Breatfeeding

[hi_landprincess]

Yes sis Bagaholic_Chewy. I filled it out nung mag-join ako. Gusto ko nga sana ulitin to make sure na na-submit pero may notification naman akong na-receive nung i-fill out ko yung form.

[freelancer]

^^ thanks sis. So hindi pala talaga advisable ang nipple shield. What brand ng lanolin cream are you using? Ang fear ko kasi talaga is baka di ko kayanin yung sakit.. :S

[bagaholic_chewy]

Lanolin cream din for me.. di nagwork sa akin yung sinasabi ng iba na pahiran ng breastmilk then air-dry.. I got lanolin cream from Medela.

[vain_kixie]

Ako naman lansinoh. I guess ha better parin na mag nipple shield than to completely stop. Just buy if you really cant take it na. I bought medela nipple shield before giving birth and never used it. Hassle din kasi you have to wash and sterilize it every time, ang newborn pa naman halos every hour mag feed.

[preggygielian]

@hi_landprincess: sis nafill out mo ba yung form? Ako nun ang tagal din bago naapprove...dito nalang ako nasabihan na if ever nagrequest ako dati at di nagfill out ng form...cancel ko request muna then join again then fill out. Sana magwork sis! Dami din dun matututunan.

Mga sis, I have been breastfeeding for 4 days and I think I've been lucky na maganda maglatch baby boy ko :-) masakit minsan nipples pero not all the time. Dami ko natutunan dito saka sa bfp. Sadly kinailangan iformula supplement yung baby ko on top of what i have given him. Nagpa-second opinion naman ako sa isa pang pedia na taga pinas naman and she said tama naman sabi sakin dito. Sa bahay ko nalang gawin ang ebf at ang priority sa ngayon is to stabilise his glucose. Ngayon wala na siya IV na glucose at hindi na naka-incubator at tinatry ko na lahat breastmilk inumin niya since may milk na ako! Yehey! Dahil limited ang time ko to visit him sa pedia ward niya at di pwede unli-latch nagpupump ako...and super happy kasi nung Day 3 naka 30ml/1oz ako! tapos today at day 4...55ml then 70ml naman. para macheck din namin kung paano glucose niya kung 100% breastmilk na. Sana makauwi na kami bukas at umabot na siya ng 2.1kg. Kaninang umaga kasi 2.055kg na siya :-)

Hahaha ang poop breastfed baby talaga mas mabango saka pati utot haha graaabe ang baho ng utot niya nung may formula milk siya! Natawa ako pagbukas ko incubator ang baho hahahaha

Ganun pala yun. May plano ka at mas malamang di siya masusunod kasi ang daming pwedeng mangyare. Usapan No pumping til 6th week. Usapan EBF since birth pero talagang may times na matetest ka at kelangan mo lang gawin what's best for the baby.

Happy breastfeeding mommies! Sobrang nakakapuyat pero rewarding yung pakiramdam na nakalatch sila sayo tapos makakatulog na tapos malalapag mo na. Nabigay mo ang pangangailangan ng anak mo :-) hindi rin fussy ang anak ko...sabi ng mga nurse hindi daw iyakin sa ward. Ang saya saya din pala ng skin to skin!!!

[hun_nie08]

Hi mommies, pasensya na kung di kayo maapprove agad sa BFP - pending for approval is 2,500 haha! kumusta naman mga admins.. :-) Pm mo ko for your complete name and we'll see what we can do.. Hanapin sa dulo ng walang hanggan ang name nyo haha! Di din kasi kadaling mag screen  sila ng members e. Syempre iniingatan ang group baka may makalusot na mga di kanais nais. bwahahha!

[teyish]

Thanks mga sis! It's nice to know na normal lang pala talaga na wala pang milk. Im on my 35th week now. Konting tambling na lang! 😄😄😄

[_AiaH_]

sa mga mommies na pregnant and worried na baka walang milk, meron yan mga sis. 2 types ang milk natin sa first week. 1st day up to possibly 7th day, colostrum. mahina ito and sometimes hindi makikita pero what you need to do is to keep on latching your baby every 2-3 hours. as in required ito para matuto sila mag latch and mabilis mag come in ang 'mature' milk ninyo. ito yung nafifeel nyo na engorged kayo and nakikita nyo na tumutulo.

meron at meron kayong milk, imposibleng wala. unless hindi makapag suck or nakakapag latch properly si LO, meron yan. you'll be amazed how effective they are in sucking the milk out of your breast na minsan akala mo walang nakukuha pero count how many times your baby pees and poops, marami. ibig sabihin may nakukuha.

[miminibebe]

^Tama

[basha]

Sisses, advice naman how to increase milk supply. I am exclusively breastfeeding my lo for almost 5 mos now (back to work and pumping, nursing at night and weekends). The problem is pag weekdays di ko kaya ma-sustain ang milk needs nya, ang konti ng napo-produce ko na milk during office hours. What i pump today is just enough for her to consume the next day. Wala masyado excess. No problem kami pag weekends kasi direct latch. Suddenly parang biglang dumami ang milk intake nya. I need to pump extra pero parang wala rin kasi di naman nagiincrease ang supply. Gusto ko na tuloy magresort sa supplement feeding. Ano pa ba ang dapat ko gawin? Goal ko talaga to ebf sya until 6 months man lang sana and hopefully extend to a year.

[_AiaH_]

^ sis have you tried power pumping?

Gawin mo consistent schedule ng pumping mo sis para mag increase milk production mo. Ako every 2-3 hrs talaga. Either si baby maglalatch or magpupump ako. Ngayon naman nahihirapan ako kasi ang dalas ko engorged e i'm only on my 3rd week palang. Nagppump lang ako kapag umaalis sana. Im not yet building my stash. Mukhang maooversupply naman ako.

