Hand express & Fever

~Blogging from Seremban~

Woke up with bengkak susu. Solat subuh and immediately search for my IQ Uno. I thought I packed it completely tapi I forgot the most important part- the head motor pump. Dang.

Tasneem only manage to empty the right breast, but she was already full to drink from the left side. Lagipun, with the fever she still has, her appetite agak berkurangan. Macam biasa lepas minum, Tasneem will dozed off to sleep leaving ummi with a hard-swollen-painful-full with milk left breast.

I really have to express the milk. Googled and found this. Really helpful with pictures and good instructions. I never try hand expressing before. I know some of mommies out there prefer hand technique than gadgets. For instance, Mama Ryan mastered the skill of hand expression. In fact, some says gadget-express are painful. I dont know, I’ve been gadget-expressed since day 1 Tasneem was born.

I want to give it a try and see how it works.

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A little update on Tasneem:

Dr NikRose decided to do urine Culture & Sensitivity test (urine C&S) since she did not find any signs of bacteria infections. If the result turn +ve presence of any form of bacteria in the urine, she’ll going to start on the antibiotics; which in my opinion, the last options that I have to take. As far as my concern, I wanted my daughter to have as minimal antibiotics drugs as she can. Suffice to say, its for her health benefits in the long run.

Anyway, when we reached Seremban, I noticed that she developed red-rashes on her cheeks, heads and body. It does look itchy. Emak said ( diagnosed ?? ), maybe its demam campak. Terus emak ambil tepung kanji and tepek-kan kat muka & badan Tasneem. Kelakar pulak ummi tengok dia di-tepung-gomak-kan. hehhee .

In 3days of her fever, the body temperature showed flactuate readings. Normal in mid-day, increasing by dawn, then lower at mid-night and so forth. This morning, her body temperature was slightly high but still below 38.0°C. Typical criteria of viral infections: <flactuate body temperature>. Erm, maybe betul la kot emak punye diagnosis: Tasneem  kena demam campak.

I just hope her fever will subside soon, because if lets say she still with fever in 2days time, we have to visit Dr. NikRose again for blood test. I know its normal for babies to have fever and in fact its good to strengthen the immune system. Looking at her condition now, she still actively bably, her poops were normal, sleep pattern normal except she drinks less milk,with red rashes on her cheeks and a bit clingy. Orang tua2 kata, demam nak beralih bulan. And thinking of that, I think I’m going to pass the blood test.Rasa macam x perlu pulak.  huhu