Breastfeeding [Merged]

[tina11]

DELISYUS natawa ako sa analogy mo. Good one!

[DELISYUS]

wehehehe xtianne :D

sana ayanin ng powers ko ginagawa ni daiz na till 3 yrs old, nakakapag-breastfeed pa :D (to think dati naeeskandalo ako na my cosuin breastfeeds pa from his mom at that age... wehehehe... then i met a doctor dun sa parenting seminar, she breastfed her bunso till age 6, o devah!)

and syempre pa... may hidden agenda yun... to keep breast cancer away :D

[DaNa8]

^^^
Wow, till age 6! :wow: Kala ko pwede na kami pumasok sa Guinness ni Riel for longest breastfeeding, di pa pala. I'm sure the doctor also believe in child-led weaning so they took long to wean.

[DELISYUS]

altho daiz... isip ko, bat yung matatagal ata mag-wean, usually boys? my cousin was a boy... that doctor's kids were all boys... boy ang anakis mo :D

dati i feared some sort of fixation developing... wehehehe... and i guess in a way, they are getting fixated nga :D yikes...

then again... my cousin wasn't breastfeeding naman nga din for a super long time... he was more like, 'nangungutong' na lang, using the nipples to calm him, and get himself to sleep... till he was in grade school :D

[DaNa8]

^^^
Hehe, si Riel maaga natutong magsabi ng word na "tekti" (sexy). At type nya yung mga artista na malalaki boobs pag napapanood nya sa TV. :D

Riel also nurses for comfort. Usually, before he goes to bed and also when he hurts himself.

[DELISYUS]

boys.... they're just really little men!!!!


tsk tsk tsk :D

[mymelody51]

hello, mga mommies.

mejo alarmed lang ko, parang ang konti na ng milk ko, i gave birth last may 19, ano gawin ko, aside from taking malunggay tablets ah, balik office na rin kasi ako eh, salamat

[koltrone]

koltrone, that's right sis. I have small breasts but I still breastfeed my 3-yr-old son.

Talaga? sana nga ako din. I heard from my mom *** grandma ko daw nag breastfeed sa youngest nila until 5 years old. Grabe, sana nasa lahi :)

[koltrone]

yup koltrone :)

your boobs are a factory... not a warehouse :) kaya as long as may demand, it will produce!

Thanks sis! you're boosting my self-confidence talaga, di na ako makikinig sa iba at pro-breastfeeding na ako ***** hehehe

[DELISYUS]

nyahaha koltrone :D yeyyyy!!!!



sayang mymelody51 kasi ngayon ko lang nakita na may talk ngayon sa may the fort especially for working moms who want to breastfeed... well, kaninang umaga yun, and project ng http://www.theperfectlatch.com/ yun :)

anyway, tulad ng sinasabi namin dito... milk production is a matter of supply and demand... if you can stick to a schedule of pumping while in the workplace, and make sure you breastfeed before (kung gising na baby) and at night and all the time during weekends and off days... there's no reason why you can't have your breastmilk gushing back again...

check mo din if you have your stress levls in check... kasi they'd also affect your milk production lalo na if you're not able to relax while breastfeeding... to make the feeding enjoyable din for your child..

[SexyLadyyy]

Guys, may mga malls ba dito sa manila na may "pumping area/station"? please post if there is. Thanks!

[sneezy]

The Mall of Asia has nursing stations but it's dirty.
I once saw a mom in Rustan's pump sa ladies' room sa changing station for the baby (much to my frustration because she was taking so long and my baby needed to get his diaper changed).

[DaNa8]

SexyLadyyy, as far as I know all SM malls have breastfeeding areas. Haven't visited one though since we stopped breastfeeding in public before they were built. In SM Megamall, it's next to the restroom near the ice skating rink.

[SexyLadyyy]

thanks sneezy and dana8... few malls lang pala may breastfeeding area. I wanted to go out pero was thinking kasi my boobs are always dripping every after 2 hours so I need to pump and express my milk otherwise, it'll be swollen :(

[DELISYUS]

SexyLadyyy
sis...if you feel OFF saving the milk you express in CRs (or public CRs at that), you can always dump them naman... if your baby has enough milk supply naman :) and you may not need to express a lot naman din


question... kasi diba diretso naman sa bottle na yung expressed milk??? malaki pa din ba yung contamination ekek if you do it sa CR?

[SlingeR_AP]

naku DELISYUS sana naman hindi nako-contaminate milk ni baby kung nag-eexpress sa CR kasi ako no choice talaga but to do it there.

i make sure to wash my hands twice tapos i use a tissue pang close/open sa door and am using an avent pump tapos takip naman agad *** bottle after expressing, so far healthy naman si baby.

[DELISYUS]

yun nga sis eh... in the breastfeeding seminars kasi na i've attended, parang hindi naman kaso to pump sa CR (tho i guess we're talking about office CRs usually) and hindi naman nga ganun katagal mag-pump :D

and isip ko...if sa malls... how often would you need to pump naman sa ganun ka-public na place diba???

[SexyLadyyy]

guys naku problema ko din pagpasok ko sa office...hindi maganda yung CR namin dun.. i dont know if maarte lang ako or what.. basta di ko feel magexpress ng gatas sa CR ng office namin. I am to the point of emailing our HR to provide a small room for my pumping time. ;)

anyhow, DELISYUS is right, i can just pump sa CR ng malls and i can just dump it after kuung talagang dirty and yucky diba.. pero minsan nakakapang hinayang din..anyhow...thanks for the options. will explore this issue further :)

[DELISYUS]

eh ganda... if you have your own room/cubicle kasi, pumping is as easy as locking the door... or facing a wall... sabi nga nila, you do other people a service din when you make others aware that you're a breastfeeding advocate...

you can also just bring a malong or some shawl w/ you, drape that and pump in your seat, in the car, wherever :) it won't take long naman nga kasi, i mean, you're not gonna play w/ your boobies and all naman...

[DaNa8]

I used to pump in our office clinic. If you have one in your office, you may ask HR's permission to use it. We also have a shower room and this is where I pumped when the clinic was unavailable. Hope this helps.

[devilabomba]

ako kaya gano kaya ako katagal mag-bre-breastfeed?? hehe record holder ata yung 6years
i found this site where you can make cute tickers. share ko lang.

http://lilypie.com/pic/070911/3Kvt.jpghttp://bf.lilypie.com/1TKi0/.png (http://lilypie.com)

[DELISYUS]

ahehe


ako dai sabi ko minimum of 1 year, maximum of 2... ngayon siguro minimum of 2, maximum of 3 (or till ma-wean sya kusa) :D from where am sitting kasi, parang ang off talaga na naglalakad galore na yung baby tas breastfeeding pa... kaso nga, the long-term benefits are more than enough incentive...

yun lang din, medyo we project na we'd have a kid every 2 years or so (to get the 3 we want) so syempre, kailangan ma-wean arnd 2-3 years talaga yung baby.... kasi kahit breastfeeding advocate ako, parang hindi ko na carry yung tandem breastfeeding :D

[pilyangkikay]

i guess i'm lucky being a sahm for the 1st year of my baby's life then a wahm since she was 14mos old. direct breastfeeding kami kaya bebe ko hindi nakaranas ng bote. she's now 20mos and i'm still breastfeeding her kahit malakas na syang mag-solids. i also believe in the baby's self-weaning pero pano nga kung pumapasok na sya sa skul pero nagbebreastfeed pa sya no? :)

[DaNa8]

^^^
That's what we kept telling our son. Mag-school na sya next year kaya dapat tigil na sya mag-breastfeed. He's turning 4 na kasi next year and he still nurses before going to sleep.

[DELISYUS]

ahihi

good luck in weaning your kids... ahihi :)

siguro Daiz... you have to start disappearing some nights na...

[SexyLadyyy]

mommies, where can i find a reusable breastpad? meron kasi ako yung disposable lang from pigeon. thanks!

[devilabomba]

^^ sis, meron ang avent tsaka sa ebay merong nagbebenta dun :D

ill echo a tip from one of the pex posters, use baby's diapers, cut it into small triangles, circles, squares, stars, or kung anu mang shape ang feel mo then seal the edges with micropore tape. voila! uber cheap disposable breast pads.

[DELISYUS]

so... did you guys get to go to the lecture?

[DaNa8]

Pigeon also has reusable breastpads. Bought it in SM Megamall kaso that was 3 years ago pa.

Mec, actually konti na lang din sya magdede. Parang mga 5 mins na lang bago matulog.

[DELISYUS]

o yan malapit na yan sis :) and at least, in the meantime nga eh he's keeping you away from breast cancer devah? :)

[DaNa8]

Yup, dami naman talaga benefits extended breastfeeding. :)

[SexyLadyyy]

Hi Mommies! i wasnt able to attend the session at the podium BUT i was there..doing shopping! hahaha! late kasi ako 3pm na ako nakapunta tapos have to be quick lang kasi si Chloe baka hanapin ako..so ayun, i bought things for my babies, diapers, breastpad (thanks to devilabomba i found the avent reusable), sterlizer which i am planning to buy for sometime now..sale kasi yung avent, 20% off kaya napabili na ako sa wakas! yehey!

[DELISYUS]

ahehe sis :)

w/c reminds me, may mga discount ekek din ata ako ng avent w/c i got from the last bfeeding workshop i attended.... in case i decide nga to buy their products...

[devilabomba]

onga 20% off on all avent products till the end of september. still mas mura pa rin pag sa US ka bibili. hehe

[timeassasin]

Help! I really want to breastfeed my baby but since there's no milk coming out from my breasts, napipilitan kaming mag formula feed. I can feel the milk inside my breasts kasi malaki na siya but walang lumalabas sa nipples ko..kahit butas sa nipples wala. What can I do to release the milk? Help naman po please. :mecry:

[DELISYUS]

timeassasin... have you just given birth??? kasi baka colostrum pa lang yung lumalabas and it's not the liquid milk that you're looking for (yet!)... and babies this early aren't THAT hungry pa din naman

but if you've given birth sometime ago na... check mo, baka inverted nipples mo, baka may clogged ducts ka, etc

massage and warm compress supposedly helps.... massage your breasts lalo na the area around your nipples and areola before and after feeding... warm compress naman should help with the letdown before feeding...

if you have a pump, pump away

if you have a hubby, ask his help to suck (kasi baka mamaya din the baby is too lazy to suck properly) and really check if wala ngang lumalabas...

kung taga-QC ka.... maybve you can also come to one of their meetings:

La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed. All women interested in breastfeeding are invited to attend or call an accredited leader for help. Babies are always welcome at the meetings. (husbands and yayas can come along din)
Manila

Meeting are held every second Saturday from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Parish Hall, Mary the Queen Church, Madison Street, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila (right across from Xavier School)

Leader Information:
Cris Rosenthal
Tel. 725 0776
Fax/Tel 721 9388
Mobile 0917 894 1099
Email cris_rosenthal@hotmail.com

You don't need to bring anything except your questions and concerns with breastfeeding. suggest you take down notes if you
like. best to start attending on the 6th or 7th month of your pregnancy for proper preparations. there are 4 topics which are rotated on regularly but we discuss all of the concerns of present moms. since it's a support group meeting, the 1st part will be
semi-lecture / sharing type. if demo is needed, there are a lot of moms with actual breastfeeding babies so demonstration happens in a natural setting.





If taga-south ka naman... just ask when the next session at Asian Hospital will be

[timeassasin]

DELISYUS! Thank you for the info. Yes..I've just given birth last Monday ( sept. 17 ). Kahapon lang lumabas yung drops of fluid from my breasts. Di ko sure kung colostrum pa yun or milk na. The problem is nasanay na ata kasi baby ko sa formula milk kasi he's been taking it for 4 days na. I tried latching my baby sa breasts ko kaso ayaw na nya...hanap nya yung sweet, easy access na formula milk :( I really feel depressed kasi gusto ko talaga i breastfeed baby ko kaso ayaw nya. Naaawa naman ako kung pipilitin ko talaga siya. Hay..anyway..thanks again for the info. I'll try to contact them to seek some help.

[laineybogz]

timeassasin: sis! nakew i had the same problem with my baby. i gave birth last sept. 1 so my baby's now 3 weeks old. i had the same experience: baby fussing at my nipple, with matching loud cries pa, leaving me no choice but to give her formula. and i know how frustrating it is not to be able to breastfeed. but u know what??? pagtiyagaan mo, sis. talagang mahirap at first. breastfeeding is new to ur baby as it is to u. u cant expect naman na all of a sudden makaka-latch on sya perfectly, right? basta tiyaga lang. sabi nga ng friend ko, magkakabalian daw **** kayo ng neck and back, but after many tries, he will learn to latch on ur nipple. believe me, sis. ako din na-guilty the first few days after giving birth kasi nga i cant get my baby to latch on, so lage sya iyak and dahil naaawa naman ako, bigay ko sya ng formula. but now i breastfeed her 100%, she feeds from my breasts most of the time (which she prefers dahil nakakatulog sya), and sometimes i give her pumped milk. ayoko sya bigyan ng formula hangga't i have milk pa. um, help ur baby my cupping ur breast and leading ur nipple to his mouth. o kaya try stroking the sides of his lips with ur nipple, pag bumuka mouth nya (yawnlike), ipasok mo *** nipple sa mouth nya. or if u have small nipples (like i do), try mo mag-pump (para sort of ma-pull out *** nipple) or manually pull it urself. basta try various things to get him to latch on. ang sarap ng feeling once na-gets na nya and ull feel the letdown of milk (despite the fact na masakit **** sya hehe). and eto, sis, important: sa ngayon na hindi pa sya nagffeed from u, make sure that u pump ha, to stimulate milk production still. kasi pag hindi na-coconsume ni baby *** milk sa breasts mo, magddwindle ang supply nyan eventually. magpump ka muna then bigay mo sa kanya *** na-pump mo, at least ure not giving him formula diba? :) ure still breastfeeding!

so, sis, keep on trying! it's all worth it once nagkaroon na kayo ng sarili nyong technique: nanjan ang bonding, plus ull be able to give ur baby the greatest gift he deserves thru breastmilk. a good and healthy start in life, that is. :):):) go go go! balitaan mo ko, k?

