Breatfeeding

[baby_peanut]

^^sabi din ng mga matatanda wag daw painumin si lo ng cold milk. ang ginagawa ni yaya mag iinit siya ng tubig sa microwave saka ibabad ang frozen milk. pero lately sinabihan ko siya na ithaw nalang niya using tap water. may namamatay daw na nutrients kapag pinainitan ang bm.

derecho avent storage cups ako kapag nagpupump, meron naman akong adaptor, iwas tapon na din kasi lalagyan mo nalang siya ng takip. naranasan ko na ding matapunan ng gatas, nakakaiyak. may natira pang kaunti para di sayang, tinikman ako aba masarap pala hahaha

[fionnah325]

^ hehhehe masarap kaya sis ang breast milk kasi yong gatas ko nga eh natikman ko din hehhe depende kasi daw yan pag masustansiya kinakain ng mommy syempre ang lalabas na gatas medyo masarap hehehh

[bagaholic_chewy]

My baby drinks cold milk. One year old na sya and ok lang naman sya, di naman nagkasakit. And pedia also said ok lang malamig, as long as baby accepts it. Some babies kasi prefer warm milk, some naman cold. It depends on the baby.

When the fatty portion of my BM separates sa ref, i run the bottle under tap water to loosen yung mga kumapit na milk sa sides ng bottle, then swirl lang. Never ako gumamit ng bottle warmer, definitely no microwave. At most e i use warm water to babad for a few mins (1:3 or 1:4 ratio of hot & cold water).

I also use Avent via cups for storage sa ref. Though i don't pump directly kasi i usually either combine output from both breasts (for example, tig-2oz lang nakuha ko) or divide equally (example 3oz sa left, 5oz sa right - i store it na tig-4oz sa 2 containers; minsan 3 containers pa, depends sa output). But i feed using the cups, me adaptor naman para magamit yung tsupon ng usual Avent bottles.

[tulipninja]

Totoo po bang kung ano ini-intake ng mom diretso sa baby? Kasi dati yung lola ko daw uminom ng beer, tas nalasing or tulog ng tulog yung uncle ko (breastfed siya) after dumede. Kasi di ko magets akala ko yung nutrients inaabsorb muna ng katawan ng mommy saka naipapasa sa baby. Kasi hindi naman tayo parang straw na dadaanan lang ng food/drinks diba? May mga metabolic processes before dumating sa baby yung food/drinks.

Or nasobrahan lang ba yung lola ko ng beer? hehe

[vain_kixie]

ibang usapan naman ang alcohol sis over rice or meat na kinakain natin. Na papass talaga yung alcohol sa breastmilk kaya if you wanna drink you can pump and dump naman.

[tulipninja]

thanks sis @vain_kixie! well nakapagdecide na ako na di na iinom ever since nahirapan ako magbuntis kaya hopefully never mangyari samin to ni baby. thanks a lot!

[bagaholic_chewy]

Actually, IMO, ok lang naman to drink alcohol in moderation. Sobrang konti lang ng napa-pass na alcohol sa breastmilk, and i think sa Babycenter or kay JackNewman ko nabasa na no need to pump and dump. Pwede nga to direct feed agad e. Ang risk lang naman pag nakainom e baka di na maalagaan ng maayos ang baby (makatulog, mabitawan, etc)

I drink wine from time to time, a glass or two, as nightcap. To be sure, i pump before drinking. Then since tulog naman na si baby, next direct feed namin is about 2-3hrs after pa.

[jbcmlac18]

Hi mga mommies i need advice po. Kapapanganak ko lang kase kahapon unfortunately after ko sya mailabas d sya napalatch saakin. Simula kahapon trying ako na dumedede sya saakin nag lalatch nman kaso d pa sya ganun kasupsop worried din ako kung my nadede ba sya saakin kase halos hndi tmtgal ng 5mins sya maglatch. I'm a first time mom kaya kahit sa pag tamang position ni baby sa pag latch d ko alam if tama. Tanung ko lang if dapat ko na ba sya bilhan ng formula milk? Sobrang worried kase ako baka gutom na sya e.

[fionnah325]

^ sis wala kabang iniinom na vitamins para sa milk mo?may mafefeel kaba na may lumalabas na milk  try mo uminom ng natalac 3x a day pampadagdag ng gatas yan hope makatulong ako at dapat din lahat ng kinakain mo may sabaw

[bagaholic_chewy]

^^ sis, me wiwi output naman si baby mo? If meron, then it means meron sya nakukuhang milk from you. Ako din sa first few days e di ko nakikita or nafifeel masyado na me milk ako. Pero latch lang ng latch kasi supply and demand naman kasi ang breastfeeding.

