tanya aku.. brapa lama dah pakai? Aku cakap almost 1 year.. they said “whoaaa.. lama tu.. some ppl 3-6 mths dah tukar the breast shield..”

Uikss.. 3-6 mths?? Brapa kali korang pump sehari ni? 8 kali ke?

So hari ni my pumping session berjalan dgn lancar… syiokkk