[laineybogz]

double post! :)

[DELISYUS]

timeassasin

eto lang...the more you give in to her cries for formula, the more you put your breasts in the losing end...

kaya nga yung ibang Moms talaga are discouraged to have formula around... kasi it's sooo much easier to give formula than make the effort to breastfeed...

and babies are highly-intelligent sis... if they know they can have the milk more easily, they'll refuse to properly suck on your breasts more :)

[DELISYUS]

UP ko lang tong thread na to... and share ko lang din breastfeeding challenge/success story ko

I gave birth via C-section... am sure those who've undergone the same know how hard it is to move... as in mahirap na to take care of yourself, how much more to attend to somebody else's needs diba?

dun talaga papasok yung commitment to breastfeed... ako nga kasi, ever since pagkabata ko, i wanted to breastfeed na when my turn to be a mommy comes... kaya when i was wheeled back into my room at 12 NN (my son was yanked out of me ng 9:59 AM), i started pestering my hubs (who started pestering the Huggery/Nursery at Asian) about breastfeeding Yakee na... kasi nga I was ever so scared na he'd go crying and the nurses would give him formula via bottle (buti na lang, Asian Hosp like Medical City is a breatfeeding advocate hospital... so when they do give something to a newborn, they mostly give sugar water lang, and in nursing cups)

When I got myself admitted... kasama dun sa paper stating na i have a storng allergy history yung wish ko to EXCLUSIVELY breastfeed... kaya din after ng delivery, they gave the baby to me for latching (syempre ayaw nya, mwehehe)

Yakee refused to latch talaga initially... tas kasi nakahiga ako so medyo mas mahirap... pero tyagaan lang talaga...

good thing din..my husband was 100% behind me in my decision to breastfeed

and nung ni-room in na namin si Yakee that same day... ay umupo talaga ako just to facilitate latching, kasehodang masakit pa sugat ko...

commitment and confidence lang talaga... i knew it could be done so i didn't give myself any excuse not to do it... and while Yakee was mastering his latch, i'd massage my breasts in between, and put warm compress on them... kaya in the end, hindi ako nag-suffer talaga before succesfully breastfeeding... tipong may pain man, slight lang (pag gigil anak ko)

and since i knew colostrum pa lang pag first few days...walang panic whatsoever na wala ako nakikitang liquid milk... basta pinasuckle ko lang pina-suckle anak ko... and when he started moving his meconium 6 hrs after we roomed him in, I knew na success ever na ako talaga...

basta good luck sa lahat... and i hope more Moms will have more confidence in their superpowers to produce breastmilk :)

[devilabomba]

wow mommy DELISYUS!!! congrats congrats ng madami. hope you recover quickly.
bilib ako sa mga breastfeeding moms (like me. hehe) kasi i know kung gaano ka convenient (given our different situations) magfeed ng formula kay baby. pero still, WE opt for breastfeeding. me, i go to work everyday with a big bag na may cooler at pumping paraphernalia, seeing me like that everyday nagcomment *** officemate ko na "mahal na mahal mo talaga baby mo.." awwww... i was really flattered. hehe

kudos to breastfeeding moms, and a warm welcome to YAKEE :D

[DELISYUS]

devilabomba
at diba nga sister... because you pump at work, it lessens the guilt of being away from your baby (kasi am sure most Moms would rather really spend more time w/ their kids) kasi nga, even when you're away, you still do something for your child... you make sure continued yung best sustenance nya :)

[devilabomba]

^true true. congrats ulit to you. bet you're so happy at mapu-put into action mo na ang iyong breastfeeding convictions

[DELISYUS]

lolz... i am over the moon about it sis... :D

eh syempre... i prepared so for it naman... kaya nae-execute ko ng ayos... that's not to say na i don't feel sorry for myself over the sleepless nights...or being at the beck and call of my baby's cries... pero this is one of the wiser investments talaga that i an ever do eh... kaya kahit pagod and puyat, hindi pumapasok sa isip ko to quit..

[rainbowvs]

hello mga mommies,

just want to ask what electric pump is a good buy.. I gave birth 2 months ago and nag-p-pump ako sa work three times a day. mejo nakakangalay kasi pag manual pump. do you have any recommendations?

thanks in advance..

[sneezy]

^you can't go wrong with Medela.

[~gIrLnXtDoOr~]

~gIrLnXtDoOr~: Good for you! How long do you plan to breastfeed? :)




after more than a year, i'm still breastfeeding my baby
stay-at-home mom ako so i guess it's okay.. and madaming magandang benefits ito especially sa bonding namen..

what's not ok is nahihirapan akong sanayin ang baby ko NOT to breastfeed :hmm:

i was exclusively breastfeeding her until she's 1 yr old.. after that tlagang pinapainom ko na sya ng formula, derecho na sa training cup, now cup with straw..

kaya lang, since mas gusto nya pa rin saken, konte lang naiinom nyang formula milk sa isang araw..
ayaw ko na sana coz konte na *** supply ko ng breastmilk at malapit na sya mag-2 yrs old...

any tips from mommys out there? :confused:

[DELISYUS]

~gIrLnXtDoOr~ ...ala ako tips kasi i sorta of plan to let my baby self-wean... and isip ko kasi, tho siguro hassle if he gets to age 2 or 3 and still feeding from me... that's still too little a compromise for the benefits talaga to both of us :)

lalo pa if you think about how babyhood and childhood flies by so fast... and your kids don't need you that much anymore...

ahehe

[laineybogz]

mga moms:

i'm currently breastfeeding my baby exclusively. stay-at-home ako so i nurse her every feeding session. kaya lang i'll be going back to work in a month or so. i have a pigeon battery-operated and electric breast pump which i use occasionally, lalo na if my breasts are engorged. isip ko, if i'm going back to work, i have to get used to pumping more often than usual. so eto po ang question ko: sa mga working moms out there, can u give me tips/advice on how to breastfeed despite the demands of ur work? like how often u pump in a day to make sure that milk supply doesn't dwindle? do u have a pumping schedule? how much u can pump out of each pumping session? may milk pa ba kayo to nurse baby even after pumping? is exclusive breastfeeding still possible or talagang hindi maiiwasan mag-mixed feed? basta lahat po ng pwede nyong ma-contribute on this topic will be very, very helpful.

thanks a lot!!! :)

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

hi! may i ask kung sinong me alam na pwedeng pagkunan ng breastmilk??? i'm a working mom, and di sapat ang pina-pump ko para sa baby ko. pure breastfed ang baby ko and ayaw nya ng milk formula kaya di ako makapag-mix feed. i just want the best for him. please help!!!

[laineybogz]

mga moms:

i'm currently breastfeeding my baby exclusively. stay-at-home ako so i nurse her every feeding session. kaya lang i'll be going back to work in a month or so. i have a pigeon battery-operated and electric breast pump which i use occasionally, lalo na if my breasts are engorged. isip ko, if i'm going back to work, i have to get used to pumping more often than usual. so eto po ang question ko: sa mga working moms out there, can u give me tips/advice on how to breastfeed despite the demands of ur work? like how often u pump in a day to make sure that milk supply doesn't dwindle? do u have a pumping schedule? how much u can pump out of each pumping session? may milk pa ba kayo to nurse baby even after pumping? is exclusive breastfeeding still possible or talagang hindi maiiwasan mag-mixed feed? basta lahat po ng pwede nyong ma-contribute on this topic will be very, very helpful.

thanks a lot!!!

[devilabomba]

=CeRaVi_CeReS=, i heard claudine barreto hired someone else to breastfeed her baby after she had the breast reduction. wala *** naisip ko *** *** idea. pero lam ko nga merong mga milk bank.. mejo pricey siguro un.

laineybogz, ako i got back to work a month after giving birth.at work, since i dont have the luxury of pumping time, i only do it once. sabi nila dapat do it more often kaso mahirap kaya un. kaya one time big time na ***. before i leave the house i make sure my breasts are emptied. around 3pm na ko magpupump sa office, soobrang engorged na breasts ko nun, while others are having meryenda ako nagpu-pump. hehe. as to how much i can pump, depende eh, minsan i get as much as 12oz. minsan naman 6oz ***. paguwi ko sa bahay may milk na ulit ako nun. tsaka nga pala i use two pumps. para mas mabilis, left hand electric, right hand manual, na notice ko kasi mas mabilis mag stimulate ng let down ang manual pumps than the electric ones.
so far exclusive breastfeeding pa rin si baby. yey! hehe. i leave her with 6-7 bottles of milk na not less than 3oz each, or else magagalit ang prinsesa, she consumes all of it naman. pagdating ko sa haws tulog na sya so pde ko pang ipump and save *** milk ko.
i wonder, if naubusan ng milk si baby will sugar water/water do?

[rainbowvs]

hi there mommies!

i'm currently breastfeeding my baby boy for 2 months now and working full time. i am pumping at work three times, mejo nakakangawit lang. i'd like to ask sana kung ano ang mejo ok na electric pump. marami kasi ako nababasa na mas nakaka-stimulate ng milk production pag electric and mas maraming makukuha na milk. totoo po ba yun?

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

^ i recommend the Pigeon electric pump. madali pang gamitin, portable pa, tsaka di pa masakit sa kamay pag nagpa-pump. <<< pwede na ba ako sa commercial??? hehehe!!!

devilabomba: alam ko meron ang PCMC pero di pa sila nagrereply sa inquiry ko... thanks for the info by the way!!!

[tina11]

devilabomba wala makukuhang nutrition si baby sa sugar water. Formula would be better than that, and when she's old enough to start solids, solids na lang.

~gIrLnXtDoOr~ why don't you try fresh cow's milk? Baka mas gusto niya yun kaysa formula.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

^ ok bang ipainom ang fresh cow's milk (Magnolia Fresh Milk) or sterilized milk (Bear Brand) sa mga babies???

[DELISYUS]

=CeRaVi_CeReS=
alam ko din PGH meron :) siguro din you can hook up some other Mom na malapit-lapit sayo... BUT... you are again operating with the idea that you cannot produce enough milk when you can... you sooooo CAN :) yun lang nga, you have to exert some extra effort to accomplish it :) like pumping more at work... and stocking up your stored milk muna... better talaga you consult lactation experts... call up someone from The Perfect Latch or La Leche League (backread ka lang, you can get the contact info) :)

oh and fresh cow's milk i think are ok na for babies one year old and above... but you should still check w/ the baby's pedia... you shouldn't go introducing such things w/o his/her go signal lalo na if you intend cow's milk to be the main source of calcium/nutrition instead of just some add'l food you can feed your baby with :)
laineybogz
aside from consulting the experts... here are some things you can do :)
~ 2-3 weeks before returning to work, start stocking up on milk
~ pump as many times as you would feed your baby (like pag newborn, at least every 3 hours)
~ 2-3 weeks before returning to work, start introducing feeding from bottle to baby... you can do chores or go shopping for a while. Make sure you don't feed the baby yourself kasi she has to associate breastfeeding with you
~ Direct feed everytime you're with baby
~ Start work in the middle of the week (wed or thurs) so that the separation with baby won't be too long (thus, you can direct feed again during the weekend)... also, Mondays are more stressful and the stress would affect milk supply
~ If you can or should, discuss your pumping schedule w/ colleagues/immediate superior (just so they can support you as well)

rainbowvs
kung tamad ka... electric pumps are the way to go... tho more people say na mas ok ang let down sa manual... some even don't use pumps at all, talagang manual kasi hand-expressed... depende what's most convenient for you :)

[sneezy]

^ ok bang ipainom ang fresh cow's milk (Magnolia Fresh Milk) or sterilized milk (Bear Brand) sa mga babies???

No for babies under one year and not too much for toddlers because it affects iron absorption.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

sneezy & delisyus: salamat sa tips... mahina lang kasi talaga akong mag-produce ng milk... even nung sa panganay ko... kawawa nga sya kasi halos wala talagang lumabas sa akin nun kahit mag-pump ako... at least nga sa son ko ngayon meron kahit papano... i'll ask my pedia about it!!! thanks ulit!!!

[devilabomba]

thanks tina11, by 4mos pwede na raw magstart mag solids si baby, excited na akong makitang "kumakain" si baby, matakaw kasi sya :D
=CeRaVi_CeReS=, *** mga pamangkin ko before sila mag 18mos, they dont eat anything na may dairy products, cheese, condensed milk, fresh milk, etc etc, sabi kasi nung matatanda masisira yung tiyan nila pag kumain sila ng anything na may cow's milk.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

^ eh soya milk kaya???

[devilabomba]

^^ i have no idea. hehe. pero *** niece ko fave nya *** strawberry soya milk. pero malapit na sya mag 2years old nung nagso-soya milk sya.

[tina11]

Based on what I've read, yoghurt and cheese are usually okay by 10 months, and fresh cow's milk by 1 year :) unless your baby has allergies, of course. So give any new food and drink in small doses.

[DELISYUS]

sneezy & delisyus: salamat sa tips... mahina lang kasi talaga akong mag-produce ng milk... even nung sa panganay ko... kawawa nga sya kasi halos wala talagang lumabas sa akin nun kahit mag-pump ako... at least nga sa son ko ngayon meron kahit papano... i'll ask my pedia about it!!! thanks ulit!!!

ganda... baka naman the minimal milk was because you were overwhelmed as a first time Mom... and you had doubts about your own milk production resulting in stress, and therefore affecting your ability nga to produce milk :)

basta pramis... you CAN produce the milk your baby requires... unless meron kang physiologic problem that will really prevent you from doing so... but know that even certain illnesses and inverted nips need not be reason enough not to be able to produce milk :)

relax before feeding... massage breasts... make sure you eat properly... feed every 2-3 hours... put warm compress on breasts... prep yourself psycologically by imagining yourself succesfully breastfeeding all the time... breastfeed skin-to-skin w/ baby... make sure baby latches perfectly (number one sign that latch is perfect is if there's no pain after the initial latch and during steady suckling from baby)

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

^ sabi ng friend kong nurse ko baka daw dahil sa pagkakatanggal ng cyst ko dati sa right breast ko kaya halos 1 oz. lang ang lumalabas dun (almost 1/4 ang natanggal), kaya i have no choice but only to use my left breast. Dun mga max of 8 1/2 oz ang nagagawa ko per day, engorged na yun. 3 oz/feeding sya kaya kulang talaga, @ 2 months. Me malunggay tablets pang kasabay yun, tapos everyday meal ko pa dito sa bahay laging me malunggay. I admit, masyadong stressed ako sa panganay ko kasi ako lang at sya ang nasa bahay that time, kasama na laba, luto, linis ng bahay, the works. Pero ngayon yung 3 kasama ko pa dito sa bahay ang nag-aagawan sa bunso ko, tsaka nakakatulog naman ako ng maayos. Gigising lang ang babay ko sa madaling-araw para dumede tapos tulog ulit.

and by the way, thanks nga pala sa advice!

[tina11]

CeRaVi may effect daw talaga ang breast operations, I had a cyst removed too at laging nagkaka-milk blisters on that side the first couple of months. Pero kayang kaya yan. Good luck :)

[DELISYUS]

=CeRaVi_CeReS= it only means pala na medyo extra work talaga to breastfeed succesfully :) pero ayan si Tina11 o, success story din and medyo similar kayo ng case :)




share ko lang... baby's fussy a lot for the past 3 days... not really iyakin but highly gassy (and feeling ko, it's not from my diet unless he gets gassy from me eating bananas or rice or the usual lutong bahay viands... i don't like garlic naman, seldom eat eggs, don't eat broccoli, haven't eaten spicy food yet... oh anyway) and fussy nga, gusto laging kipkip...

spent another sorta sleepless night with him... hubs asked me if i wanna consider mixed feeding na, kasi nga am really losing sleep na (and getting really depressed at times)... sabi ko, ganun din, babangon din ako, magtitimpla, hahawak ng dede... tas pag fussy or gassy pa din anak namin, mas mamumroblema lang ako.. dadami pa spit ups nya..

hay... ekshuli mas depressed ako sa fact na baby only wants me for food... i can only comfort him after feeding him...pero when he fusses, like sleepy na... he prefers other ppl over me... hindi ko sya makarga w/o him rooting... hay nako!