First 2-3 months ko din mabilis lang dumede si baby, 5-10mins lang. Nung una nag-worry si pedia. Pero me weight gain naman kasi, tsaka ok naman ang wiwi output kaya hinayaan lang namin..

[vain_kixie]

Newborns are sleepy so i tickle my baby's feet to wake him up so he can get a full feeding. Agree sa una parang wala lang, pa latch lang ako ng pa latch. I wasnt even sure if there was milk coming out of me because i didnt know how to hand express at that time. I just rely on his diaper output.

[salvage_me]

Planning to bf my baby (EDD Jan 4 pa naman, pero nireready ko na sarili ko, hehe). I have question, pag nagpump outside house (no access to ref / freezer), san nilalalagay ang napump na milk (yung mga containers)? Na-spoil ba ang BM? Thanks!

[nicoletta]

^ You can bring ice/ blue freeze with you.  I'm not sure what they call it but it came with my medela freestyle. Everytime I pump in the car, i put it na in the baunan with the blue frozen thing.  It won't spoil.

[budzwhiz]

Hi mommies. Hope someone can help me, we just got home after giving birth last sunday. The few days we were in the hospital, baby was bottle-fed kasi I underwent CS and had some complications. Kanina tinry ko sya ipa-latch sakin, she just keeps on crying. I don't know the problem, if she doesn't know how to suck properly lang or she doesn't want to breastfeed or what. Twice today I had to give her formula milk again cause everytime I try to latch her nagiiiyak at namumula na, nakakaawa. Nakikita ko naman kapag nilalapit ko nipples ko parang her lips make this sucking gesture, curled yung lips yun nga lang  nakanganga as in big O. I really don't know what the problem is. If it's her being used to bottle, how do I teach her to suck on nipples? Nagiiiyak kasi agad. I really want to breastfeed her. TIA!

[Vans]

^Sis, nun asa hospital ka nakapagbreast feed ka ba kahit isang beses o straight bottle-feeding ang baby?
CS din ako, at talagang pinilit ako ng mga nurses na mag breastfeed kahit feeling ko walang lumamabas at parang walang nakukuha ang baby ko kasi sobrang umiyak. Naawa ako nun sa anak ko kasi pakiramdam ko gutom na gutom pero talagang sinabihan ako ng nurse na mag-bf. Binibigyan lang ako ng formula ng nurse pagkatapos ng halos 1 oras na pag try mag bf tas ngawa pa rin si baby.

Ang turo sa akin, idikit yun nipples sa gilid ng mouth ng baby hanggang i open nya yun mouth nya tas ipasok na. Tas ayusin yun position ng lips nya para di naka-tuck.

[airwaterfire]

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Hindi po tama na sa gilid ng nipple itutok ang bibig na bata.

Ang chin ng baby dapat nakadikit sa ibaba or lower part ng nipple or yong areola.

Kung umiiyak po ang ang bata lalo nat bagong panganak pa, hindi ibig sabihin niyan gutom siya. For 9 months sa tiyan, naninibago yan sa labas. Kelangan niya ng skin to skin sa mother. Tummy to tummy. Dahil ang newborn meron pang stocks na food sa tiyan nila. Kahit pa di yan mag dede agad. HIndi rin totoo na wala kang milk na lumalabas dahil sa first few days after birth, meron kang colostrum na siyang mas kailangan sa bata. Clear fluid lang yan na kahit pisilin mo walang lalabas. Ang makapag trigger lang na lumabas yan ang ang continous sucking ng bata or pump. Pero pumping is not advisable until 6 weeks after birth.

Giving formula agad agad is a big NO. It will just cause confusion sa baby at malakihan niyang maging tamad mag suck. Effort ang pag suck sa breast contrasting sa nipple ng bote. At higit sa lahat nasisira ang virgin gut ng baby na dapat ang unang maging laman ay gatas lamang ng ina.

Breastfeeding is all in the mother's mind. Kumbaga pyschological. Kung madali kang madala sa sasabihin ng iba, hindi fix ang utak mo na breastfeed lang talaga, then di mo talaga magagawa yan. Noong buntis ako 5 years ago, ang nasa utak ko lang breastfeed. Pero minsan papasok din sa isip ko ang what if wala akong gatas. Pero hindi ako nagpapaapekto dahil natural sa nanay na magpadede kaya nga may breasts tayo dahil yan ang purpose nila. To feed and nourish your child. 5 years after, still nursing my almost 5 year old daughter. Agreement namin until 7.

