Monday, February 28, 2011

Breastfeeding: It's ups and downs.... part 1

okay....so i'm not gonna talk about the benefits of breastfeeding here...you can look that up yourselves.... tapi yang penting...'susu ibu adalah sumber makanan terbaik buat bayi anda'...hehe tiru ayat kat kotak susu formula....

well anyways...i'm writting this entree as a reminder to myself kalau ada rezeki dpt adik for Harith...che wah Harith baru umur 26 hari dah berangan nak timang baby number 2...haha...anyway along with everything to do with pregnancy, giving birth and so on... you have to prepare for breastfeeding as well... kali ni boleh dikatakan preparation tak cukup or tak menyeluruh...but that's what i think...

kenapa tak menyeluruh? after 26 days i have summed up that i spent too much preparing for breastfeeding for after i start working.... so i was more concerned on researching breastpumps and info on how to store and handle breastmilk..which in a way i have experience with masa jaga Alauddin dulu... haaa...sekarang barulah pening...

you see...you also need to prepare yourself mentally and physically... even Mak Ton my tukang urut pun cakap...yang penting pasang niat...itu nombor satu...kalau kita putus asa ke negatif ke ....nanti effect kat bekalan susu...that's what she said.... another tip I got was from reading Dart's Blog in the entree amalan-semasa-hamil-part-1 which is reading surah Al-Hujurat untuk bnykkan  susu.

dari segi fizikal plak... kalau join mommy class mcm kay jepun diorg ada ajar pasal breastcare during pregnancy... like how to massage your breast when you take a shower and how to massage your nipples if you have inverted or flat nipples. which i ignored and sekarang menyesal gile... the only thing i did physically to prepare myself was what Mai Sensei (Senior University of Fukui yang skang jadi sensei nihonggo kat UM...so i call her Mai Sensei) recommended preggy people do...which is wash ur nipples masa dlm shower to  unclog them so the milk can come out smoothly....

My big problem...i didn't know i was anatomically challenged in the nipple area... so Harith susah nak latch on... it turns out my mom had the same problem with all of us...her answer was using a nipple shield...



i went through 3 brands... pureen, anakku and pigeon... but pigeon was the one that suited me the most..but the most pricey lah... tp benda ni skrg dah tak bekesan sgt dah...why? because baby Harith dah kuat minum skrg and sucking through this thing...well let's just say the amount of milk that comes out is little with every suck compared to when he sucks his bottle so mengamuk lah budak kecik itu kan....

yang kelakar nya ...i thought people in the medical sector would be aware of this little invention...well masa duduk dkt hosp serdang tu...one of thr nurses actually asked me ape benda yang kilat2 tu...they've never seen the thing before...and proceded to ask me if the thing has holes at the nipple are...so to answer them ... yes people it has holes for the milk to pass through...

back to the story.sebab Harith couldn't latch on...mulalah mcm2 masalah which effeted me both mentally and emotionally.... mmg then first day it is considered normal to have no milk yet..in my case dh keluar colustrum tp sikit sgt ...setitik setitik tu je..... nurse dr pagi ke petang...ntah brapa org ntah cuba ajar mcm mana nak suruh dia latch on ( hilang dh rasa malu kat strangers ni)... kdg2 dia latch on...isap dua kali pastu lepas...kdg2 tak latch on langsung...itu ok lagi..i kept telling myself that we'll learn...yang penting practice...

that night when it was just the 2 of us was when the nightmare came... he was hungry...and i didn't have anything..no milk..and dia tak nak latch on..so kerja dia meraung je...sampai dia penat...n then he would wake up and meraung algi...seriously tiap kali dia meraung tu mcm nak berperang nak suruh dia latch on..tp apakan daya....kesian baby Harith...bibr dah kering and i couldn't do anything... masa tu baru 10pm...i started counting the hours until morning...pukul 4 dah genkai...i called my mom...i could hear his perut berbunyi...i'm not kidding ok...mana tak kesian... my mom asked me to call teh nurse so i did... i told her the situation tp dia ckp polisi hosp tak leh bagi anything to the baby..so she voluntered to do a glucose test on the baby...kalau rendah we'll figure it out...katanya...baby's results? 2.9...borderline...then my mum arrived..dia seludup masuk formula milk (FM)...i know i know....breastmilk (BM) is the best for baby...tp sanggupkah anda tgk ur baby mcm tu... so Harith got his 2nd taste of FM..the first was when they took him away after i gave birth to him...

i'm not proud of the fact that baby Harith isn't breastfed exclusively..but you do what you have to...another reason i'm writting this entree...so that other people whou are reading this blog might better prepare themselves so as not to find themselves in my shoes...

- prepare yourselves mentally and physically...
- my cousin said she went through the first 24 hours with her baby before her milk come in by giving him air
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- research research research...there's nothing wrong with getting a little more knowledge on these things,  you know....

i leave you with this video on 10 tips for breastfeeding success..from babycenter.com...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

try to consult pakar laktasi.kat hospital pantai mutiara penang ader sorang;dr balkess,try telefon die minta tolong.baby masih awal lg masih boleh diusahakan lagi.my baby tak minum direct bf for about 2 month,tapi usaha n terus usaha she's now fully direct bf.check kat facebook susuibu.com or Norashida Abd Rahman;or add me .i'll link u to orang2 yg memang terlatih and pakar bab menyusu nie.jangan putus asa.keep in ur mind susu manusia untuk manusia.fight for ur baby.i'll try to help u becoz my problem was bigger before and saya nak sgt2 agar semua org dapat merasai nikmat memberikan anak susu badan secara exclusif.