[laineybogz]

DELISYUS: thanks sa mga tips, sis! actually na-introduce ko na ang bottle kay eliana before pa (i fed her formula before and also pumped milk- hindi nga lang ganun kadalas). wala naman syang ek-ek on feeding from a bottle. tanggap naman nya. :) and yes, now pa lang im stocking up on milk na. nakakatuwa kasi nadidiscover kong ang dami ko palang milk. yahoo!!! ayoko nga lang i-empty *** breasts ko by pumping kasi i still want to nurse eliana directly. kumbaga, i make sure i pump enough milk and leave some in my breasts to feed directly to eliana. madalas kasi sya kumain, sis :) hmmm... c eliana din ganyan nung first few weeks. then we found out na uber daming gas inside her tummy tapos na-admit sya sa hospital... u know the story. i really really hope na hindi naman magkaganun c yakee, sis. just make sure u burp him in between and after feedings para mawala ang air bubbles kahit papano. tapos u can try na padapain sya on ur tummy. ganun ginagawa ko kay eliana before when she was gassy para magfart sya. sana mag-improve condition nya.. and sis, nung first few weeks din naiinis ako kasi eliana seemed to prefer my mom na magpatulog sa kanya. but things changed din after a while. hinahanap-hanap na din nya ako and mas napapatulog ko na sya than my mom. aba, tayo ata ang source of food and primary caregiver ng mga babies natin, and mare-realize din nila un eventually. :)

[tina11]

DELISYUS Annika was exactly like that, kung karga ko siya, gusto laging dumede! You start feeling more like a cow than a mom, no? :glee: but it will get better soon, I promise. Naku, your sleep is very important, maybe hubs can give Yakee one bottle of EBM or formula every night so you can grab an extra hour or two of sleep?

[DELISYUS]

yun nga sister... i feel more like a cow than a mom... though things are getting better na din kahit pano.... yakee go thru more quiet alert moments na and he allows me na to exercise his limbs and he looks like he 'plays' na din :) and ngayon, he giggles and laughs even when he's not sleeping na...


my MIL advised me na din to introduce yakee to the bottle... using expressed milk, lest magaya daw ako sa SIL ko na nawalan na ttally ng time for herself...and si yakee magaya sa pinsan nya na ayaw totally sa bottle teats...

nung una ayoko pa... insecure pako sa milk supply ko (kahit madami) and baka ma-in love si yakee sa bottle teats and nde na mag-feed from me... pero naisip ko, am gonna be a sahm naman and the bottle-feeding is just so i'd have more time for myself (i plan to attend a friend's wedding kasi, mwehehehe) and siguro para i won't need to whip out my boobies so much in public :D so bibili nako ng pump this weekend... gagamitin ko na yung bottles my Mom bought for Yakee..

laineybogz
minsan naman sis... feed Eliana muna before pumping :) so you'd get more HINDMILK w/c contains more fat and will make Eliana grow more (as opposed to FOREMILK na more water so mas madali nakakabusog)



kakatuwa breastfed babies no? iba yung taba nila... my niece na formula-fed, tho super cute nya, sobrang laki naman na i can't help but worry kasi parang papuntang obese pag hindi na-control.... 7 kilos na sya eh 4 months pa lang.... tas Yakee has more control over his neck and back muscles than her at 3 weeks...

[DELISYUS]

sniff

bought the pigeon battery-operated pump... wanted to start expressing milk and feed it to yakee thru a bottle to buy myself time for myself (for things like pedicures and weddings)... parang wala ako nabasang may pain involved... however initially

usually reklamo is maingay...

sniff.... ouch

[DELISYUS]

nde pa din ako succeess sa pag-pump!!!!!!!!

parang nagka-clog pa holes for the breastmilk... ewan... :( nde ko naman masabing wala akong milk or mahina milk ko kasi alam kong malakas, lumalaki si yakee, madami sya poop, engorged lagi breasts ko, after 2 hours lang masakit na yun and i'd always have to manually express some nga for relief, nagli-leak din sya paminsan-minsan

hindi ko na-research masyado yung sa pumping ng milk... kung anong trick yung baka nde ko alam

question pala... talaga bang yung expressed milk, parang naghihiwalay yung water and milk part?

waahhhh... nde ko din tuloy alam if i can make ipon all milk nga in one bottle, how long i can do that na ok pa din the milk to be fed to yakee and all that sh!t...

hay

(buti na lang mahal ako asawa ko, mag nagki-kiss sakin pag umiiyak ako)

[sneezy]

question pala... talaga bang yung expressed milk, parang naghihiwalay yung water and milk part?



yup. just swirl it (don't shake) to get it homogenized again.

What I did when I pumped before was store it in 2-3oz quantities para if hindi maubos, hindi sayang. As my son grew older and consumed more, that's when I started storing it in 4-6oz quantities.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

ang ginagawa ko naman... i use my avent bottles to store up to 9 oz. of breastmilk then store it in the fridge... then pag malapit ng gamitin, binababa ko na lang sa ref... kinukuha ko lang yung ibang natunaw since 3 oz/feeding lang naman ang kelangan nya... nilalagay ko yung 3 oz sa extra bottle then yun lang nag pinapainit ko using a cup with hot water...

[DELISYUS]

actually nga, i dont have plans on storing milk... more like, am learning to pump now para when i have some errands to do... i'd pump milk before leaving para yakee won't miss a feeding... ganun lang! kasi nga sahm naman ako, so i'd direct feed most of the time...


gusto ko lang talaga pa-pedicure and pagupit na! :D

[sneezy]

^well it would also be nice to have some breastmilk stored just in case of emergencies. i'm a SAHM myself but when i was exclusively breastfeeding, i made sure i had, maybe a month's worth of breastmilk. you'll never know kasi eh. like what if i need to be medicated for something and it's not ok for nursing moms. thankfully, wala namang ganon so i just used the stored milk for his cereal and stuff when he started eating solids na.

[DELISYUS]

uyy sneezy... i never considered that nga... now i will! though buti na lang din sabi nung doctor sa medical city... very few drugs na lang talaga ngayon ang hindi pwede for breastfeeding mums... tipong kahit medyo serious illness like a thyroid problem, keri na din (i guess lang dun sa iba, you have to pump and dump some para hindi ganun kataas ang traces sa breastmilk mo)

[rainbowvs]

delisyus
question lang, madami ka ba na-pump na milk sa pigeon batt-operated pump? kasi bumili ako niyan dati pero pinapalit ko ng manual na chicco kasi parang walang steady milking action... tapos konti lang lumalabas na milk... tsaka maingay

[DELISYUS]

rainbowvs
konti pa lang sis... will try again tonight :) i was advised by many moms not to compare the volume i get with other mothers eh... it would have been great kung may nahiraman or na-rent ako ng diff pumps before i bought my pigeon pump... para nalaman ko san ako pinaka-hiyang...but since wala nga ako plan to karir pumping, ok na din sya i guess...

some moms have emailed me naman na over time nasanay din sila and dumami na din na-pump nila using the pump... wala nga kasi ako doubt na i have more than ample milk... parang ayaw lang mag-respond syado dun sa pump :)

[laineybogz]

rainbowvs: sis, ive replied na to ur pm re pigeon electric pump. hope it helps!

DELISYUS: ei, sis! ibang case naman sa akin. natuwa ako sa pigeon pump ko cuz i was able to express lots of milk. oh well, case-to-case basis naman ata yan... and like what i said in the other thread, sobrang natuwa din ako sa avent isis manual pump. ang bilis mag-stimulate ng letdown :)

ako i make sure i have 8-10 bottles in the freezer of our fridge, each containing 2oz of breastmilk. eliana feeds every 2 hrs kasi eh, and i nurse her during madaling araw. katamad kasi to thaw and warm ebm in the middle of a deep snooze. tsaka para na rin sanay sya both sa breast and bottle. :)

[laineybogz]

question lang po... how long can breastmilk really last in the freezer nang hindi nasspoil? accdg to la leche league, 2 weeks daw if freezer sa ref. *** iba sabi for a month, others say naman for as long as 4-6 months. medyo natatakot kasi akong magstore nang magstore eh so ang pinakamatagal lang sakin is 3 days in the freezer. mahirap na kasing magkagastro- problem si baby.

and another question, okay lang ba if i store expressed milk in 4 to 6oz portions in the freezer, tapos 30 mins before use, ill thaw it na and transfer just 2oz sa feeding bottle tsaka ko un iwawarm? *** natira sa container ill just put sa ref para gamitin in the next feedings?

thanks!

[Ice Burn]

I don't know kung sobrang glutton ng anak ko or I just am not producing enough milk. I mean my breasts gets engorged and when I squeeze it, marami naman lumalabas na milk but Yuri at 5 days old is like a baby who has never eaten before at every feeding.

I feed him every two hours (he wakes up screaming his lungs out for food). He nurses from both breasts. And then he still wants more!!! He still consumes 2-3 ounces of formula after breastfeeding.

I feel like I am not producing milk fast enough to satisfy him. My mom thinks he's already consuming 4-6 ounces of milk per feeding. I'm already on double dosage of natalac to stimulate more milk.

I'm planning on getting a breast pump to find out exactly how much milk I am producing. Baka naman kulang talaga or what. Haaay pero ang siba talaga ng baby ko. Everyone who sees him thinks he looks like a one month old na.

Oh and how do you deal with nipple blisters caused by breastfeeding?

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

laineybogz yun ang ginagawa ko para tipid sa bottles. nagsu-store ako ng 9 oz of breastmilk sa avent bottle tapos lagay ko sa freezer. then pag gagamitin ko na, nilalagay ko na lang sa ref an hour before feeding para matunaw yung iba. then kumukuha lang ako dun ng 3 oz tapos tina-transfer ko lang sa empty bottle. yun lang ang iniinit ko for feeding.

ice burn we do have the same case. di ko rin sure if i'm producing enough milk. plus ang prob ko pa ngayon, ayaw na nyang dumede sa bottle. mahirap lalo na pag kelangan kong umalis. and about the blisters, gumamit ka na lang ng nipple protector. baka rin kasi napapasobra ang suction mo pag nagpa-pump ka.

[sneezy]

Ice Burn, how long do you feed from each breast?
Also, pump output isn't really a good indication of how much milk you have because even the most expensive hospital-grade pumps are not as efficient as the baby's suckling. And then the hormones associated with breastfeeding aren't present when pumping so your letdown isn't as strong.

With nipple blisters you can put hospital-grade lanolin (Lansinoh and Purelan are the brands that I am familiar with). You don't have to rinse it with every feeding.

My baby would used to feed anywhere between 45mins-1.5 hours when he was a newborn. Of course we were also struggling with a bad latch so he probably wasn't very efficient in getting milk. But yeah, sometimes it feels like after feeding, burping and changing of diapers it's time for the next feed again.

[rainbowvs]

laineybogz
sis, thanks sa advice.. siguro mejo na-shock lang ako kasi first time ko gumamit ng electric...hehe

ngayon naman, mejo problem ko yung milk ko na na-express. lately kasi yung bm na pump ko lagi na-s-spoil..:depressed2: i don't know kung sa storing sa ref, or dahil commute ako from makati to bulacan.. or sa lalagyan ng milk. sobrang nanghihinayang ako kasi tinatapon na lang, eh merun din siguro mga 20 oz. yun.. insulated naman yun bag ko and nasa ref siya agad after i expressed the milk dito sa office. i have read some articles na 10 hours pwede pa din yung bm kahit di naka ref. pero bakit kaya ganun yung milk ko, 1 day pa lang nasisira na... i was really depressed ngayon kasi my in-laws were insisting to have the baby on formula kasi parang hindi na daw "nasisiyahan" sa milk ko kasi he keeps on sucking his fist... haaaayyy......
kung alam lang nila kaya ako nag e-effort ng todo is because i really want to breastfeed:sad:

[sneezy]

^how do you know your milk is spoiled?
It could also be because medyo mas mainit sa Pilipinas. I think the 10hours is based on average room temperature dito sa US.
I have also read about some mothers producing breastmilk that is high in lipase causing the milk to turn sour easily.
Here's a link that might help,
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/lipase-expressedmilk.html

[DELISYUS]

Mommies

My Yakee was like that din... fussier after feeding pa nga as if wala sya nakuha saken... but I never gave him formula. I just continued breastfeeding :) I guess and edge ko lang nga is I was mentally prepared to breastfeed so I was able to make sure from the start na the latch was perfect... so the most pain I had to endure was a light feeling of raw-ness (nung 2nd-4th day nya... lalo na nung 2nd day kasi he'd feed from each breast hour-long!)

You always have to remember that breastfeeding is a MIND game... if you doubt your milk supply, then your milk supply will be doubtful, tipong ganun. Ako nga, in the early days (first 4 days), wala ako nakikitang milk at all... kaya nga am impressed that some of you are saying you were able to pump colostrum out.

And when you supplement with a formula, the more lang din na your body doesn't produce the milk (additional or otherwise) your baby needs. The law of supply and demand is being affected by the formula... and syempre, there's always that chance the baby will prefer the feeding bottle/formula over your breasts...and won't try his darnest to suck and feed from you...

laineybogz
hindi ko kabisado yung how long you can store breastmilk in the freezer ha... but do keep in mind that your milk composition changes as the baby grows... so even if you can store breastmilk in deep freeze for a year, iba na din ang nutritional requirements ni baby by that time... if you don't need the security naman of a month-long stock... siguro enough na yung week-long stock for you and your baby...and you practice the FIFO scheme (first in-first out) :)

Ice Burn
eh naman sis, 9-pounder ang baby mo... I wouldn't doubt na mapagkakamalan syang 1 month old... ahehe

[rainbowvs]

sneezy
thanks for the link :sunnysmile: siguro nga dahil mainit sa 'tin. could my diet be a culprit din kaya?
sabi kasi ni mother-in-law ko, medyo maasim yung amoy and ayaw daw dedehen ni baby. last night nga medyo fussy si baby, i know he's hungry pero he's iyak to the max so hindi siya maka-latch. sabi ni mom-in-law ayaw na daw siguro talaga ng milk ko! kainis talaga.. seems like ayaw na talaga nila ko support sa pagb-breastfeeding ko :( :(

[DELISYUS]

rainbowvs
wag ka patalo!!! but talk to your hubby... express your desire to breastfeed, and why... emphasize the long-term benefits... sobrang daling mag-quit, sobrang hirap mabawi ulit yung chance... at siguro bad ako pero pramis, pag nagkakasakit ng malubha ang anak mo tas formula-fed sya, or hindi sya matagal nag-breastfeed, maiisip mo na kung matagal-tagal lang sya nag-breastfeed, baka mas may laban sya...


Ice Burn
oh and most Moms pala should remember that babies, in their first few days or first week, are not really hungry pa talaga... they're full pa from the placenta... meaning it's ok to not have much milk yet, you need not worry that the baby is being compromised... yun lang nga, they will fuss and cry and demand much... psychologically, they need the comfort and security offered by the breast as they're adjusting pa lang to this outside world... anthropologically naman, it's nature's way of ensuring nga na they will get the milk they need once they really need it, by signalling the Mommy to produce the milk in adequate amounts...

