Comments on: A Breastfeeding Battle http://apregnantpause.net/2009/11/22/a-breastfeeding-battle/ Mon, 21 May 2012 14:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: miloh http://apregnantpause.net/2009/11/22/a-breastfeeding-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-24431 miloh Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:45:49 +0000 http://apregnantpause.net/?p=4221#comment-24431 hi, how's it going? good to know you're continuing to breastfeed. i fully agree with the suggestions above, i.e. to drink PLENTY of fluids. my experience with ryan is he's a good drinker and my first few days were a nightmare, with him screaming for milk (mine came on day 6) and i honestly imagined my nipples were going to drop dead any second. thank goodness for medela's PureLan, which helped to "repair" my nipples a bit. but perseverance will pay off, and now i have accumulated a good backup milk supply. i did give in twice though, once when i was in the hospital and the nurses brought him to me like, every hour and i had absolutely no rest, and another time when MIL was at home with us (it pleased her very much to feed him formula, for some reason). <strong>KittyCat</strong>: Hi there! Thanks for the moral support. I have been drinking *more* fluids but I think the problems lie in not having enough rest due to a) work and b) managing the household. Just imagine our weekends when the crazy toddler's at home... Things are not running smoothly yet and I'm looking for a daytime auntie to help with cooking and caring for the kids. Know anyone??? Plus, this CL is strange as she loves to stare at me breastfeed AND exclaim, "She's not full!" or pick her up and tell her repeatedly, "You're not full, aren't you?". I guess she feels helpless since she can't help much with the girl stuck at my boobs every 2 hours. Once I find the daytime auntie, I'm hoping that I'll get enough rest and the supply will go up so I can cut out the formula completely... hi, how’s it going? good to know you’re continuing to breastfeed. i fully agree with the suggestions above, i.e. to drink PLENTY of fluids. my experience with ryan is he’s a good drinker and my first few days were a nightmare, with him screaming for milk (mine came on day 6) and i honestly imagined my nipples were going to drop dead any second. thank goodness for medela’s PureLan, which helped to “repair” my nipples a bit. but perseverance will pay off, and now i have accumulated a good backup milk supply.

i did give in twice though, once when i was in the hospital and the nurses brought him to me like, every hour and i had absolutely no rest, and another time when MIL was at home with us (it pleased her very much to feed him formula, for some reason).

KittyCat: Hi there! Thanks for the moral support. I have been drinking *more* fluids but I think the problems lie in not having enough rest due to a) work and b) managing the household. Just imagine our weekends when the crazy toddler’s at home…

Things are not running smoothly yet and I’m looking for a daytime auntie to help with cooking and caring for the kids. Know anyone???

Plus, this CL is strange as she loves to stare at me breastfeed AND exclaim, “She’s not full!” or pick her up and tell her repeatedly, “You’re not full, aren’t you?”. I guess she feels helpless since she can’t help much with the girl stuck at my boobs every 2 hours.

Once I find the daytime auntie, I’m hoping that I’ll get enough rest and the supply will go up so I can cut out the formula completely…

]]> By: sharine http://apregnantpause.net/2009/11/22/a-breastfeeding-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-24400 sharine Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:08 +0000 http://apregnantpause.net/?p=4221#comment-24400 drink more fluid (milo, milk, warm water, red dates beverage), soups (boiled fish and papaya) and rest/sleep when baby sleeps... mind you I even did a log record on my fluid intake and baby's milk intake from which side of breast, the time and how many times for poo and pee... I was so so determined last time to bf sucessfully... In order to increase milk is let baby sucks as much as possible... I did and besides going to loo, eating and clean myself you can find me lying with baby during my last confinement. The first 3 months will be difficult but just think that later on it will be a bliss... drink more fluid (milo, milk, warm water, red dates beverage), soups (boiled fish and papaya) and rest/sleep when baby sleeps… mind you I even did a log record on my fluid intake and baby’s milk intake from which side of breast, the time and how many times for poo and pee… I was so so determined last time to bf sucessfully…
In order to increase milk is let baby sucks as much as possible… I did and besides going to loo, eating and clean myself you can find me lying with baby during my last confinement. The first 3 months will be difficult but just think that later on it will be a bliss…

]]> By: HN http://apregnantpause.net/2009/11/22/a-breastfeeding-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-24396 HN Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:48:05 +0000 http://apregnantpause.net/?p=4221#comment-24396 My experience tells me that enough rest and lots of soup & fluid will definitely increase the milk supply. Now the problem is we are constantly lack of rest during the first few weeks hence the low supply. Chew Lee is right, rest while the baby sleep (side -lying positionis the best!). Whenever I wake up from a short 30 mins of rest, my breasts usually are engorged with milk. P/S: the ang mo here adviced me to drink lots of malt drink like non-alcholic beer. It works perfectly for me :) My experience tells me that enough rest and lots of soup & fluid will definitely increase the milk supply. Now the problem is we are constantly lack of rest during the first few weeks hence the low supply. Chew Lee is right, rest while the baby sleep (side -lying positionis the best!). Whenever I wake up from a short 30 mins of rest, my breasts usually are engorged with milk.

P/S: the ang mo here adviced me to drink lots of malt drink like non-alcholic beer. It works perfectly for me :)

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