Moms of the Childbirth and Child Care Threads - Part 11

[sachism]

marose: speaking of latch.. namiss ko tuloy yung pagpapalatch kay V dati... kasi from lower lip to upper lip or something no?

and Oh, nakatulong ang BF sa paglose ko ng weight.. kaya pag tinatanong ako lagi bakit at pano magpapayat.. sinasagot ko magbuntis at mag breastfeed is the easiest way to lose wieght

[marose17]

Jai, dapat the baby is latching not just at the nipple, but at the nipple and areola.  Also, you should always bring your baby to your breast, not the other way around - dito kasi nao-overwhelm ang baby.  It's an instinct for a baby to look for and latch at the mother's breast kaya hindi na dapat isiksik sa face ng baby ang ating boobies.  May videos din sa you tube on this.

[pinkcoyote]

hindi effective sakin yung paglose weight while bf-ing. Hehe. Ang masama pa, ang lakas ng appetite ko kapag nagbbf hehe pero okay lang sakin saka na ko magpapasexy lol

naalala ko when marose mentioned oras oras magnurse, ganon ako dati. And si hubby, since colicky si baby, nagpapanic si hubby, kasi stressed na din sya, di ko mapaintindi sa kanya / kanila na may iba pang reasons bakit ummiyak si baby, hindi lang gutom. Kasi kahit kakadede lang tapos pinasa ko sa kanila then umiyak sasabihin agad nila gutom pa bitin pa daw, etc.

[kimdimatulac]

thanks, marose! sa next pregnancy ko talaga panata ko iyan. i should be well informed by then. i don't think number 3 is the reason kasi nga whenever i pump, 1 oz lang kaya ko i-pump whereas pag nagtitimpla kami ng formula, 3 oz. na iniinom niya. or maybe meron pa nga milk pero pagod na siya magsuck since 5 minutes na and she hasn't gotten enough. she got used to the bottle wherein kahit di siya magsuck masyado, meron lalabas na milk.

jai and momai, that's right. if you want to have a baby boy, you should do it at the peak of your fertility. why? because the characteristics of boy sperm cells are they move fast and die fast. so if you try to conceive on your 14th day, chances are, mauuna ang boy sperm cell in meeting the egg. ang girl sperm cell naman, they move slow but live longer. so let's say you try to conceive days before the peak of your fertility, chances are buhay pa din sila by the time the egg reaches the end of the fallopian tube and ang boy sperm cells, patay na nun. it is the sperm cell kasi that determines gender. kaya ako, i had a strong feeling na nun na my baby is going to be a girl even before ako nagpaultrasound but i wanted to confirm it kaya atat ako at 16 weeks.

[marose17]

Sam, korek!  Kaya dapat talagang i-orient ang family members/members of the household.  Kahit formula-fed babies umiiyak.  Crying is the only means by which a baby can communicate.  So hindi naman porque umiyak = gutom.  Fact vs. myth.  If you are attuned to your baby's needs, as you get to know your baby, you'll be able to distinguish between a cry of hunger vs. a cry for attention vs. a cry for making baby more comfortable.

Kim the amount of milk that you get through pumping is NOT an accurate indicator of how much your baby is getting.  The pump does not stimulate milk production as effectively as a baby's suckling.

Not all moms are blessed with overflowing milk.  If you pumped during the early weeks, most likely tama nga na 1-3 oz lang ang napa-pump mo.  Nothing wrong with that.  To increase milk production, you should nurse more often.  The pump cannot replace baby's direct nursing in stimulating milk production.

[neszreyes]

kim next baby daw sabi ni marose.. hehe!

ako marose di ko alam if nagpost partum ako depression ako.. kasi depressed talaga ako with what happened sa married life ko that time..

parang gusto ko din ng bayswater look alike... hehe!  [textspeak!] check ko fino sa malabon ata ginagawa yun.. keri ang 5k.. kasi longchamp nga nakakabuy.. hehe!

[Grayce]

sam, si aswang este asawa ko, mabilis magpanic pag umiiyak si j, d ko alam kung matatawa ako or maiinis kasi di ko akalain na matarantahin pala cya sa baby

re: ACV, surprise, tinutungga ko cya ng puro 1st thing in the morning, pangontra TABA! tsaka i make sure na 1st thing na maglalanding sa tyan ko is ACV + 1 whole lemon na squeezed + 3tbsp raw honey. since binalik ko tong regimen na to, nanotice ko mas lumiliit na si jelly belly ko.

just a thought, naweweirduhan ako dyan sa atin, madami parin doctors ang d well informed about BF when pinas is a 3rd country & d ba dapat mas informed sa BF mga tao lalo na sa hirap ng buhay ngayon? 

[neszreyes]

If you are attuned to your baby's needs, as you get to know your baby, you'll be able to distinguish between a cry of hunger vs. a cry for attention vs. a cry for making baby more comfortable.

true yan.. alam ko kapag gutom o hindi ang cry nia

[marose17]

Nesz, for me better buy ang FINO than Longchamp kasi leather nga.  One of the reasons why I cannot justify a Longchamp purchase is because of the material.  Sorry sa LC fans.   Pero good for travel ang LC kasi foldable and lightweight.

Years ago, I bought a leather bag at TINT.  Tint is made by the company that also makes Carbon.  The bag is still beautiful.  At 6k circa 2004, mahal siya for a Pinoy brand.  But now, I should say na it was a worthwhile investment.  Ang mga Nine West bags ko na synthetic leather, pinamigay ko na lahat kasi hindi talaga nagla-last.

