EBM

I learnt from SusuIbu.com that dried longan + red dates can increase milk supply.

Off I went to kedai sen-sei to buy those items.  Mencabar jugakla nak mencari kedai sen-sei ni sebab I’m not very familiar with Kajang area and I know that there is no kedai sen-sei in Bandar Baru Bangi sebab kawasan Melayu. Meraban-raban jugakla mencari, nak tak nak kena jugak ke Kajang.

The reason nak try petua ni bukan sebab my supply dah merundum. For the time being my supply is doing just OK. 4 bottles of 3oz EBM daily at the babysitter’s, cukup untuk Tasneem’s daily need. My in-house stock now cuma ada 5 botol aje. 4 in my fridge and 1 kat rumah babysitter.

On daily basis I plan to have 4 pumping sessions. 6-7am, 9-10am, 1-2pm and 4-5pm, BUT I often missed the 6-7am, and 1-2pm session. Every pump (both sides) I’ll usually get 6-7oz of EBM. Those EBM I will transfer to jelly bottle and I’ll have 4 bottles of EBM, 3oz each. For me to get 6-7oz of milk, I’ll pump for 1 hour, 30mins each. Mungkin teknik ni kurang berkesan for long term, because I read an article (tak ingat url) yang to increase milk supply kena increase pump session + decrease pump time, meaning short pumping time but frequent session.

The sad thing is, I can’t do that. I’m afraid that if I decrease pumping time, I will not express the 6-7oz of EBM that I needed. I tried not to use the buffer stock and I’m trying to increase my in-house stock.

So that’s why I wanted to try the dried longan + red dates petua. If let say the petua works for me, I hope I can express more milk within that 1 hour so that I can have more in-house stock. macam tamak aje kan bunyi nye. hehe ;)

Lucky that my current-not-so-best- job doesnt require me to travel outstation, but I just feel secure to see stocks of EBM piling up my fridge. Tak simpan bahan mentah pun xpe. hehe.

Lets just see if the petua works for me.

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New demand?

3rd day working, Ummi missed evening pump session & my exercise session. Semua ni gara2 tetiba banyak kerja pulak & kena entertain client yang datang. When everything was almost complete, it was already 4.45pm. So I decided not to pump because I could not afford of Tasneem being cranky & angry for not having enough milk when nursing, like what happened the 1st day of work.

So menahan la rasa bengkak tu sampai punch out. Ambil Tasneem terus offer sebab dah rasa bengkak sangat dah. Budak kecik cute tu mmg tak menolak walaupun baru je lepas menyusu kat rumah bbsitter tu. Pantang kena offer. hehhehe ;)

Macam biasa time maghrib tu Tasneem demand for her feed. Well, not really milk-sucking but more to nyonyot2 aje sambil pejam mata. When I pulled out she will open her eyes and started to suck again. Cheeky Tasneem!!

I thought all when OK tapi dekat pukul 8 tu I wanted to take shower & pray and all of sudden terus dia menangis menjerit. Dah start buat hal dahhh… Offer milk-factory; reject & jerit. Letak dalam buai; jerit. Dukung; jerit. Aiyyoo.

Abi took in-charged and I went for shower & pray. Tasneem; still wailing with mata merah2 sebab mengantuk. Then suddenly I remembered that we have a pacifier in her basket. Cleaned & washed it, terus bagi Tasneem. X sempat nak sterelize pun, not hygienic, I know. :|

Guess what, sambil2 dia grumbling tu, she nyonyot2 jugak pacifier tu. Alaaah, ummi tak suka la Tasneem hisap pacifier, I told her. Letak dalam buaian, lelap mata dia sambil nyonyot benda tu.Bila tengok dia dah lena sikit, I tried to pull out the pacifier, tapi dia marah. Tak bagi ambil. Eiiii, ummi tak suka lah Tasneem hisap pacifier, I told her again. Uiishh, makin hebat dia nyonyot pacifier tu. Rasa nak nangis je tgk dia nyonyot benda tu. I looked at her and wondering camana lah boleh jadik camni. I never introduced pacifier to her. I tried not to think of the bbsitter sebab nak berprasangka baik. Lagipun I x bekalkan pun pacifier tu, so I believe that mesti ada sebab lain.

With regards to mommies out there, I mean no hard feeling with this post. Its just that I dont like to see my kid(s) to depends on the pacifier. I’d rather offer them my nipps. I have my reasons but to be on the safe side, I will not tell. Tak mahulah timbulkan any controversies and I believe its up to the parents to take care of their children, regardsless of whatever and whichever methods. Ok? peace!! :)

I just hope Tasneem will forget about the pacifier lepas ni. hehe.

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How I survived my 1st & 2nd day of working

First of all, I survived my 1st day working routine  just fine… except having a few eheemm.. tragedies.

1st day

I woke up early, but only to have a bit kelam-kabut while preparing breakfast sebab Tasneem dah bangun and calling for somebody to pick her up. End up sampai office lewat.

I managed to breast-fed Tasneem before sending her off to the bbsitter and at 11am I pumped and got 9oz. Alhamdulillah, dapatlah 3bottles of 3oz each of EBM. Then sambung kerja. Kemas kini apa yang patut and catch-up with colleagues.

at 4.30pm, I pumped for almost 1 hour and got 6oz. Despite my plan for exercise, I opted to pump for Tasneem’s milk. It was almost 5.30pm when I finished pumping and decided to punch out. Tak jadi lah nak exercise. Basuh pump, collect EBM dlm fridge and went down to the office. I got 5 bottles of 3oz EBM. I was not sure how it happened but suddenly 1 of my EBM bottle fell down on the floor and cracked the bottle.