[Ice Burn]

sneezy: It depends. Usually 30mins - 1.5 hours. Then he'll poop then he'll demand more milk. By then mukhang ubos na yung milk ko from both breasts. But it seems I am producing more milk now as I haven't given him any formula today. :) Kaso good grief, ang sore ko talaga at ang sakit ng blisters kaya bad trip...

Delisyus: I wish I can say that he's not hungry but he does let me know when he's hungry and it's quite often hehe, kasi if he's not hungry hinde dedede eh, nagpapakarga lang. Anyway, lalong bumilog at bumibigat. Even my mom says grabe daw kasi masiba, ni ako daw or my siblings nung baby kami hinde ganyan kasiba. My dad keeps joking na by december pwede na daw pakainin ng kanin. :lol:

[laineybogz]

DELISYUS: yup! i do fifo :) and i think longest na *** 3-4 days na tatagal *** milk sa freezer :)

[sneezy]

sneezy: It depends. Usually 30mins - 1.5 hours. Then he'll poop then he'll demand more milk. By then mukhang ubos na yung milk ko from both breasts. But it seems I am producing more milk now as I haven't given him any formula today. :) Kaso good grief, ang sore ko talaga at ang sakit ng blisters kaya bad trip...



sometimes also, babies just want to comfort nurse. interestingly though, i don't think the breast ever empties. it does feel that way sometimes but surprisingly, our babies still get some milk out.
i wondered about that before kasi sobrang deflated na ng breasts ko but i still saw some milk inside my son's mouth. minsan nga it gets to the point na parang nakakangilo na when they nurse from a seemingly empty breast.

[laineybogz]

that's correct, sis sneezy. sometimes akala ko rin my breasts are empty na but when i squeeze my nipple, milk squirts out pa.

[DELISYUS]

aba Ice... in a way inggit ako sayo kasi anak ko, never na nagpakarga lang saken (unless nakatulog na sya from nursing)... always, when he senses am around or am the one holding him, wala na, magru-root na yan kahit na imposibleng gutom sya (kasi kaka-nurse nya lang)...

anyway, good luck with the more milk thing! and continue breastfeeding even when you're sick so you'd pass your antibodies to Yuri :)

[Ice Burn]

My milk supply has gone up. I stopped the formula na. Pero demanding pa rin si Yuri for milk. On the dot talaga siya gumigising for feeding time and sometimes I'm like, "anak, tama na" kasi tulog na tulog na pero dumedede pa rin and when I try to take it out, nagigising and will continue to nurse. Haaay ang takaw talaga.

He knows kapag ibababa na siya sa crib and dun magsisimulang maghagulgol. Papayag lang pababa sa crib when he's really asleep. He likes to be cuddled. When I am tired na pinapasa ko na kay hubby or kay mother or kay sister dearest tutal willing to oblige naman sila. Namimihasa na nga sa karga eh.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

^ pareho tayo ng case... kaso ang kinaibahan lang... ayaw nya minsan sa papa nya magpakarga... at ayaw na rin ng baby ko sa bottle kahit breastmilk pa ang laman... last resort na lang nga namin na i-dropper yung milk sa kanya like yung ginagawa namin sa pagpapainom sa kanya ng water... naisip ko rin na baka rin naiinitan sa kama kaya laging gustong magpakarga... pero paggising naman nya di sya umiiyak agad... tumatawa agad sya kaya ok lang na di kargahin agad... marami rin akong katulong sa pagkarga sa kanya kaya ok lang din sa akin...

[DELISYUS]

some babies daw talaga need yung human warmth more, kasehodang pinapawisan din sila pag kipkip natin... it makes them feel more secure :)

=CeRaVi_CeReS= ... or maybe try another nipple sis :) baka ayaw nya lang nung current bottle teats you're using :)

Ice Burn parang may warning device no? naloloka na nga ako minsan kasi nga, syempre nakakangalay no... so mag-a-attempt kang ibaba... kaso ayan na naman, tumatagal lang yung sino-soothe sya kumbaga :D


natatawa ako... kasi lately i've noticed gassier si Yakee ko so mas fussy sometimes... the pedia recommended nga na idapa... or we can give him some water (water plus karo syrup para mas i-take nya)... eh ayoko sana magbigay ng water kasi ayokong ma-affect yung 'requirements' nya for my milk... sabi ng hubs ko, kung i feel threatened nga daw, eh di wag... ahehe... pero wawa naman my baby so i gave him some water na... ayaw nya syempre yung bottle teat so pinaglalaruan nya lang, tas nilalabas nya lang din yung water :D

ang upside na lang is, nalilinis tongue nya :D

and am becoming more succesful pala sa pumping... eventho i don't do it every day :)

[Ice Burn]

DELISYUS: Sinabi mo! My pedia also recommends giving water kasi minsan daw nambibisyo lang. Kaso ayaw talaga ng water, tinutulak yung bottle kapag water lang ang laman. tsk tsk... :lol:

I also put Yuri ng nakadapa during the daytime naps para hinde siya gassy.

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

Delisyus lahat na ata ng teats na-try ko na... kahit orthodontic nipples ayaw nya... kelangan ko na talaga syang parusahan na hindi dumede sa akin or else mas lalo talaga akong mahihirapan lalo na pag bumalik na ako sa work... di kasi ako sinabihan ng pedia na makakasama pala sa soon-to-be working mom (ulit) na magtodo breastfeeding kasi talaga daw umaayaw ang baby sa feeding bottles pag ganon... ibang pedia pa ang nagsabi sa akin...

[DELISYUS]

=CeRaVi_CeReS=

some babies ganun talaga daw sis... but i know a lot of women who purely breastfed directly who got their babies to suckle from artificial teats... does someone else give your baby the bottle? some suggest na moms shouldn't be physically around nga daw when you're training the baby to bottlefeed kasi nga babies, when they sense mom is around, will prefer mommy

[laineybogz]

good day, mommies and moms-to-be!

hay korek kayo, sis delisyus and ice_burn. baby eliana doesn't like water din, so my pedia recommends to let her have water first before giving her milk para kahit papano makakuha sya ng water. kaya lang tlgang they know if ure giving them something other than ur milk. niluluwa ****. hehe. our previous pedia also told us to mix water with karo syrup pero our present pedia discourages that kasi baka masanay sa puro sweet *** tine-take nya. so ayun, tlgang sapilitan ang pag-inom nya ng water, usually after ng vitamins nya un.

eliana's 2 months and 2 weeks old na. she's 11.6lbs and 62cm in height. ang laki **** ng tinaba nya from 5.7lbs at birth. tuwang tuwa sa kanya mga friends and relatives namin kasi nga siopao daw hehe. parang baby buddha. :) i guess okay lang naman un kasi it's my milk that's making her fat naman eh. siksik **** ang pagka-chubby nya. :) hahaha!

okay ang sked nya these past few days, gcng at daytime and asleep at night, except during her 2-3 night feedings, of course. ang tigas ng mga bones nya and very defined sya pag nag-move. she can hold her head up w/o support and even *** feet nya ay tinutungkod na nya in an attempt to stand up! kakagulat ****. even our pedia was surprised na ganun na sya gumalaw. madaldal pa. baka daw makatayo, makalakad and makapagsalita na earlier than usual. shempre super good news un for a mommy like me! ngayon pa lang i feel so proud na of her... im sure we all feel that towards our angels :)

hay matatagalan pa ata before i can post ulit. miss ko na pala si sis racacj... ingat kayo lage, moms! :)

[DELISYUS]

purely breastfed babies don't really NEED water kasi breastmilk IS water (but formula-fed or mixed-fed babies need water because of the formula)... unless nga gassy the baby, the water supposedly helps w/ the gas

most pedias i think just suggest the water to clean the tongue (w/c you can do naman by swiping at it twice a day)

my Yakee plays w/ the bottle teat lang most times... unless he's crying for a feed and he's given the water first, then he sucks na at the artificial teat :)




disappointed ako sa supposedly peristaltic ekek nipples ng Pigeon, kasi mabilis pa din ang let down ng liquid... then again, baka vigorous sucker talaga anak ko, kasi nga wala sya prob sa latching talaga, kulang na lang lamunin nya ng buo pati artificial teats :D

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

i let my baby drink water lang by dropper... usually after giving the vitamins... di sya masyadong nagiging fuzzy... kung minsan nga gusto ko na ring i-try na i-dropper na lang pati yung milk formula para masanay muna sa lasa...

delisyus thanks sa advice... ngayon naniwala na sa akin ang hubby ko na dapat wala ako pag magpapa-bottle feed... kasi sabi ko na rin sa kanya na pag ako ang nagpapadede sa bottle... nililingon nya lagi yung breast ko (aktong gustong dumede)...

[DELISYUS]

=CeRaVi_CeReS= ahehe tell your hubs din na babies are intelligent creatures :) pag andyan ka, they'd syempre insist on direct feeding kasi nga fresher yung milk and may warmth and bonding pa with mommy :)

and syempre, hindi nila maiintindihan why you're depriving them of a direct feed eh andyan ka naman :)

[Ice Burn]

Binigyan ako ng sister ko ng pigeon breastpump. Very helpful when I need to go out on short errands at kailangan iiwan si Yuri. I am producing a lot of milk na, nakaka 6-8oz.

Kaso lang kapag nasesense ako ni Yuri na malapit, naku ayaw mag-bottle kahit breastmilk ang laman nun...Pero kapag wala ako sa room, naku ubos agad yung milk.

[DaNa8]

Saw this breastfeeding ad on TV over the weekend. It shows animals nursing from their mother. The message goes something like "ang gatas ng baka ay para sa baka, hindi sa tao". I think it's good that they're making people aware that breastfeeding is the way to go.

[sneezy]

I hope that along with those ads they educate people about misconceptions regarding breastfeeding too. Like what to do before milk comes in (formula supplementation is not necessary), having a good latch, how to maintain supply, etc.
I could see where commercials like that may alienate mothers who tried to bf but couldn't/didn't because of various reasons kaya sana they're more aggressive with education too.
The reason that annoys me most when moms stop bf-ing is that... "kulang/naubos ang milk ko". You just know that somewhere along the way, they were given wrong advice/information.

[DELISYUS]

yup... i am happy that there are more breastfeeding drives being done by the government, but also feel there is so much room for improvement...

better if they hold lectures at their health centers...

and also flash yung misconceptions and facts on TV

and bombard the country with different media

and get artistas to talk about it

[splicergurl]

Hi mommies! This week marks my anniversary of 1 year of breastfeeding exclusively, my little girl is turning 1 year old na. :D Kaso over the weekend I noticed it's too painful to breastfeed using the left breast, as in nagshu-shoot yung pain sa lower back when baby nurses tapos the tip of the nipple is color white which is painful too. :( Yesterday I could hardly raise my left arm.

The doctor told me it's not an infection, may natira daw milk and nanigas kaya barado, which explains the pain. I was advised to do warm compresses para matunaw daw yung milk and eventually it will go out. I-continue ko rin daw paglagay nung Synalar ointment on the nipple. I tried doing several times na pero andun pa rin yung hardened milk. :hmm: I still breastfeed using the affected breast, although minsan tolerable na yung pain.

Has anyone exprienced this? What else do I need to do para matanggal yung bara? Thanks in advance! :)

[sneezy]

That's called a bleb or milk blister. I had that din before. You really need to take care of that because it might progress to plugged ducts or mastitis.
Here's a link on kellymom.com on treating it,
How do you treat a milk blister? (http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/nipplebleb.html)

[splicergurl]

That's called a bleb or milk blister. I had that din before. You really need to take care of that because it might progress to plugged ducts or mastitis.
Here's a link on kellymom.com on treating it,
How do you treat a milk blister? (http://www.kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mom/nipplebleb.html)

Thanks sneezy for the quick reply. I read the article and it was very informative. Hopefully mag-heal na sya para naman I can fully enjoy my baby's upcoming birthday celebration. :)

[DELISYUS]

i'd read the article later but i think i also get that sometimes... lalo na after eating ice cream or when it's kinda cold...

kaya ngayon, i only eat ice cream after breastfeeding... kung hindi, mga 2 days na may lumps ang breasts ko...

[=CeRaVi_CeReS=]

Dati problemado ako sa breastmilk ko dahil mahina talaga... i've been taking Natalac, Cecon & Clusivol OB... but when i switched back to Centrum (iniinom ko before pregnancy) lumakas ng konti... next month try namin yung Anmum Lacta... baka sakaling mas dumami pa milk ko... yipee!!!

[stwacko]

mga mommies,

how do you keep your breasts clean before breastfeeding? do you have to use soap? Should there be anything that you should put on? sorry, pro I'm totally clueless... :)

[sneezy]

I just wipe the excess milk and air-dry. Frequent washing/cleaning strips the protective oils in the nipples so it's not recommended

[stwacko]

I just wipe the excess milk and air-dry. Frequent washing/cleaning strips the protective oils in the nipples so it's not recommended

sneezy:
do you wipe it with wet wipes/tissue/cloth?

[sneezy]

whatever's available. haha!
but no, not wet wipes because that has chemicals.
most of the time lampin or burp cloth.

[mikhela]

hello po!
Kailangan ba "dry" talaga yung bottle na paglalagyan ng breastmilk pag nag pump?

Sensya na, engot talaga ako eh. Diba na-sterilize yung bottle. so basa yung bottle. Ok lang ba punasan ko yung bottle before ko gamitin sa pag pump? Eh di nawala pagka-sterilize nya. Pano po ba dapat gawin? Thanks

[mikhela]

hello po!
Kailangan ba "dry" talaga yung bottle na paglalagyan ng breastmilk pag nag pump?

Sensya na, engot talaga ako eh. Diba na-sterilize yung bottle. so basa yung bottle.
Ok lang ba punasan ko yung bottle before ko gamitin sa pag pump? Eh di nawala pagka-sterilize nya.:confused:
Pano po ba dapat gawin? Thanks

[DELISYUS]

Mikhela... naku, i just make wisik wisik the extra water out :)

StWacko... I sometimes use wipes around the mound pag nagpawis ako, but aside from that, I don't really wash my boobs before/after breastfeeding... pag may excess milk, I wipe with the burp cloth... but that's it talaga... experts say that the nipples, areola included, are self-cleaning :)

(of course, pag may ibang nag-suck sa nips, I wash with water and soap... nyahaha)

[tina11]

mikhela after sterilizing, malinis naman siguro yung konting drops of water na natira o nag-condense (if you use a steam sterilizer) na naiwan sa loob ng bottle, so just shake it dry the best you can, it should be safe to use.

stwacko I used to just wipe it with whatever cloth was on hand (usually the flaps on my nursing shirt hehe), no wipes or soap because they will dry the skin.

splicer congrats on reaching the 1-year milestone! I hope nawala na ang blister by now, but in case you need more info: what I did before for milk blisters (I got 4 yata in the first two months of bf-ing, if I remember correctly) was to apply a very warm towel just before nursing and to take a cool shower pagkatapos. You can also try to "pop" it like a pimple, masakit pero at least mawawala na agad :D

[stwacko]

thanks mga mommies!

kala ko, may special pang dapat gawin bgo mg-BF si baby! hehehe... I'll just use burp cloth. Lapit na lumabas baby ko. Sb ng OB ko bka last week of December. Sana marami akong milk! :)

[sneezy]

^No. Wala naman dapat special na gawin before mag-bf ang baby. Just condition yourself and make yourself determined to give your baby the best nutrition (and that is breastmilk). Arm yourself with knowledge and pagdating ng baby just let the baby nurse, nurse, nurse!

