My motivation of BF

Since now ummi is battling with the decrease of  milk production, I find these pics motivational and keeps me going to bf the little princess.

 

Totally rewarding.

Go ummi go!! Dont give up!!

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Anyway, we went for her 4th jap this morning. Am not surprise at all, she weights at 5.85kg, increased 450 grams only! :?  Then bile part tinggi macam biasalah, her paed said the same dialogue while jotting the chart.. tinggi dia ni, ikut abi… I guess I have to menerima hakikat yang Tasneem wont be as chubby and montels as other babies yang kusss-semangat badan dia tu. Mula2 dulu terasa jugakla bila orang komen Tasneem x montel, Tasneem x tembam and so forth, sampai kadang mcm rasa tensen pulak and pikir  anak aku x cukup susu ke?? ke susu aku tak berkualiti?? But as time goes by and after hundreds of googling regarding baby weight vs bf, I find that my daughter is really just fine. Nothing wrong with her not so-chubby-montel-pipi and badan. Lagipun, her growth chart is still within the normal range, the weight is still increasing each month. Kalau berat baby turun, thats something yang kena risau. So now, I rest my case and just accept the fact that my little princess is not going to be in that tembam-montel group.  Kalau ada orang komen abt that,  pekak kan telinga and senyum aje laaaaaa…

Aha my sister called just now, she said that Tasneem now looks like ummi when I was a baby. My mom also said the same thing when she babysit Tasneem last week, especially looking at her when she’s sleeping.  Wah, perasaan sungguh bangga ummi mendengarnya ok!! Yelah, asyik org kata muka ikut abi aje kan…. bila nak muka ummi pulak? hehe

On the other note, ummi’s best friend, Avent IQ Isis Uno’s Let Down Massage Cushion has been missing.

Sudahlah tgh ada crisis production, hilang pulak 1 part. Now, kena lah ummi tahan sakit sikit everytime pumping.  Tak tahu mana nak carik ganti, tp 1st step nak pegi ke Mothercare kot lah diorang ada jual. Kalau xde, ummi nak tepon Kinderjik and ask for it. Kalau xde jugak kat Malaysia ni, bln 6 nnt WanChu nak ke UK, mintak tolong lah dia carik kan.

In the mean time, tahan aje laaa sakit tu kan demi untuk Tasneem.

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

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.