Tapos do breast compression din. Make sure all sides ng breast mo nadedrain. This is important kasi this signals your body to produce more milk dahil naeempty na sya. It's actually the indicator if magpproduce more mill body mo. How often naeempty si breast. Kaya humihina supply, kapag pump kasi hindi kasing effective ang pageempty ng breast compared kapag si baby ang naglalatch.

Pwede di mag nursing break ka muna. Few days na si baby lang ang naka latch sayo and supplement with pumping if hindi sya naglalatch every 2-3hrs.

You can take supplements din pero make sure na you're pumping on strict schedule. Otherwise hindi eepekto supplements kung hindi naman naeempty ang breast.

Several supplements i know of are malunggay caps. Some swear sa malunggay life oil as hindi lang sya dried leaves kundi talagang oil extracts ng malunggay so mas potent ito.

Mother nurture choco or coffee mix. Check mo sa fb what this is.

Fenugreek, brewers yeast

[mslcgrey]

i started pumping na mga sis. my baby just turned 5 weeks yesterday. i know 6 weeks ang advisable but i think fairly established na ang breastfeeding namin ni baby and my milk supply ko. i also need to go to manila next week regarding work matters so gusto ko may stash na ako since i'll be gone the whole day.

once a day lang ako nagpa-pump muna, early morning since dun engorged breasts ko. i can get 3-4 oz in one breast. one breast lang since the other one pinapa-latch ko kay baby.

na-try na ni baby magdrink sa bottle and okay naman. hindi ako ang nagbigay sa kanya ng bottle, i also went out that time to have my nails and eyebrow done that time. the next day i tried na ako ang magbigay ng bottle but di kami successful. my baby prefers my breast which i'm happy naman.

very rewarding talaga ang breastfeeding. 5 weeks postpartum and i'm back to my pre-pregnancy body agad (may puson na naman ako before pa ako ma-preggy). actually, i even weigh less than my pre-pregnancy weight now. of course, best reward is to see my baby thriving. malapit na siyang hindi magkasya sa bassinet niya, ang bilis niyang humaba. haba lang and konting laman.

[baby_peanut]

Mga sis ebf ako kay lo 3 months na, i started working na din 2 weeks ago. Iniiwan ko si lo kay MIL at 6am but i nurse him before ako umalis. Ang kaso daw yung next feeding nya which is bottle pahirapan sila ipadede kay lo, halos mamula mula na daw sa pag iyak. Pero the next feeding after nun okay na ulit. Gusto ni MIL kapag nasa bahay ako i bottle feed ko pa din alternate to my breast pero lagi kong sinasabi since wala pa si hubby when i get home hindi dinedede ni lo yung bote kasi mas preferred niya yung akin. Saka during weekdays 3-4 times lang siya dumedede sakin, inaalala ko baka pag inalternate ko pa sa bote yun kumunti milk supply ko. Haaay.

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ sis, sanayan lang yan. Ganyan din baby ko before, umaayaw sa bote. Me times wala ako sa bahay almost whole day, ininom daw na milk e nasa 4-6oz lang, sobrang konti. Nung pinadede ko na, ayun, gutom na gutom.. eventually naman um-ok sya sa bote. Ginawa ko, kahit nasa bahay ako e me at least 1-2 bottles sya per day (kahit tig 2-3oz lang), basta hindi ako nagbibigay. Then the rest e direct kami. I also use different feeding bottles/nipples para wala sya makasanayan na isang klase lang. Feeling ko factor yun kaya wala sya nipple confusion, kahit anong nipple tinatanggap nya.

[baby_peanut]

^ganun ginawa namin sis bago ako bumalik ng work, avent natural at pigeon peristaltic ang pinasubok namin sa kanya, both were okay naman. kaso nung si MIL na ang nag alaga mas gusto daw ni lo ang pigeon. i bought another 2 bottles ng pigeon kasi yun unang bottle e free sample lang. Nahihirapan lang sila kapag first feeding nang wala ako, after naman daw nun okay na ulit siya sa bote.

This weekend i alternate ko nalang din ng bote siya para masanay sanay. Thanks sis 

[vain_kixie]

Baka naman shes not yet hungry. Whats the interval of your direct feeding and yung first feeding through bottle ni mil mo?

Anak ko wala ng pag asa sa bottles talaga. He used to take it fine so but i failed to be consistent. Now were using the sippy cup. Pag water type niya, pag milk (formula or breastmilk) ayaw niya.

[baby_peanut]

^530 am last direct feeding ko kay lo, after nun oorasan ni MIL siguro between 7-8am.

[vain_kixie]

At 4 weeks nag start na ako ng 3 hour intervals between feedings. Try mo sis if you fed him at 530 (start of feeding not end not feeding), feed again at 830, baka lang may factor din yun.

[baby_peanut]

^kapag magkasama kami ni lo hindi ko napapansin yung interval ng feedings niya, normally kapag umiyak saka ko lang siya pinapadede. siguro ganun din ginagawa nina MIL, kapag umiyak saka nila i-feed. everyday tinatanong ko si MIL if how was lo that day, like yesterday okay naman daw yung first feeding nila after direct feeding unlike the other day. i guess growth spurt lang siguro yun. sabi nga nila paiba iba nga daw ang baby. 

mga sis mga ilang minutes kayo nagpapump per breast? sinusunod niyo ba yung 5mins massage tapos express na?

[shyla_c]

Just wanna ask if meron po using lactation aids? What brand and what kinds are recommended. Or it's not recommended at all? Just wanna know lang po kasi Im worried that I wont have enough. Also, I
Don't remember any member of my family na nag stick with breasfeeding, genetic kaya ito? Worried lang. Tia