[tina11]

Good luck stwacko! I agree with sneezy, arm yourself with information, there are no special tools or pillows required. A breastpump would be helpful if you're planning to express milk for your baby to take from a bottle, but if not you can always express manually if you just need to relieve engorgement.

[stwacko]

Thanks sneezy & tina11!

I've learned a lot nga from this thread *** maging ready ako when my baby comes. actually, naka-bili narin ako ng manual avent breast pump kasi after 2-3mos. I'll be coming back to work and plan to express milk sa office. hhhhaaayyyy... sana maging successful ako dito sa magiging bago kong career! :)

[splicergurl]

splicer congrats on reaching the 1-year milestone! I hope nawala na ang blister by now, but in case you need more info: what I did before for milk blisters (I got 4 yata in the first two months of bf-ing, if I remember correctly) was to apply a very warm towel just before nursing and to take a cool shower pagkatapos. You can also try to "pop" it like a pimple, masakit pero at least mawawala na agad :D

Thanks tina! I tried pulling the plug, based on the article link sneezy gave me (Thanks sneezy!). Grabe sakit talaga pero pagaling na sya now. Another breast story, I thought I developed mastitis over the weekend kasi super sakit ng left breast added with weakening and flu-like symptoms, yun pala I have a case of inflamed ribs due to recent upper respiratory tract infection plus na-compound pa kaka-carry kay baby sa Subic for 2 days. :lol: Ang bigat na kasy nya maski naka-sling! :rotflmao:

[DELISYUS]

inggit ako... yakee refuses to be put inside a sling, hay!!!

hemingwei, share ko lang

http://mecsexy.smugmug.com/photos/229566130-M.jpg

[tina11]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/xtianne/Baby_Blues.gif

[ayeene16]

hello po,

kakatuwa naman thread na ito. madami me natututunan. 7 months preggy me with my second child, baby girl. Medyo iniicip ko nga kung anong diskarte ang kelangan ko gawin when I get back to work after 2 months from giving birth. Gusto ko kasi as much as I can, breastmilk lang ang iinumin ni baby. Hindi lang nga me masyado familiar sa pagstore ng milk kasi sa son ko, part time lang ako sa work noon, kaya hindi masyado nahirapan, kasi mga 4 hours or 6 hours lang naman ako nahihiwalay sa kanya noon. E now, full time ang work ko. I remember din na nahirapan ako gumamit ng pump, mas madami pa nga lumalabas kapag hands ko mismo ang ginagamit para pigain *** milk (hehehe). Anyway, proud ako kasi 3 1/2 years ko pina breastfeed ang son ko! Super sulit talaga! Napaka healthy niya, matalino, bibo tska masyado close sa akin. Iba talaga ang bonding kapag nagpa breastfeed, kahit malaki na *** anak mo. 7 years old na ang son ko pero naaalala pa rin niya na nagbrebreastfeed siya non sa akin. Sana ganon din kadami milk ko sa baby girl ko! And maging successful sana ang pag pump at pag store ko ng milk. Very helpful talaga itong thread na ito, kasi base on experience. Thanks po!

[DELISYUS]

may advantage ka na nga ayeene16 eh.... kasi you've succesfully breastfed before :) kumbaga ngayon ang kailangan mo na lang matutunan is how to properly set up and store expressed milk for when you're away :)

as long as you can pump at work, then you need not run dry :) siguro you can try pumping before or after every feeding once your milk has really come in (w/o feeding the milk to your baby just yet) to build up your milk supply and masanay boobs mo sa pump

maybe you can also try borrowing a different pump kasi baka hindi ka lang hiyang sa kung anong meron ka :)

good luck!!!

[mikhela]

It's been 3 weeks since i give birth, pero until now eh mahina pa rin mllk supply ko.

I'm taking malunggay capsule 3x a day then madalas din naman may sabaw yung ulam ko, lagi rin naman dumedede a akin si baby.
Kaya lang pag nag pump ako, wala pang 1 oz yung nakukuha ko on both breasts.
Then minsan nagwawala na si baby dahil gutom na sya and wala na sya madede. So, napipilitan ako magtimpla ng formula.:mecry:

Hay...i really want to breastfeed but it seem i'm not producing enough milk for my baby. Anong gagawin ko?:depressed:

[DELISYUS]

mikhela

yun nga po kasi... if you backread this thread, I and many breastfeeding advocate Moms have said it again and again na... breastfeeding is a mind game and having/supplementing with formula in moments of doubt only sets you back more...

believe in your capacity to breastfeed your child sis... i wouldn't be surprised na it's your anxiety actually that's stopping your milk from flowing... dapat nga kasi relaxed ka... dapat naniniwala kang meron kahit wala ka nakikita (you just switch breasts, pause for a while sometimes, warm/massage breasts before and after feeding)

talk to a lactation consultant sis... let the correct information empower you...

[ADreamer]

I will also be BFing my Baby and so as early as this time I asked my OB what milk supplement or meds should I take in order to lactate more. She simply told me, "DO NOT buy formula milk. Tell your body that you will be BFing and believe."
And so everyday I talk to my baby and tell her she's getting milk from mommy =_=

I agree with everyone. Mind over matter.

[DELISYUS]

adreamer... tell the hospital you intend to breastfeed... yung iba kazsi they giveformula agad thru bottle and charge you with a can na... kaya new moms tuloy, since exhausted, hindi na lumalaban... pag hindi mapadede si baby, susupakan na ng formula...

lalo na if your nipples are really small... mas mani-nipple confuse si bebe...

but... babies can easily unlearn that :)

[ADreamer]

^ thanks for the info sis! will inform the hospital pag admit.

[doumyugi]

I'm also breastfeeding my son kahit medyo malaki na pero malapit ko na syang awatin. Don't be afraid after you give birth if very little pa ang milk supply mo. Ako nung nanganak ako nag formula milk muna si baby so far d sya nakaexperience ng nipple confusion pero pilit ko pa rin syang pinapadede kaso hina talaga eh. Pero d ako tumigil, nung naubos na yung colostrum after 3 days ayun lumakas na milk supply ko. Kung mataas ang demand mataas din ang supply every two hours ang pagpapadede ko nun 20 mins on each breast or hanggat gusto p ng baby. Para d masakit mag padede make sure na bukang-buka ang bibig ng baby at dapat buong areola nasa bibig ni baby d *** nipple.

[DELISYUS]

tsk... ngayon alam ko na what a milk blister is

sniff, sniff

[~gIrLnXtDoOr~]

~gIrLnXtDoOr~ ...ala ako tips kasi i sorta of plan to let my baby self-wean... and isip ko kasi, tho siguro hassle if he gets to age 2 or 3 and still feeding from me... that's still too little a compromise for the benefits talaga to both of us :)

lalo pa if you think about how babyhood and childhood flies by so fast... and your kids don't need you that much anymore...

ahehe


you know what, ur right... i thought i would have to wrestle with her her once she reach the age of 2 ("nooo baby, just drink from ur cup, not from mommy, ok??" then i'd imagine her wailing...) but i was surprised! it's been more than a week na ata at ayaw na dumede saken bigla ng baby ko, and she's only 23months.

so lesson learned: let baby self-wean.. they probably know talga when he/she's ready to let go of mommy's breast.. *okay*

i've read before kse somewhere, some even put something on their nipples to discourage their babies to breastfeed. siempre ayoko naman gawin un... :rolleyes:

basta ang masasabi ko lang, kudos sa inyong mga mommies who really prioritize breastfeeding their babies :) it is really worth it. the pain (esp pag 1st tym! arruuuyyy), pagod, etc.. are just a small price to pay for all the benefits in the long run. my baby & i have a special bond at talagang mas madikit sya saken kesa sa hubby ko :D

[~gIrLnXtDoOr~]

devilabomba wala makukuhang nutrition si baby sa sugar water. Formula would be better than that, and when she's old enough to start solids, solids na lang.

~gIrLnXtDoOr~ why don't you try fresh cow's milk? Baka mas gusto niya yun kaysa formula.

cge i'll try it.. we let her drink soya milk once in awhile gusto nya nun.. and so far may nagustuhan na syang formula, she likes Pediasure.. we alternate Vanilla & Chocolate flavor.. so we're sticking to it for now :)

[stwacko]

Hello! Just gave birth last Dec. 29 and fortunately, I'm breastfeeding my baby girl at so far wala namang problems sa milk supply ko. Katulad nga ng sabi ng ibang mommies dito, nagpapa-BF ako every 2 hrs. kahit wala akong nakikitang milk. Ngayon naman, nagl-leak na *** milk ko!

Question: nagyayari ba sa inyo *** nakakatulog na *** baby while BFing? *** baby ko kasi minsan wala pang 5mins. ng BFing nakatulog na kahit anong gawin ko, yaw na nya mag-latch ulet! pati narin pag nabubulunan sya pag malakas *** flow ng milk ko, yaw narin nyang mag-latch ulet. madalas pa *** hiccups nya... ano ba gagawin dun? pinapainom ko kasi ulet ng milk ko pro hirap naman awatin pag wala na *** hiccups nya! :(

[sneezy]

stwacko, if you feel that your baby is not feeding enough, you can try gently waking her up by tickling her feet or dabbing on it with a wet washcloth.

About your baby choking, it seems like you have an overactive letdown. Here's a link from kellymom.com that might help you,
Overactive Letdown Reflex (http://www.kellymom.com/newman/02colic_in_bf_baby.html#fastletdown)

[Ice Burn]

I have a lot of milk na pero now I am uber dependent on Yuri (or my electric breast pump) kasi grabe ang sakit at sobrang puno if Yuri if he doesn't get to nurse every 2 hours. I can actually manage to pump out 10-12 ounces of milk.

Kaya ang laki-laki na ng anak ko eh. Sobrang takaw talaga. At 2 months, he's now over 13lbs.

And do you experience this? Sumasakit breasts ninyo the moment magutom anak ninyo? I was wondering why I would get these sudden pains in my breasts out of the blue until one of my mom's friends asked me if I was experiencing random pains. She said it was the mother's early warning device for their hungry infant. True enough, the moment I feel them, Yuri wakes up demanding for milk.

[sneezy]

^Yes, I used to get a strong letdown if it's time for my son to feed maski magkalayo kami.
I remember the first time it happened- I was driving home from the store when bigla na lang sumakit. I called my husband who was at home and tamang-tama my son just started fussing because he wanted to nurse.

[laineybogz]

haha! ang galeng nuh? ako din even while working :) bigla nlng sasakit and mafi-feel ko *** tingling sensation. i've read from somewhere that when u think of baby (that she's hungry, etc.) ur brain triggers the release of oxytocin (dunno if i'm right ha) that triggers the letdown reflex :)

[sweetwahm]

I'm almost due!! :bounce: Another 2-3 weeks and I'll be giving birth to my little girl!

I'm excited to give exclusive breastfeeding another try. It didn't work that well with Isaac last time and I only breastfed for a short while. Admittedly, it was my fault because I gave up so soon and at each frustration, I found it easier to feed formula. I'm learning so much in this thread, all the information I've been taking in. I know I can do this, I know I can! :)

[tina11]

Ice Burn yup nangyayari talaga yun, did you also read about how co-sleeping moms' sleep rhythms change to copy that of their babies'? Amazing how in sync our bodies are with our babies' needs.

stwacko my daughter was very sleepy at the breast too, if I felt she hadn't gotten enough milk I would just gently tickle her feet or burp her to wake her up, or change her diaper, or switch to the other breast kung naubos na din naman niya yung sa una.

sweetwahm so excited for you! I know you can do it. Is your hubby supportive of this decision? One thing that helped me a lot was that I emailed my hubby articles about BF and building up milk supply, so he would encourage me and repeat the facts I tended to forget when I was fretting about milk blisters and low supply. And when you need to sleep and the people around you (aminin na natin, minsan lola ang malaking hadlang sa pag-breastfeed ng nanay!) want to give the baby some formula, hubby can keep baby away from them :D

[Ice Burn]

^^yeah, lola just loves to be the one feeding her apo. Which is why as much as possible I store breastmilk to minimize my mom giving Yuri formula. Kaso lang takaw ni Yuri eh. Minsan kulang pa ang 7-8 ounces of milk kaya napipilitan mom ko magbigay ng formula whenever I am not around.

[DELISYUS]

May.... you can do it!!!! Knwoing is half the battle, ika nga!


Like ako diba me sakit? an ENT advised me to STOP breastfeeding kasi i'm passing my bacteria daw to Yakee thru my breastmilk... shows you that even doctors can be shun gak about breastfeeding! what i did, I went to my baby's pedia instead, wehehehehe... he switched my antibiotic prescription :)

[laineybogz]

hay, i'm so inspired by mommies here who continue to breastfeed! :)

i took eliana to the pedia last saturday and found out that she only gained 0.4kg from last month. my pedia said i should increase her milk intake from 3 to 4oz. waaaaah!!! kaya ko ba yun??? hay, i don't want to worry cuz it might affect nga my milk supply, and it won't do me any good din. i have to think positively that i can give eliana how much milk she wants... :)

sana nga makaya ko un noh, mga sis...

[DELISYUS]

lainey... my son's new pedia said na for purely breastfed babies, the weight gain is not as important as the overall development of the baby... pero baka nga you have to increase her intake para m eron syang ii-store aside from use...

and increase intake/pumping slowly/in increments... like 3.1 ounces, then 3.2... para hindi ka pressured :)

[stwacko]

sneezy tried tickling her feet and dabbing her feet with a wet washcloth, ginagalaw *** nya paa nya pro hindi naman nagc-continue *** pag-drink nya! hehehe...
thanks sa link, try ko naman *** mga suggestions dun...

tina11 try ko ulet yang mga suggestions mo pro prang hindi pwede kay Nicole *** pagb-burp to wake her up kc lalo syang nakakatulog pag naka-burp position tsaka sobrang tagal nyang mag-burp! *** kasing pinipigilan nya e!

[gaucho0722]

hi, im about to give birth by the 3rd week of feb...
can you guys help me on this breastfeeding thing? bale, after giving birth, you will breastfeed na diba? tapos every 2 hours thereafter? kahit walang lumalabas pa na milk, hindi ba kawawa si baby baka nagugutom?
tapos, pano pag gabi na? like sleeping time, gisingin ko padin sya every 2 hours?
i am already settled to breastfeed exclusively. takot lang ako kung kasya ba yun makukuha ng daughter ko sakin. and how would you know kung madami na ba nainom niya or kulang since you can't see the amount of milk she is getting?