” Aaaahhhhhh, susu aku!! susu aku!! susu aku!!”

Nasib baik lah one of my colleague sempat ambil bottle dlm beg pumping gear and dpt lah selamat kan the rest of the EBM. 2oz was safe. Sedih betul tengok susu bergelimpangan kat lantai. Sedih je masa lap susu atas lantai tu. Eventhough it was only for 1 oz that wasted. Terasa sangat yang EBM ni sangat berharga. :(

Terbayang2 dalam kereta camana lah botol EBM tu bleh jatuh. Ambil hubby from his office and terus ke rumah bbsitter. Tasneem was busy chatting with kak yam. Saje I biarkan aje dia borak dulu, baru bagi salam pada Tasneem.

Amazingly terus dia toleh pada ummi dia. I was so happy when she did that. :)

She was OK until about 7.30pm when she started to get cranky. I nursed her and she fell asleep while nursing, but immediately woke-up when I put her in her buaian. Despite my attempts to put her back to sleep, still mata dia celik aje then senyum2 pulak.

Lepas solat maghrib, I tried to put her back to sleep again. I offered her my milk factory, she was OK for the 1st 2 mins and started to grumble while sucking after that. Merungut2 then she started to cry. An angry cry. I thought she might be having a colic or wind or upset stomach, so I tuamkan her perut with warm towel. Still x jalan. When I hold her, dia ‘mencari2′, bila latch-on she suck so intense sampai terasa perit and she was pulling my nipps sambil menendang2 marah. Aiiyoo, clearly she was hungry tapi dia nampak macam x puas. I was desperate to put her to sleep and it tensed me to see her wailing and angry. Ummi Tasneem pun nangis sama laaaa. huhu.

Abi took over to handle her and amazing sungguh, terus berhenti nangis and ngadu ntah ape2 dengan abi dia. Aduss tensenn ummi. Sempat la ummi masak and mandi sementara mood Tasneem tgh baik main2 dengan abi dia. At almost 10pm baru dia started to be restless and looked sleepy. 10.30pm baru dia tido and we finally had our dinner. Makan dinner time supper.

And it makes me wonder, adakah Tasneem mengalami nipple confussion?? I decide to check on the 2nd day.

2nd day

She woke up smiling and chatty as usual. Aduhai Tasneem….. malam tadi buat ummi risau aje. All went OK that morning.

At work, I followed my pumping schedule, 10-11am : 6oz, 3-4pm : 6oz. After evening pump, I managed to exercise for 1 hour. Yeayy!! Sangat happy sebab berjaya jugak exercise. I did recumbent bike for 40mins and brisk-walking for 20mins. My strategy to loose the extra weight (I still have about 4 kg to shed) is 1sty to increase my cardio stamina, so that when I’m fitter I can work on weight training to burn more fat & increase muscle tone. My aim to reach my target weight within 3-6 months. This is due to the fact that I dont want to loose weight drastically because I’m afraid it might affect my milk supply. Xpelah, for the time being ummi kenalah tahan telinga bersabar banyak2 dengan komentar2 org yg kata “eh… tak kurus pun lagi…” ataupun “berat ko tak turun eh?” ataupun paling nyampah “apesal baju ko nampak sendat??” Uwwwaaaaaaaaa!! I benci tauuuuuu!! :|

Petang tu ambil Tasneem, the bbsitter informed yang she just woke-up and she didnt sleep at all in the morning!! Isy, Tasneem ni buat perangai baru pulak ke?? She was OK lying on her playgym and as usual, demanded her feeding at maghrib time. She nursed for about 45mins. Then she started to get cranky. Ummi Tasneem pun mulalah nerves sebab x tahu nak buat ape kalau dia start jerit2 tu. Panic ok!  I thought she was angry with the milk flow so I offered another side but she rejected it.

Nasib baiklah abi dia rileks aje. Bila tengok Tasneem dah start cranky dengan ummi dia, abi took over but she still restless and even bad, refuse to be put down. Menjerit2 sampai hilang2 suara. OMG, tak kan lah dia nak buat hal lagi malam ni. I started to feel depressed when I noticed stains on her pants.

Tasneem poops rupanya. Patutlah dia tak nak baring. My daughter memang penggeli orangnya, kalau lambat sikit kita tukar nappy/diapers after she poops, memang dia nangis. Punya lah panic dengan dia sampaikan we forgot to check her diaper. She cried out loud mase dibaringkan tapi terus senyap masa I bukak her diaper and terus senyum2 angkat2 kaki masa I wipe her bum. Memang sah lah dia mengamuk sebab ummi tak tukar diaper dia. Then abi letak dalam buai, 5mins after terus tido. Aduhai…sorry sangat Tasneem, ummi had panic attack when you cried like that! hehee ;)

So I guess, the conclusion is that Tasneem is not having a nipple confussion ( I hope I’m not making an early conclusion on this ) and pengajaran untuk kami adalah untuk check her diaper if she refuse to lay down, reject my nipps and cry out loud.

Apaaaalaaaaaaa ummi ni.

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At work

Ummi’s 1st day at work.

Pagi2 lagi dah blog.

2 months away, belum dapat work momentum lagi.

 Nasib baiklah dapat bos yang memahami. :)

Tasneem woke up at 8am this morning, while I was busy preparing breakfast and her abi was in the shower.

I picked her up and had my breakfast while nursing her at the same time. Multi-tasked mommy. I guess I’ll be doing multi-tasking job frequently after this. Also, I assume that being a mother requires a lot of multi-tasking in handling personal care, house chores and child care.

Cuma satu je problem pagi tadi, ummi lambat sampai office. Kena improve on that. Haiiihh…

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