I only have a few bags, less than 10 lang ang niro-rotate ko. At hindi dahil hindi ako mahilig sa bags kundi gusto ko talaga bumili ng bag na tatagal sa akin.  Kaya nga yung mga nagugustuhan ko sobrang mahal naman so saka na lang.

Grayce, trulili.  Marami akong friends na doctors, hindi nakapag-BF kasi naniniwala sa myths.  Di ko maintindihan.  Kaya buntis pa lang ako, requirement ko kay OB, dapat BF expert ang i-refer niya na pedia na magka-catch kina M & M at magiging pedia talaga nila.

[neszreyes]

^yung mga synthetic leathers, yun ba yung powdery pag naluma? ganun nga happen sa mga ninewest ko..

[kimdimatulac]

nesz, loko ka! did you really have to react? LOL well, in case lang naman kaya kelangan malaman ko din.

marose, thanks again. that explains it. kaya siguro 1 oz. lang before kasi nga it was my first few weeks pa lang. i should've nursed more often then.

[neszreyes]

haha kim! magreact ka.. sa next pregnancy ko.. lol!

[Grayce]

mommy marose APIR hehe! may sling bag ako from Tint na leather, buhay pa upto now Ang LC ko pangharabas lang. But di mo ako mapapabili ng full price na LC nylon ata yung material ng Le  pliage and ang ayoko sa kanya medyo challenge hugasan kasi the colour will never be the same as before. Ang leather punas lang

another thing I noticed din nowadays, parang ginagawang trend ang breastfeeding. d naman porque mga hollywood ek ek na yan nagbrebreastfeed sumunod na mga tao, before this dapat one should have a good mindset & be well equipped w/ what breastfeeding really is.

nesz, yep yun nga

[marose17]

Actually, doon sa kuwento ko kanina re my BFF na nakinig sa 1 breastfeeding blogger, was about pumping too early.  I do not recommend pumping during the first month for the following reasons:
1.  konti lang makukuhang milk and baka magulat or sumama ang loob ng mommy at isipin na konti ang milk niya, eh konti lang naman talaga ang kailangan ng baby in the first few weeks, 2.  moms should work on establishing their supply first before pumping milk, 3.  pumping too early may even be counter-productive as my pedia and lactation coach said that they've encountered cases where the breasts nabugbog dahil sa kaka-pump.  Yung kinonsulta ni friend na breastfeeding "expert" inadvise siyang mag-pump during the first week to stimulate production, which I did not agree with (though may ibang view naman na okay lang ito pero for me, ayoko talagang i-recommend mag-pump agad).  Siempre kapag may pinump na milk, ang tendency after the nursing session, bibigyan pa ng bottle of expressed milk ang baby.  Eh di nipple confusion naman ang magiging resulta, which I think happened nga with friend.

Grayce, celebs endorsing breastfeeding are okay naman with me para mabigyan ng "face" ang breastfeeding.  Pero hindi talaga glamorous mag-breastfeed.  During the early months pagkauwi ng babies ko, hindi halos ako makaligo sa kaka-nurse.  Loshang ako talaga.  Pero, nakabawi naman ako when I went back to work.

[kimdimatulac]

nesz, malay mo!

[wengerts]

di ako makapost kasi ang topic about BFing -- na super kinareregret ko. my experience is the same as kim's. may plus plus pa haha na super nakacontribute sa frustration ko kaya lalong no milk. anyway, i promised myself pagdating ni baby #2 it will be a better environment and mas prepared na ako. mali ko din i used the pump very early, so paano ko papainumin ang milk? eh di ganun pa din, nipple confusion!

am excited sa EB this Friday!!

[neszreyes]

kim.. kung pwede lang humagalpak.. asa pako now.. anyhoo, magpray lang kay st. joseph kung ako ba ay made to be a single mom or made to have someone soon..

weng- yes EB na nga!!!!

marose - lez go na

[marose17]

Na-share ko na ito sa isang thread, the following were my sources on breastfeeding info during pregnancy:

1.  Best Feeding by Mary Renfrew
2.  The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins

After giving birth:

Dr. Ma. Asuncion Silvestre, my babies' pedia - super love ko siya
My friend from La Leche League Philippines
Other breastfeeding moms

After I started advising moms about breastfeeding:

1.  www.kellymom.com
2.  www.llli.org


Nesz, okay see you sa usual place natin.  Magre-retouch lang ako.

[redrose]

Re Yaya manual - need ko yan! gonna get one! Also ang Yaya Seminar, I'll check sked for my yaya maid. Thanks Marose! 

Re BF - okay din ang staff ng Madocs, very supportive. Thankful din ako sa kanila kase halos maiyak na ako dati. Also my Ob and Pedia, sobranmg supportive 

Re bags - naku, di ako maselan! But I don't buy bags eh, lalo na now na I don't go to the office. Halos bigay bags ko   

Nakidaan lang ulit, busy-ness ako! 

[Grayce]

Marose, sana lang d masyado gawing trend, ok lang naman celebs magendorse pero yung ibang doctors dito kung makamotivate ng nanay para mag breastfeed ang sinasagot is mga artista daw gumagawa nun. kaya ang ending mahirapan lang ng konti, waley na. d rin kasi informed karamihan w/ the possible obstacles na pwede maencounter in BF. in fairness 90% ng mga moms dito according to statistics nagtatry magbreastfeed, half of it tinutuloy, while others resort to formula feeding.