[DaNa8]

^^^
What I did was feed on demand. I breastfed when ever he wants it, be it during the day or wee hours of the night. I wasn't at all conscious on sticking to the every 2-hour feeding thing. As long as your baby looks alert and healthy and he pees and poops normally, he's most likely getting enough milk from you.

[tina11]

gaucho this site will answer all your questions :)
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/index.html

[laineybogz]

gaucho0722 : basta nurse lang ng nurse (or pump lang ng pump if u're going back to work like me), and eventually, u will succeed at exclusive breastfeeding! i have been exclusively breastfeeding my soon-to-be-5-months-old baby girl since she turned two months (proud mommy) :)

[BiTteR_GoDdEsS]

i also wanna breastfeed my baby exclusively pero kulang parin yung na p-produce ko na milk.. one more thing, pansin ko mas mabilis siya makatulog (and mas mahimbing) pag sa bottle siya..


isa pa her lolo(my dad) is so addcited to her na kulang nalang sa kanya dumede yung baby ko.. whenever he's around and my baby cries for milk, instead of calling me to breastfeed her, binibigyan nya ng formula kasi he wants to be the one to hold the bottle for her

anyways, when i go back to work, id be going back to cavite and my baby will stay here in cainta.. id be away from her for 5 days lang then visit ko siya during weekends.. will my milk last for 5 days if i pump? whats the best thing to do kaya?

[laineybogz]

BiTteR_GoDdEsS: hmmm... i think it would be best to explain to ur dad the superb benefits of breastfeeding so he doesn't give ur baby formula... im sure ur dad wants only the best for his apo, so when he understands that breastmilk provides the best nutrition for ur baby, he'll call u when baby needs a feeding :)

to answer ur question... accdg to la leche league, u can refrigerate breastmilk for 8 days :) i recommend that u buy a cooler and stuff it with ice packs, or better yet, buy a cooling bag (like the fridge-to-go tote from playtex which i love very much) so u can transport ur milk safely and to make sure that it stays fresh and cold :)

hope this helps!

[rainbowvs]

laineybogz, how did you maintain your steady milk supply? What pump are you using? Kasi my baby now is 5 months old, kaso ang napapump kong milk is around 12 oz na lang per day. Dadami pa kayo to? Kaya whenever I'm at work tapos wala ng milk at wala pa ko, nagtitimpla MIL ko ng formula

[laineybogz]

hi, rainbowvs!

as far as my breastfeeding experience is concerned, the learned secret to establishing a good milk supply is to empty the breasts as often as you can. for example, what i do is i nurse eliana and pump (either simultaneously or one after the other) before going to work, then pump 2 to 3 hours later (at 9 or 930am), pump after lunch (i finish my meal as quickly as i can so i can have enough time for this), pump 30 mins before going home (at 4pm), and then nurse baby afterwards once im home. i also pump in between night feedings, let's say, at 7pm, 10pm, and 130am (if i wake up! hehe). during weekends, i nurse her directly and pump in between feedings as well.

hehe obviously, to be an exclusively breastfeeding working mom is not a very easy task. but if u really are dedicated enough, ull find time and energy and eventually succeed, girl :) try pumping as often as u can. share ko lang ha... when eliana's pedia asked me to increase her milk intake from 3oz to 4oz, naloka ang lola mo! i was very, very close to buying formula na that time, but then i told myself, as long as i have milk, i wont give eliana formula. ayun, mas dinalasan ko na *** pagpump ko, and lo and behold, i leave eliana with more than enough milk everyday that i go to work. as in 6 4oz bottles for her consumption that day (4oz every 2 hrs), and 6 to 10 4oz extra "emergency" bottles just in case. basta nurse ur baby at night and during weekends. i find this very helpful in increasing milk supply. i use the avent isis breast pump pala. :)

update mo ako sis ha? im sure success yan! go go go, sis! :)

[laineybogz]

double post

[sweetwahm]

Hi mommies!! Join na ako sa usap usapan dito.

After my failed attempts at breastfeeding Isaac 3 years ago, I think I am doing pretty well with Sophia this time around. She's 8 days old and I have been exclusively breastfeeding for 5 days now. No formula. I find the kellymom website really really helpful kaya I keep telling hubby to find more info about BFeeding for me. (Eh poinagbawalan ba ako mag online for the meantime! I need my rest daw. Sweet nga, pero I swear I'm itching to turn on the PC at times).

I wonder, though.. is she getting enough milk? Kasi nga, true i read about the emptying breasts part in order to increase milk supply ... so i've been pumping in between feedings and all i get so far is a pittiful 1 and a half ounce. Swerte na kung aabot ng 2 ounces. So yun, i'm concerned that if i can only pump that much, does my baby get that much only? Pero matagal din naman ang feeding sessions namin, i let her feed until she herself lets go.

Hopefully, my milk supply increases in the next few weeks.

[sneezy]

sweetwahm, pump output is never a good indicator of supply. even the most expensive hospital-grade pumps pale in comparison to the efficiency of baby's suckling.
you'll know if she's getting enough milk if she's of course gaining weight and by her diaper output.
here are kellymom links on how to count diapers,
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/04enough_milk.html
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough-milk.html

[stwacko]

Hi!

I'm going back to work sa March....
Is there a way to know how much milk does my 1mo. old baby consumes per feeding? nag-try kc ako na mag-pump ng 2 bottles na tig-2 oz. *** na milk, naubos nya *** 2oz. then nung in-offer *** 2nd bottle, ayaw na nya… tpos after an hr. gutom na naman, naubos nya *** 2nd bottle tapos hindi pa satified, nag-BF pa ko sa kanya… 2nd try ko naman, nag-pump ako ng 3.5oz. may natira syang 1oz. pro ganun din, after an hr. gutom na naman tpos ng BF na naman ako sa kanya…

BTW, kapag hindi ba nya naubos *** milk ko sa bottle, pwede pa ibigay sa kanya ulit sa next feeding nya?

[laineybogz]

hi, stwacko!

ive read somewhere that u can refrigerate milk that's not consumed in a feeding for 1-2 hours. after that, the milk should be discarded. :)

on ur question about ur baby, he/she (sorry na) might be undergoing growth spurt that's why he/she needs to feed very often. if i were in ur situation, i would try to increase my milk supply to provide enough (or even with extra) for baby. mas mabuti na ang sobra kaysa kulang, right? we definitely don't want a hungry baby, and if u plan on exclusively breastfeeding, we don't want to give her formula as well cuz as u know, that will result in a dwindling milk supply.

hope this helps! :)

[ADreamer]

hello breastfeeding advocates! it's been 6 weeks since I gave birth and I had my period. =(( I stopped breastfeeding after a week or two. I could put in a lot of reasons but it would end up as an excuse. I'd like to ask if I could still go back to breastfeeding? Is there a way? And lastly, does chocolates lower milk production?

Please enlighten me if I still have a chance.

TIA!

[Ice Burn]

Any advice how working moms can exclusively breastfeed?

[stwacko]

Thanks laineybogz!

I've read about growth spurt from kellymom. sa bottle *** sya actually ganun kapag sakin, inaabot naman ng 2-3hrs. bago sya magutom ulit. I'll just try to increase *** milk na ii-store ko *** hindi sya mabitin.

Ngayon naman, she's fussy while nursing! read that too sa kellymom. ang hirap mag-deal ng ganung problem, trial and error! pero most of the time, gusto *** nya mag-burp! ang hirap naman kasi, iiyak sya tapos prang gusto pa nya ng milk!

In relation sa tanong ni Iceburn, do you need to bring your sterilizer sa office *** i-sterilize *** breast pump mo? kasi diba, you need to sterilize your breast pump for every use? e hindi ka naman once lang magp-pump sa office. advise naman po! :)

Thanks!

[Donasyl]

What should I do?:( I have a low supply of milk and my baby doesn't want a bottle. Ewan ko kung paano nagyaring konti na lang ang gatas ko kasi nula ng pinanganak ko si Yeojin eh nagbbreastfeed na ako hangang 3 months siya. Tapos ngayon konti na lang gatas ko as in unlike before na when I wake up in the morning eh matigas yung breast ko dahil sa milk but now....Baka pumayat si baby ko:mecry: . Hindi ko na alam ggawin ko help me naman please. Maliban sa mind game wala na ba akong ibang choice?:depressed:

[laineybogz]

Ice Burn: hi, sis! i'm an exclusively breastfeeding working mom and if u backread a little bit, u can read my post on what i did to be able to do it successfully :) bottomline is, empty ur breasts as often as u can. pump often at work and nurse baby directly at night and during weekends. it sure worked for me. i know it will work for u, too :)

[laineybogz]

stwacko: what i do is i wash my breast pump throughly, place it in a plastic container (say, tupperware) then pour in very hot water from our mineral water dispenser sa ofc. kumbaga, binabanlian ko *** pump parts ng mainit na tubig :) so far wala naman ako nagiging problem with that, cuz i know na malinis na water, dishwashing liquid, and sponge ang ginagamit ko :)

Donasyl: don't worry too much. stress may lower milk supply :) i would suggest just giving baby ur breasts every time he/she needs a feeding, and pump as often as u can. u can do something about ur situation, sis. and check mo din *** weight ni baby. ask mo pedia nya if it's okay. if it is, then ure baby's getting enough milk from u :) ur baby's so lucky cuz u decided to breastfeed him/her :)

[Donasyl]

Laineybogz: yun nga po eh. Mix po sya ng powder milk kasi kung milk ko lang ang aasahan wala. Pero minsan ayaw nyang uminom sa bottle mas gusto nya yung akin. Hay..anyaway thanks for advise.

[stwacko]

double post

[stwacko]

Cge laineybogz, yun narin gagawin ko sa office. I've read sa previous post mo na ginagawa mo *** store ka ng maraming milk sa 1 bottle sa fridge then it-transfer mo *** 2oz. na milk sa extra bottle pag malapit ng gamitin. question ko: do you have to swirl pa *** milk bago mo i-transfer sa extra bottle? kasi diba naghihiwalay *** water & milk part?

[laineybogz]

hey, sis stwacko!

what i do now is store all my milk in the fridge, not in the freezer compartment :) so the night before, tinatransfer ko *** milk na gagamitin for tomorrow from the storage containers (which are just extra feeding bottles i bought na never ginamit or given to me) to eliana's playtex feeding bottles in 4oz quantities.

and oh, i swirl the milk habang nasa storage containers pa lang para equally distributed *** "cream" part ng milk pag ni-transfer ko na sa feeding bottles. :)

hope i answered ur questions :)

[stwacko]

ok. Thanks laineybogz!

I hope hindi kulangin *** is-store kong milk *** sa baby ko! :) I'm still determining kung ilang oz. ba talaga nac-consume ni Nicole per feeding, so far, nauubos na nya *** 2oz. pro bitin pa sya. try ko naman 2.5oz. or 3oz.

[laineybogz]

stwacko : how old na ba si nicole? eliana's turning 6 months and she consumes 4oz every 2 hours... so 8oz every 4 hours un. :)

[unshockable]

im a working mom din and i pump sa office for my babies milk kaso i notice si baby poopoo ng poopoo parati as in mag inat lang me poopoo na..nde na nga diaper gamit ko, lampin na lang para nde lumala *** rash kaso at night nde ko napapalitan agad so nagkaron sya ng rashes and nde gumagaling kahit me cream na pinapahid..so i decided na iformula muna sya for the mean time..nan1 ha *** recommended ng pedia..ayun nde na sya masyado poopoo..balak ko i mix *** formula and milk ko for the mean time..pag gumaling na rash nia purely breastfeed ko ulet..*** mga napapump ko nasa freezer lang muna..sana maging ok hayy

[laineybogz]

unshockable: shucks, this is weird. never heard of any baby na allergic or may negative physiological reactions to breastmilk. mga how many times a day ba sya nagpupupu? how old is ur baby? kasi in the first several weeks, it's normal na every dede nya ay pupupu sya. after that, it will come less often hanggang maging regular na. im not sure lang, sis, if making pupu often is a reason to give formula. what did ur pedia say about it? is he/she sure that it's because of ur breastmilk? is it something in your diet that causes ur baby to poop a lot?

i hope ur baby gets well soon... :(

[sneezy]

unshockable, breastfed babies tend to poop a lot talaga. how old is your baby na? My son used to poop almost every after nursing sessions. What's the color of his poop? The smell?

[sweetwahm]

Hi mommies! :wave: Still exclusively breastfeeding my baby 2 weeks and 4 days! Hehehehe, report nga talaga no? I'm just happy it's going so well this time around.

As for poop stories, I've forgotten how babies poop a lot and man, do they poop a lot! My infant poops almost after every feeding... hindi na nga yata nagbu-burp itong batang to eh, dinadaan yata lahat ng hangin sa utot! :lol: Everytime my utot, for sure may poop yan.

unshockable i hope your baby gets well soon. Sana hindi dahilan ang breastmilk for the allergic reactions.

I kinda wondered if breastmilk could bring about any allergic reactions myself kasi I noticed my baby had rashes around the neck. My pedia recommended the new Baby Spa Liquid Powder (kasi nga they don't recommend using talc/ powder on babies di ba?) and the rashes were gone in 2 days.

On mommy's diet... now that i'm exclusively breastfeeding, I'm "forced" to take better care of myself and literally watch what I eat. I went all out last week with spicy burritos that I stayed away from when I was pregnant. Uh-oh. Baby's poop turned a little watery. Nye.. bad mommy, hehehehe! :bop: Kaya hayun, careful with what I eat now. I have a feeling I gotta take it slow with seafood ... dang, I am gonna miss sushi. Eating Japanese is one of mine and hubby's fave foodie things to do pa naman.

Mommies, Quick Question: In one breast pumping session, how many milk containers can you fill up? Say 2oz or 4 oz bottles? La naman... medyo 1 bottle na 3oz lang kaya ko at this point... sometimes even less than that. And that's not even for 1 sitting; I have to resume filling up the bottle after an hour or two. I'm not really worried at this point, I guess I'm just wondering when I can eventually fill up a couple of containers that will be enough for baby's needs when I go back to work in 2 months time.

:heartgrl:

[Ice Burn]

unshockable: Maybe your baby is allergic to something else. It took me a while to discover the oil/petroleum jelly allergy of my son. We changed soaps, lotions, and other products so many times but it all boiled down to the mineral oil content.


sweetwahm: Usually I stop na when I reach 5-6 ounces. Kapag sobrang puno and I really want it emptied out, I can get up to 10 ounces. Ang lakas talaga dumede ng anak ko. :lol:

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: kudos for successfully breastfeeding, sis! how's baby? matakaw ba? hehe. i remember eliana din, she would poop almost as often as she made dede. regarding ur question, in one 20-minute session, i pump around 4 to 6oz of milk. if i really want to empty my breasts, around 8 to 10oz :) im sure ur milk supply will increase as baby's demand for milk increases.

[DELISYUS]

Ice Burn.... be dedicated about pumping at work :) and store your milk well... other than these, am sure you'll do just fine kasi your milk supply is already way established and Yuri naman has no problems about appetite :)

Yun lang nga, make sure you have enough in store to keep up with him kasi you're starting na ata this Monday :)

and breatfeed him directly whenever you're together :) so that he can stimulate your breasts again....