Please search Breastfeeding Pinay group sa fb. Pwede kayo mag join doon if gusto niyo. Maraming information na makukuha doon. Search niyo sa mga files nila.

[_AiaH_]

@budzwhiz

if baby was introduced sa bottle agad, it is very likely that baby is nipple confused. during the very early stages of life, it is very crucial to introduce breastfeeding as this is the time na matututo si baby to suck and latch properly sa breast. if you introduce the bottle way too early, baby will never know how to do that sa breast. breastfeeding and bottle feeding have completely different mechanisms. babies are very sensitive sa nipples they suck on as well. ayaw ni baby dumede sayo kasi hindi nya kilala ang nipple. sanay sya sa bote na lumalabas agad ang milk. sa breast kasi hindi ganyan, baby has to do most of the work to draw the milk out. i only introduced the bottle kay baby ko when she's 7wks old. when her sucking sa breast is well-established na. first few days ko, nahirapan din ako. hindi sya makalatch, masakit maglatch kahit tama, iyak ng iyak. it's normal. nagaaral kami pareho ng method that works for us. eventually maglalatch din sya. lalo na kapag sobrang gutom sya, this is the 3rd day nya nasa bahay na kami, iiyak ng sobra sobra pakakalmahin muna namin and when she's calm enough na, that's the time we will attempt to latch her again until she learned how to latch and i learn how to guide her properly.

cs din ako, may post partum preeclampsia pa and this is my first baby. i was up and breastfeeding few hours after i got wheeled out of the recovery room. tiniis ko talaga. good thing she was not bottle fed sa NICU, cup feeding sila don kaya i never had to deal with nipple confusion.

maagapan pa yan, have a lactation counselor visit to guide you. it's better kasi if sila mismo mageexplain and magtuturo and magpapakita sayo what to do.

if you need a contact number ng lactation counselor, PM me. we have a lot of counselors available from Arugaan and other peer counselors sa iba't ibang area.

join breastfeeding pinays group in FB as well. i'm sure it will help you a lot.

[Vans]

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Hindi po tama na sa gilid ng nipple itutok ang bibig na bata.

Sa gilid ng mouth ng baby ang sabi ko. Ito lang ay para lang ngumanga ang baby. Yan ang turo ng prenatal nurses at nacheck ng lactation consultant na bumisita sa bahay. Walang naman problema sa akin kasi yun baby ko narecover nya ang birth weight nya less than a week ng kapanganakan nya.

[budzwhiz]

Thank you sis airwaterfire

Sis Vans, bottle-fed agad si baby. Pagpasok sa kin sa room and when I woke up na feed na sya ng formula milk, meron na rin lata sa loob ng room pinabili daw kay hubby. When I asked the nurses they said I had to recover first. Na-disappoint nga ako nung nalaman kong binigyan na pala sya fm. Thank you itey ko rin yang technique na yan

Sis _AiaH_ thank you so much!! It's normal pala nagiiiyak si baby, and can take days til she perfects nipple sucking. Nabahala lang ako kasi everytime we would attempt to make her latch e nagiiyak, tas hihintayin namin tumahan and when we try ulit, iiyak nanaman. I don't want to give up on breastfeeding, the whole time I was pregnant, I was worrying whether I would have milk or not, cause I really have tiny tiny boobies. Now I'm leaking milk pa nga, something I never thought would happen and I'm grateful for. Kaya I really want to push through with this. I will search on that FB group. I'm here in the province up north sis dito ako nanganak, kung may ma refer ka someone from isabela big thank you.
Thanks again for the advice!

[airwaterfire]

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Sa totoo lang sarap sapakin ang mga nurses na ganyan. Nagdecide ng di man lang nagpaalam sa nanay. Please stop giving formula kasi lalong aayaw si baby. Sa time ko, 2 days 12AM to 6AM literal na nagiiyak ang baby ko noon after namin nag check out. Akala nga namin ni husband may problema. Since kami lang dalawa noon, karga ko ang baby sa tapat ng tiyan at nagbasa habang si hubby nagbubuklat sa aklat(pregnancy and baby book). Nahirapan pa akong tumayo dahil masyado masakit ang puwetan ko(napwersa sa kakairi ang muscles) kailangan pang gumapang at itayo para lang makabangon. Ilang buwan din ako nagtiis. Dagdag pa ang de quirven syndrome sa dalawang kamay. Talo pa ang CS. huhuhu