My ongoing breastfeeding journey

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To date, sofia is turning 15 months and guess what? She still on breastfeeding(bf)
refer here for my earlier post on breastfeeding. 

Alhamdulillah this time the determination i had to keep on bf-ing her, pay off.

Throughout my bf journey, there's obviously an ups and downs. Not to mentioned the let down when my ebm (express breast milk) supply drops. 

 I was still a newbie when i had HM on board, thus there's not enough group support on BF and i had minimal info and guidance on this. So i have promised myself that for my 2nd baby i will do my best and tried bf as much as i could.  Every mothers should know that breast milk is the Best milk for our child, no doubt on that. 
And the first 6 months is the important and crucial time for us to give our baby breastmilk as it helps them to build up the natural antibodies in their body. 

Let me assure you that there's plenty of benefits both to the mother and child. This is some of it,  for the baby :

• prevents from diarrhea, ear infections, pneumonia and asthma
• cut the risk of SIDS 
• lower risks for obesity and developing allergies

While for the mom's are :

• reduces stress
• lower risks of breast cancer cancer and ovarian cancer
• prevents from postpartum depression 
• it also give the mom a chance to slim down by burning our calories while bf-ing our baby. 

Since i became SAHM , my bf-ing become  hassle-free

The supply and demand is there. But whenever i have to go out or for some work, i will still pumping and keep a stock. It's a never ending process

I  also managed to handle and control my bf moment while outside/on the go

Just need my nursing clothes/buttons or zipper clothes and my nursing bra, then i have no prob nursing sofia in public. At times, i just use my tudung to cover beside my nursing cover

As a mother we need to think creatively and multi-tasking kan

Insha-Allah this will be till Sofia turning TWO

If i can do it, mommies out there will definitely can too!

Hi from sofia yang busy!

Birth Story of Sofia #3 and that's it!

sigh, 3d2n seems longer when you're in hospital

after Dr. Roslan came and checked my stitches, which looks fine and ok, i can go home

FINALLY

been at the hospital with no shower for 3days beside than bit freshen up and brushing your teeth can be so annoying 

i need a full bath!!

Oh before that, on my 2nd day here, few visitors came

my PIL and my BIL came with his lil family over the weekend

it's good to see them so i can stretched 

other than that it's only me, husband and sofia

Sofia is like her sister HM, is easy to handle. I am proud and thankful to be blessed with both girls

no hassle. Sleep like a queen, cried for a milk and diaper change

And Sofia is a good sucker too. She knows how to latch with bit of my guidance

And this time, i am ready to nurse her right from we're out from the OT room

as others said the first colostrum out from your breast is the most expensive and important to your baby and here we go baby

we've made a good team this time!

And so after settling our bills etc, we are heading home

my journey this time is not an easy one but i'm trying my best. My aim is to breastfeed sofia as long as i could. When there's a demand, there's a supply. Gambatteh!

Note :
after a week, Sofia has a jaundice and bermula lah episode of us back and forth to the Klinik kesihatan and to hospital (admitted!) as she has a high level of jaundice. (blame us the parents for not been able to read the sign).  She has the longest time of recovery which almost a month after a urine test and blood test done (and results showed nothing to worried), i just kept on breastfeed her 24/7 and accept the facts from doctor that some baby will take some time to get their bladder matured and kicked off that yellow thingy

Alhamdulillah she has recovered and grow beautifully and chubbier everyday! 

Sofia dah 3 bulan

hamboi, cepatnye masa passing by
and my little pau already turned 3mo..and yet to get her injection (kes ayah yang bz benau,, )

I am so bless and thankful for having sofia tho through c-sect
Sofia ni bijak. When she have one week to turn 3, she already trying to lifted her head
padehal awak tu kecik lagi, dah sibuk nak angkat kepala, nak tengok tv and nak kepochi
Tho i'm a bit concerned but i believed that she has her own capabilities
at 2mo plus pun she started to cooing/talking. part of her development as per babycenter
dok gelak sakan and bercakap as if paham what we talk to her

Menyembur air liur tu jangan cakapla . Dengan 2 penumpuk hand masuk mulut, kelecup kelocop bunyi everytime she sucks her hand. But whenever there's a times that i need to cut her fingernails, i treat her like her sister HM, she sit on my lap, bagi tengok tv as distraction and i will hold her fingers and do the nail clipping. sangat bijak bagi kerjasama :)

I think she's passed 7kg now. Alhamdulillah such a chubby pau
She gets everyone attention especially my friends/relative who gets her update via my FB
memang pipi pau sungguh. Growing beautifully and healthier from my 90% ebm. 
Moga Allah melimpahkan lagi rezeki for her to continue breastfeeding and i will happily feeding her

2mo plus

3months

2mo plus when i was a temp SAHM, w her gedik sister HM

The breastfeeding journey

Alhamdulillah this time with Sofia i was given a chance to breastfeed (BF) her again
and syukur too this time i have gained quite more knowledge on BF

and so i took some supplements to boost my milk
ekceli, it depends pada individual jugak, some will have more and some will not
rezeki masing2 Allah bagi. Overall, do not judge moms yang have less EBM (express breast milk) supply. NEVER JUDGE!

consist fenugreek from Fabulous mom

Fenugreek above is one of the supplement i took. Bought at Fabulous Mom UKelang and taste good.
Beside that, i boil dried longan +red dates too and drink it, hot or cold
It didn't give my EBM till mencurah2 oversupply but it helps to boost la
others are like : durian, milo, ovaltine, chocolate, nasi, overnite oats etc
if you google pun there's a lot of supplements, be it in natural ways (food/drink) or in tablets

As long as we have the effort rather than just give up without trying, that's a BIG L!

To complete this journey, i bought Medela swing at Fabulosmom too
SO lucky there were having sale 50% for almost 2months
The package was quite a good steal for me
RM699 - medela swing set with so many free gifts : 3 ice packs that last for 8hrs, 6 storage bottles for EBM and the cooler bag

Lets pray and doa that Allah grants me more milk supply so i can achieve my target of 6mo bf Sofia and once achieved, eventually the durations continues as long as they're supply

the baby feed guide

AMIN!