[DELISYUS]

May...from what i know, napaka-liit ng chance for a baby to be allergic to breastmilk... but the mom's diet can affect its components and affect the baby nga... like brocolli and garlic can aggravate colic... and yun nga, magmamanifest yung intolerances or 'allergies' ng baby (like if you eat too much dairy, and the baby poops more than once...or if you eat spicy food etc)

happily, nakakain nako ulit ng tuna sashimi!! my gosh... after a year without!!! and buti na lang baby isn't allergic to crabs when i eat them... as in NR :)

[laineybogz]

DELISYUS: nice to hear about that naman, sis! :) ako rin i can eat whatever (but of course i try to keep it healthy) and eliana won't have any allergies whatsoever. :) how's yuri na?

thanks for ur advice on how to breastfeed successfully ha? sobrang nagamit ko ****, sis, and im so happy to be able to exclusively breastfeed eliana even if im working :)

[[FickleMinded]]

im a working mom din and i pump sa office for my babies milk kaso i notice si baby poopoo ng poopoo parati as in mag inat lang me poopoo na..
it's perfectly normal,because baby tends to digest the breastmilk easily than formula nde na nga diaper gamit ko, lampin na lang para nde lumala *** rash kaso at night nde ko napapalitan agad so nagkaron sya ng rashes and nde gumagaling kahit me cream na pinapahid..so i decided na iformula muna sya for the mean time..nan1 ha *** recommended ng pedia..ayun nde na sya masyado poopoo..balak ko i mix *** formula and milk ko for the mean time..pag gumaling na rash nia purely breastfeed ko ulet..*** mga napapump ko nasa freezer lang muna..sana maging ok hayyto avoid the rashes,try not to use wipes,just warm cloth,yung lampin na malinis,mas ok kung yung parang gasa yung tela.

[DELISYUS]

lainey... hay nako ganda, be proud talaga that you're breastfeeding Eliana even when you're working :) sobrang long term investment yan... alam mo bang aside from childhood cancers, it also protects from adult cancers... ay nako, basta, breastfeed galore!!!

oh...and on rashes esply if baby's pooping much pa.... wag po wipes kundi WASH the bum talaga... as in wash and then pat dry... lalo na sa first 2 months na mostly asa bahay naman... ang wipes pag sa labas lang! less gastos pati

you don't even have to soap every wash... water lang talaga... testament ang Yakee ko dyan :)

[Ice Burn]

Yeah I wash Yuri's **** too kaya walang rashes. He only gets an occasional rash kapag nasa labas at wipes ang ginamit. Actually even sa labas, hinuhugasa ko si Yuri sa CR.

Anyway, my milk supply is dropping eh. I don't know if it's the stress of going to Makati from QC or the stress of starting a new job. :( Tapos I am pumping pa in the CR. Paano yung office ko has glass walls. Bwiset. I'm having curtains put in.

It's so hard to store. Paano if Yuri feeds, halos wala nang nalalabas, sobrang ubos and by the time I've built up enough, next feeding na siya.

This past week, he's getting 1 or 2 bottles of formula while I am at work. I'm trying to find enough time to pump at least 3 bottles of 5 ounces each at work. Kaso with my glass wall issue, I very well can't hide in the bathroom 30 minutes at a time.

[laineybogz]

Ice_Burn: u know, sis, u can use the weekends to pump and store ur milk. that's what i do. i nurse eliana directly during weekends using one breast, tapos *** other breast ko strictly for pumping lang. u can try that, or u can let yuri nurse on both breasts tapos pump both after. *** bahala... :) i hope things will get better for u.. :)

[stwacko]

laineybogz: Nicole is turning 2mos. on Feb. 29.

unshockable: baby ko rin sobrang dami mag-poop lalo na nung 1st mo. nya. Ngayong mgt-2 mos. na sya, less na compared before pero marami parin! ganun **** talaga daw pag purely breastfed kasi mas madali syang ma-digest kesa formula. Ako naman may nakahandang water & cotton balls to wash her tush. I just use wipes pag sa labas. So far, ala naman syang rashes.

sweetwahm: ganyan din *** np-pump kong milk nung 2-3 wks palang si Nicole. Ngayon, nakaka-4oz. na np-pump ko with 1 breast. I do it while she's nursing with the other breast. Hindi ko pa na-try na mag-pump on both breasts sa 1 pumping session lang.

[doumyugi]

ask ko lang meron bang mga mommies dito already wean off their child? share naman kayo ng infos, Im planning to wean off my son next month dahil 18 m.o na sya nun he's not yet showing any readiness in weaning off, ano ba the best way na ma-turn off sya sa breastfeeding. He's looking for my breast pag matutulog sya sa gabi or mag na-nap in the afternoon. He prefers my breast over formula/pediasure.

[DELISYUS]

ICE... maybe you can bring a shawl or malong/sarong at work...so you can pump in the office pa din pero you'd have some privacy... i know some moms who do it that way, mas relaxed pa sila :)




oh and sa mga new mommies... may breastfeeding workshop ulit ang perfect latch... its this march... pls pls...its a more important thing to do than buy so many clothes and what-nots... am a product of this workshop and sobrang i iwll always rave about it :)

http://mom.exchange.ph/index.php/2007/03/12/the-perfect-latch-breastfeeding-workshop/

[sneezy]

ask ko lang meron bang mga mommies dito already wean off their child? share naman kayo ng infos, Im planning to wean off my son next month dahil 18 m.o na sya nun he's not yet showing any readiness in weaning off, ano ba the best way na ma-turn off sya sa breastfeeding. He's looking for my breast pag matutulog sya sa gabi or mag na-nap in the afternoon. He prefers my breast over formula/pediasure.

any reason why you'd want to wean other than his age?

[laineybogz]

doumyugi: my baby's only turning 6 months and weaning is still far off my mind, but i think i'll let my baby self-wean :)

[sweetwahm]

Hi mommies!

So far there's a big improvement in my milk pumping sessions, medyo nag increase na rin ang napa-pump ko. And I'm raving about not having to resort to formula, woohoo! Konti lang ang nabawasan from the tiny can of Nan we brought home from the hospital 3 weeks ago. I'm determined to breast feed exclusively.

...which brings me to another Q. What feeding bottles do you mommies use?

Y'see, I haven't had to use bottles until recently kasi lagi naman ako sa bahay. I didn't even buy any... I have a few 4oz and 8oz bottles na mimiflo which I got as Christmas gifts. But when we tried to use it na, ayaw ng baby ko! Since konti pa lang napa-pump ko na milk in the last weeks, di napapadede kay Saffi kasi nga I prefer giving her my breast as long as I'm around. Pano na to? She pushes it out with her tongue and tends to gag a lot. Eventually, she is able to drink from the bottle but that's after a lot of frustrated crying from her. I'm thinking she finds the teats too hard... or maybe it's the bottle itself?

Hmmm... ok lang ang playtex bottles kay eliana, laineybogz?

As much as I'd like to nurse Saffi myself, I'm going back to work in a few weeks and she needs to bottle feed na talaga.

Ice Burn, napa curtain mo na ang office mo? Naku, when I go back to work, pareho ata tayo dilemma! Our office CR is clean enough but I don't relish the thought of having to pump my precious milk there ... plus yeah, I can't go spending 30 mins a time every couple of hours or so di ba? Wala na nga atang ibang place for me to pump in private except my boss' room, which is enclosed. I'm planning to talk to her -- good think she's a lady! Mas maka empathize sa situation ko -- but if it's a no go, then the CR is my only option. Duh. :depressed: BTW, how's the milk supply holding up?

DELISYUS, naku that sounds like an excellent workshop! *okay* Me and hubby would go in a heartbeat if only it were accessible to us.

And oh ... on weaning, I'm planning to bfeed for as long as Saffi still wants to. I know it's one of the best I can give her. Besides I enjoy the connection. :love:

Ahehehe, konting rant na rin... the diapers we use up are killing me! Ang bilis maubos, grabe!

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: hi, sis! that is indeed good news! naku rarami pa nang rarami ang milk mo for sure! hmmm... apparently, saffi prefers ur breast over the bottle (which i think is the case for most babies). and since ur going back to work in a few weeks time, i suggest u keep on introducing the bottle to her. she has to learn to accept the bottle as early as now because we dont want her to fuss and cry at it when ure gone and at work. ive actually experienced that with eliana several weeks before returning to work, and what i did was be persistent about it (the same thing i did when eliana would reject my breast the first few times i tried to nurse her). try to give her a bottle when shes not yet wailing out loud out of hunger. kumbaga, keep the experience as pleasant and as gradual as possible for her. keep us updated ha? :) what diapers pala are u using, sis?

to answer ur question, yep, the playtex ventaire bottles are great for eliana. u can try it with saffi, too. trial and error naman daw yan eh. the ventaire nipples are tougher compared to the drop-in nipples, so u can experiment with the drop-ins first. but if u think u don't like a disposable system, u can always use the drop-in nipples in the ventaire bottles :> and buy the wide "naturalshape" nipples ha (mimic mom's breast), not the standard-sized ones.

[sneezy]

sweetwahm, did you check yung flow ng nipples? Make sure it's the slow-flow or yung pang-newborn.
Actually, I really have no advice because Robert never took to the bottle so I just quit working. LOL

[sweetwahm]

Hi laineybogz! Thanks for the advise, i'll keep that in mind. I'm thinking nga that it might be the bottle nipples itself kasi nga hindi ka shape ng mom's nipples, so i'm planning to buy a bottle or two of avent or playtex.

With isaac, i had no problems with bottles, ok *** kahit anong bottle kaya i didnt have to spend on the expensive brands before. i have a brochure of playtex bottles here, tinitingnan ko nga eh.

on diapers... we use prokids newborn or eq dry newborn. hehehe, we use up a lot! i know, i know... ganun talaga.... but wow, a lot talaga! :D

hi sneezy! Di pa ba magiging kuya si Robert? :belat: Anyway, yeah, i suppose it has something to do with the flow of the nipples. I'm sure di to pang newborn. Which is why i'm gonna go bottle hunting today. I'll try with 1 or 2 bottles first.... hmmm or maybe, 1 bottle each of avent and playtex. SM lang meron dito eh and those plus Pigeon are the only ones available here.

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: alrighty! good luck on bottle hunting! :) do u want a disposable system ba, sis? update me on the success of bottle-feeding saffi (ur breastmilk, of course!) :) there are also good buys from multiply sites that sell baby items. cheaper sa kanila, sis. there's a thread on this topic eh, u can check that out. :)

[laineybogz]

sneezy: sis, serious po ba un? u really did quit work? :)

[sweetwahm]

laineybogz, yeah, which is why I'm only gonna go for 1 or 2 bottles *** muna and if it goes well, then i'll scour multiply sites to get cheaper stuff. :)

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: truelaloo :) im glad to hear that ure getting used to pumping a few weeks before u start working again :) attagirl, sis! :) what pump are u using, btw?

[sneezy]

sweetwahm, hindi pa. I find myself going back and forth with the plan. Haha! Bahala na si batman. :D
laineybogz, yes i did. the first few times i went to work i always came home to a hungry, crying baby because he didn't take the bottle. it was pretty much a no-brainer for me. :)

[laineybogz]

sneezy: i totally agree with you, sis :) our babies will always be our number one priority :)

[Ice Burn]

I use Chicco Bottles.

And I'm jobless again (http://beta.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23920753&postcount=2967). :p Pero it's ok. Full time breastfeeding ulit kay Yuri till my next job.

[bebeboy]

Hi to all mommies, newbie here.I'm planning to BF my baby po sana.Sa hospital po ba after you gave birth they allow you to BF your baby.What if matagalan pa ** sa nursery or you are not allowed for some reason..ano po ang i-f-feed ng baby?

[sneezy]

Hi to all mommies, newbie here.I'm planning to BF my baby po sana.Sa hospital po ba after you gave birth they allow you to BF your baby.What if matagalan pa ** sa nursery or you are not allowed for some reason..ano po ang i-f-feed ng baby?

They cannot "NOT ALLOW" you to make decisions for yourself and your baby. If you want to breastfeed your baby, you should be able to. Unless there are underlying medical conditions, your doctor should discuss this with you. The hospital is not the decision-maker when it comes to you or your baby's health. Ikaw yon.

[laineybogz]

bebeboy: kung maaari nga, once na lumabas ang baby mo, i-breastfeed mo na sya. what happened to me was, after i got my baby out, she was taken to the nursery and was bottle-fed (with formula, i'm sure). so when i tried breastfeeding at home na after 2 days of being in the hospital, nahirapan **** kami. it was after lots of seemingly hopeless tries that i got eliana to latch on my nipple.

[bebeboy]

thanks sneezy & laineybogz for ur replies :D

...ganun pala un they will bottle-fed the baby esp when the mom is out....ang worry ko kze is baka magkaroon na ** ng nipple confusion & i will have a hard time BF-ing him...

[laineybogz]

bebeboy: exactly, so dapat i-bf mo sya immediately :> some hospitals pala feed babies sugar water instead of formula. better ask ur ob on this :>

[sneezy]

Make sure you have it written as part of your birth plan not to supplement your baby. On your day of admission, give it to the nurses as well as the nurses in the nursery. You could also make a sign that says something to the effect that you (mommy) will feed the baby and that no supplements be given to be attached to your baby's bassinet. That way, wala silang excuse to give your baby anything else.

[sweetwahm]

bebeboy I believe most hospitals here are mother-child friendly naman, and they support breastfeeding. In fact, these hospitals encourage you to breastfeed right away or as soon as possible.

laineybogz Saffi is taking well to playtex and avent bottles. Actually, I only have 2 on hand plus 1 of avent so 3 bottles lang lahat. Halos di naman nagamit since nasa bahay pa lang naman ako for the meantime so she's getting her milk from me. I'm scouring the multiply sites for a couple of bottles and SM has a sale this weekend, so I might get another few para makalabas naman ako ng bahay for longer periods paminsan-minsan. I love the mommying but I am dying for some bonding action with my friends as well. The regular mimiflo bottles that Saffi is rejecting I am using for milk storage nalang. Ayun, nasa likod ng ref lahat.

I'm still trying to get around how I can continue expressing milk in the office when I get back in April. Haaay, parang CR lang talaga ang feasible location and I am not enjoying that thought although may kalinisan naman ang CR namin. I am reminded of a story where a security guard chided a mom at a mall (SM ata) because she was breastfeeding on one of the benches. Sabi ng guard sa CR daw sya dapat... to which the lady retorted: "Bakit ikaw, sa CR ka ba kumakain, ha?" :D Something like that. I heard incidents like this prompted SM to put up breastfeeding stations. But then, I don't even know if that story is true.

Come to think of it, SM is just across my office. I was thinking I could pump there at lunch time and steal away during breaks (morning and afternoon) to do my thing. But the Bfeeding station is too far, at the other end of the building! The nearest one I could probably use is the SM Travel Lounge, there doesn't seem to be anyone there and they have a shower room. That's just across my office. Hahaha... ang hirap ng lifestyle ko! :lol:

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: hi, sis! it's good that she like both bottles. what bottles are u planning to buy then? ako im thinking of buying 6 other philips avent 9 or 11oz bottles. gusto ko kasi *** new look nya eh, tsaka para mas maraming ma-hold na liquid. and pareho tayo, the feeding bottles that eliana doesn't use end up as breastmilk storage containers :> haha ako i pump din sa washroom, sa guest's restroom to be exact. very neat kasi, pwedeng humiga hehe. shempre i dont forget to wash my hands, etc. before pumping :>

yep, ive heard of the same story din. hay naku, thank God SM has breastfeeding stations na. the one in san lazaro is pretty big and enclosed, hindi katulad dun sa mall of asia na may mga blinds lang tapos super liit pa :<

[koki_qt]

mga sis...help me naman...nag breastfeed ako since ni roomed in si baby but after ilang days lang nag chafed n nagkasugat..gusto ko i-continue breastfeed ko..nag stop ako since yesterday muna..ive tried pumping pero konti *** nacocollect ko..namamaga na ngyon sa puno ng milk yung breast ko gusto ko na pa suck kay baby pero nagwoworry ako if makaka affect ba yung sugat sa knya...takot ako bka magstop yung production ko din...*** do u think? meron ba same experience sa inyo?

[Ice Burn]

Ah yes the chaffing and awful blisters. Ako tinuloy ko lang kahit sobrang sakit. Eventually your nipple will get used to it at di na magsusugat. If you stop now, your milk supply will diminish. I suggest you get some of those nipple creams, the ones that are safe for the baby...

[DELISYUS]

koki_qt ...if you can tolerate the pain sis, better directly feed pa din so yor supply wont run out and you will feel relief from engorgement... make sure lang na PROPER yung latch talaga... my nips felt raw for a day or two pero not so much na i can't breastfeed anymore, and usually yung initial latch lang masakit pero pag steady suck na, ok na...

swetwahm... kung may cubicle naman sa office nyo, yung sayo or sa boss mo...or pantry...eh di dun ka na lang pump :) just don a sarong or big scarf to cover yourself up... my boss before would pump sa CR, battery operated pigeon lang pero i guess kasi super established na supply nya, in 5 minutes kaya nya yung 6 oz... ahehe



oh...and though may drive ang govt to encourage breastfeeding, most hospitals still give sugared water via bottles... i think yung malalaking hospitals lang talaga ang automatic na nursing cup ang gagamitin :)

[DaNa8]

koki_qt, I also experienced that during the first week of breastfeeding. As in there was blood in my nipple but I continued feeding baby directly. Gumaling din naman sya ng kusa.

[chummykins]

I'm selling my avent nipple shields for P500. Original price is P730. 1 day lang nagamit. It didn't work for me kasi ayaw ng baby ko.

[laineybogz]

koki_qt: having sore nipples is something every breastfeeding mom goes through. many, like me, have had bleeding nipples. this is i think one of the reasons why some women are discouraged to breastfeed. but don't worry, it's normal and bearable (although at first parang hinde..). ur nipples will toughen up, sis, promise! :)

anyhow, i regret not buying avent bottles in the first place. after trying breastflow and playtex ventaire, avent really seems to be the best. sulit ****. my mom, who feeds eliana my breastmilk when im at work, said that tuloy2x na ang pagdede ni eliana, unlike before na lagi sya nagsstop like 2 to 3 times in one feeding. i gues she's more comfortable with the new nipples :) sayang tuloy mga feedings bottles na hindi nagamit :(

[stwacko]

ei mga sis! Today is my first day back at work and I plan to continue feeding my baby with my milk... may mga na-store na ko sa ref and hopefully magkasya...

laineybogz : I've read that you're using Playtex Fridge-to-go. bumili kasi ako & I have a question... diba lalagay mo lang yun sa freezer overnight then dadalhin mo na sa office? lalagay mo *** buong bag sa freezer db? kailangan bang mag-freeze *** water dun sa loob ng bag? kasi *** sakin, hindi sya nagf-freeze e. naririnig ko parin *** liquid dun sa loob.

[laineybogz]

stwacko: hi, sis! nope, ndi kelangan na magfreeze *** liquid sa bag :) okay yan, good buy.

[stwacko]

hehehe... ganun ba? kala ko kasi kailangan mag-freeze *** liquid. bka kasi hindi tumagal *** lamig sa bag at ma-spoil *** milk ko. :)

thanks!

[laineybogz]

stwacko: hehehe! basta uve kept the bag in the freezer for at least 8 hrs, okay yan :) chilled pa rin **** *** milk once u get home. if u have a fridge at work, u can put the bag with the milk inside sa loob nun, para tlgang the milk stays cold for as long as possible :)

[sweetwahm]

Hey, ok tong Playtex Fridge to Go ah. Hehehe, ngayon lang that I've heard about this... and I was contemplating pa naman how I can properly store my milk when I get back to work. How much does this bag cost?

[laineybogz]

sweetwahm: if i remember it correctly, the playtex fridge-to-go tote that holds 2 bottles costs around php1100 to 1200 :)

[stwacko]

sweetwahm actually, gift lang sakin *** pang 2 bottles kaya hindi ko alam kung magkano... *** nabili ko, pang single bottle lang kc wala akong makita na malaki, it costs around Php620 sa SM.

[Ice Burn]

Dunno if it has been discussed here, too many pages to backread but

HOW TO PREVENT BREASTS FROM SAGGING DUE TO BREASTFEEDING

I really hope that surgery isn't the only option. :( I'm apprehensive about it because I'm now a D from a C and the prospect of sagging is there especially sa lakas dumede ng anak ko. :( And it doesn't help that hubby keeps teasing me now about the eventuality of sagging. hmph.

[DELISYUS]

Ice... if you're that big, mas malaki na talaga ang tendency mo to sag :) physics kumbaga, it cannot defy gravity if it's that big :)

and apart from surgery, i don't know of a foolproof ekek talaga... some say exercise helps somehow (at least to tone that area there)

oh and it won't help but it's actually pregnancy that sags the breasts

http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2007/12/22/does-breastfeeding-make-your-breasts-sag/

[Ice Burn]

to appease me, hubby says he'll pay for a bust lift kapag yumaman siya. Nyarks, yoko nga nun. I'll do pushups na lang. Nakakaliit yun and strengthens the chest muscles para di sagging.

[ginangcarreau]

thought of dropping by this thread to salute all mommies that are breastfeeding, my one frustration as a mom. i had my first baby 5 months ago and when i was still pregnant, i planned on doing everything the natural way, no narcotics nor epidural during childbirth, breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months, cloth diapers without diaper service. one by one, these plans didn't materialize. my labor was induced, had epidural after only 6 hours of labor and an emergency C-section. i developed a fever so the baby was given antibiotics during the hospital stay.

we gave instructions not to feed the baby formula. kaya lang, i had a hard time breastfeeding without the help of the lactation specialist. on the second day, he was crying too loud that we had to give in to formula feeding. i tried for two more weeks but i suffered from post-partum blues and my husband suggested that my frustration with breastfeeding might be adding to my depressed mood. i don't work so there's a guilty feeling whenever i read about moms here who can still breastfeed even after going back to their jobs.

[laineybogz]

ginangcarreau: awww... how are u and baby doing now? :)

[yam__20]

mommies hello!!


laki nang prob ko.. ayaw ni baby mgpa bottlefeed,,,at first gusto nmn nya pro eventually ayaw na nya,,,,,ng kong mg breastpump coz i thought yung formula milk yung ayaw nya.. *** *** ayaw parin *** nya,, haist *** eto hndi ko *** maiwan .. ;(

[laineybogz]

yam__20: practice, sis, practice! ur baby simply loves ur breasts and would prefer it over any bottle available. try feeding her from a bottle when she's not super hungry, para naman hindi ganun ka-negative ang experience sa kanya. u can also buy different bottles and see which one baby is most comfortable with (try first those with wide nipples that are shaped like mom's breasts... avent, playtex, gerber, nuk, the first years, pigeon, dr. browns have them). and since ure successfully breastfeeding na naman, bottle-feed not with formula but with expressed breastmilk :) good luck!

[Ice Burn]

Geez, Yuri has started teething. Nag-start ng mangagat!!! :eek:

[laineybogz]

shucks! good luck to us, sis! :) eliana's teething din and minsan kinakagat din nya ko.. hay, it's bound to be more painful once their tiny pearly whites come out...

[doublelatte]

Hi Everyone!

This is a very informative thread. Anyway, I gave birth to my little gumball last December 3, and have been exclusively breastfeeding her since. I returned to work last Feb 20, and fortunately, the supply is still there. I pump and pump and pump at work.

Fortunately, everyone in the office is supportive that I am breastfeeding. It's a good thing that we have a breastfeeding room here in the office, it's called the Diana Room. Mommies can go there to pump milk. My employer is really supportive of breastfeeding mommies. If I'm not in the mood to go up, I pump here in my cubicle.
I just use a homemade bib -- my baby's old swaddle. My sister just sewed a collar on it.

Oh, and my little one does not accept bottles/nipples, she prefers cup feeding instead. =)

I plan to breastfeed for 6 months and beyond. =) :)

[DELISYUS]

ginangcarreau
i feel for you... and i really hope you got a lactation consultant to help you when you needed it... i can relate with the birth plan that didn't go as planned... and i think i also had bad post partum blues... but i didn't get sick and very adamant to breastfeed and was prepared to, no matter how hard it was...

if you want, you can still get a lactation sonsulatant to help you re-lactate... but if you feel bad about breastfeeding still because you didn't get to do it, then don't sweat it anymore... lots of formula fed babies turned out alright and bonded to their moms pa din naman eh... and at least you can forearm yourself na with your nect child...

ako talaga i instructed my husband not to let me rest if i still haven't breastfed... tas we roomed in the baby kahit cs ako... but our vigilance also stems from the fact that we lost a nephew to cancer, he wasn't breastfed and the cancer was congenital... so i wanted to protect my baby from as many illnesses as i can....

i think may difference din kasi sa you really want to do it and not just you have to do it because you should...

because at the end of the day, the only SHOULD here is tht you love and cre for your child... and am sure you're doing that...

[racheltan]

hi i nid help in choosing a good but not too expensive na breastpump. maganda po ba ang first years at playtex manual breastpump?

[sweetwahm]

From experience, buying the Avent ISIS was one of my best investments! Pricey but so well worth it! I just think about how much I'm saving in the long run by not spending on formula. You can get it cheaper if you look around at Multiply selling sites.

[DELISYUS]

ako nga din nagsisisi na i didn't get an avent or medela...before kasi my reason was i am not working anymore and would need to pump lang in the off days that i need time away from my son... and although happy na din ako sa pigeon ko, siguro if i had a medela, less pumping time at least :)

[laineybogz]

so true, mga sis! avent is definitely worth buying :)

[ginangcarreau]

ginangcarreau: awww... how are u and baby doing now? :)

we're both doing great. the baby has not been sick. i guess he was able to feed on the colostrum since i did breastfeed during his 1st two weeks.

DELISYUS: thanks for the kind words. those are the same things that my husband told me during my darkest hours. i still get the blues every now and then (not as worse as brooke shields did though) but having a very supportive partner is a tremendous help.

re: breast pump... we rented the Medela Lactina breast pump from the hospital. available din ba ang breast pump rental sa hospitals sa Manila? ang laki ng na-save namin kasi nga i ended up breastfeeding for two weeks lang.

[laineybogz]

hi, mommies! :)

does anyone know where i can buy the valve for my avent breastpump (the small round silicone thing with an asterisk on one side)? mine's already torn, causing decreased effectiveness in sucking :( ive lost the spare that came with the pump.

thanks, mommies!

[DELISYUS]

not sure if uso na ang renatls dito sis....

and naku...ako ata every growth spurt, every milestone, every whatever umiiyak... i think medyo masama din na i stopped working (big change) just when i had a baby (super big change) so i'm still mostly out of sorts and redefining my roles, value, etc

plus, if not high-need, demanding ang baby ko... pag several days na akong puyat... i'd break down na, wallow in self-pity, want to die, etc...

but pag may good days.... i realize naman na i wouldnt change anything :) well, except baby's wakefulness :D

[DELISYUS]

"beginning to breastfeed" - a free breastfeeding class for expectant moms

Calling all pregnant moms dedicated to the best
nutrition for their infants!

"Beginning to Breastfeed", a free breastfeeding class
by Abbie Yabot (1 of 2 certified counselors in the
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Sunday, 2-4pm, G/F LPL Center, 130 Leviste St.,
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Learn the benefits of breastfeeding to baby, mommy &
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Giveaways await the 1st 20 confirmed registrants and
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To confirm your slot, please call 09189357238 or
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See you there!

(Abbie Yabot is one of two certified lactation
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ones, JM-almost 4 and Kyle-19months, are still
drinking breastmilk.)

[sweetwahm]

Mommies, I'm at wits end. Now I can't get Saffi (2 months na!) to take the bottle. At first all was going well, now ayaw nya talaga, she just cries and cries. I hate having to force her into submission and it seems she can go for hours without relenting. I hate making it seem like the transition is a negative experience. I've been "practicing" with her gently, gradually for the last 3 weeks and some days she takes it, most days she won't. I've even asked her yaya or my hubby or my mom or MIL to take over bottle feeding in case she won't take it if it's me but no avail.

I know it takes patience, but now I'm really frustrated and I really don't want to let that feeling through because she will definitely pick it up. But I am due back to work next week, April 1 to be exact and I'm worried about how she'll fare if I'm away the whole day. I'm thinking of putting off going to work for another week but that's the most I can do. I can't be gone from the office any longer than that.

By the way, we have Avent and Playtex Ventaire bottles but I guess it just doesn't feel like the breast for her. Share naman kayo mga tips nyo dyan oh. Help!

[DELISYUS]

May... an advice/suggestion would be to go back on a Thursday para malapit-lapit ang weekend :)

ipa-try mo din ang cup or syringe feeding

and try other nipples :) preferably the closest size and shape to yours :) and try being really away from home whe she has her bottle :)

meanwhile..... breastfeeding in bataan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/DELISYUS/bfeeding-hammock.jpg

[stwacko]

sweetwahm: My baby is also like that. What I did during those days that we're practicing to bottle-feed her is I asked my in- laws/yaya feed my baby. Hindi talaga ako nagpapakita sa kanya. Minsan, ok sa kanya, minsan naman hindi. Now that I'm back to work, ok na syang uminom sa bottle. Nahihirapan lang pag Mondays kc during weekends, I breastfeed her.I guess, kapag wala ka talaga dun sa location, alam na nyang no choice sya... hehehe... :) It's my 3rd week at work and so far, ala pa pa naman kming major problem.

Ask ko *** sa mga mommies dito... natural *** ba na kapag 3mos na *** baby, kokonti narin *** feeding times nya kahit sa morning?

[sneezy]

^My baby went through a distractible phase at around 4 mos. During that time he wouldn't nurse because he was so interested in his surroundings. What I did was I'd take him to our room, pull down the shades and turn on the white noise para hindi sya masyado ma-distract and he will focus on nursing.