Breastfeeding Part 18

[mathet]

^ sis... kapag nagoformula ka sa gabi, do you pump your breast?

according kasi sa mga nababasa ko, you might decrease your milk supply kasi you dont stimulate it at night...

ang finofollow kong rule is law of supply and demand... when you dont pump/latch, your body will think that you dont need to produce milk.....

so kahit super antok... i try my best to pump in the middle of the night. my times I skip bec nasosobrahan ako sa pagod/ tulog but i make sure na bumabawi akosa pagpump in the morning....

syempre nagmamatter pa rin lapag hydrated tayo....

im exclusive breastfeeding/exclusive pumping for a little over 2 months pa lang..... iniingatan ko not to decrease my milk supply... so far exclusive breastmilk na si baba and may konting ipon na milk na din for emergency purposes

[vain_kixie]

^^try to feed the moment baby wakes up para energy will be spent on eating rather than playing. I follow a routine of eat, play, sleep then repeat. And yes the more you give formula, the more your body wont produce milk. Ako ang ginawa kong strategy nung early weeks is salit kami ni hubby ng gising. He will wake up and bring the baby to my breast, naka side lying position. Then pag tapos na mag feed, siya mag buburp and balik na sa crib so baby. Ako tulog. Next madaling araw i dont wake my hubby up na. Tapos yung next siya naman ulit ang gigising. Again breastfeeding is patience talaga. You may also train your baby to sleep through the night para no need to supplement with formula dahil sa pagod.

[belle4beauty]

^^sis mathet, madalas hindi na ako nakakapagpump kapag nagbibigay ako ng formula lalo na ngayon na direct latching na ulit kami. Madalas din si hubby na nagbibigay ng formula kasi sobrang antok na ako. I will try my best not to give formula
na. Problem kasi sakin hindi ako nakakatulog sa umaga or hapon kaya pagdating ng gabi super pagod na talaga ako.

^sis vain_kixie kanina i tried side lying position and i think i can do it nga at night. Nung nasa hospital kasi ako nahirapan ako sa position na yun lalo na nung mali pa latch ng baby ko. Napansin ko last week mas mahaba na tulog ng baby ko sa gabi and once na lang siya magfeed. Between 10pm to 3pm kasi super antok talaga ako so kapag nagigising siya between those hours formula talaga naibibigay namin sa kanya. Kapag mga 4 am onwards kaya ko na magbreastfeed.

[Queen Chokolah]

Hi sis! pa share ng experience. First three months mahirap talaga ang breastfeeding. Hindi ka makakatulog ng maayos, pagod, etc etc. Pero starting fourth month, everything gets better. Ngayon 5 mos na baby ko and mahimbing na ang tulog ko sa gabi. Co sleeping kasi kami kaya I don't have to get up to feed him. Nagiging sya mga twice a night pero salpak lang ng dede pareho na naming nakakatulugan. side lying din kami. Although napuputol pa rin ang tulog ko dahil gutom sya, I still consider it mahimbing na compared sa earlier months na halos mag ala zombie na ko hehe

And yes, if you mix feed, it will eventually decrease your milk supply. I'm a working mom and I got back to work 2 months after I gave birth but LO has never tasted a drop of formula.

[GeminiTiger]

Buti pa kayo breastfeeding .

[vain_kixie]

Nag stop ka na sis or mix parin?

[GeminiTiger]

Mix pa din sis . Though mas madalas ang formula milk . Gusto ko sana bumili ng breastpump . Kahit manual lang , sana hindi pa too late . Pagpini-pinch ko naman may milk pang lumalabas . 3 weeks old na si baby .

[MrsLuluyz]

nanghihina ako, im a breastfeeding advocate, as much as possible if i have a friend na gusto talaga mag breastfeed, ipupush ko talaga, yun yung tipong very vocal sya to do that ha. like i have a friend sabi ko magpadede sya, oo daw, pero simula pa lang me mamahaling bottle na sya binili yung parang bakal, so alam mo na she wont really breastfeed exclusively. yung ganun, hindi naman ako tipong magpupush kasi ayoko maging nagger at pakelamera. so i have this friend who gave birth the other day, next day nagtext kami one side pa lang daw ng breast nya naka dede anak niya. pinabili daw sila ng FM at pinaiinom yung baby ng 1oz. sabi ko wag, etc. kasi i know my friend really likes to breastfeed. kaso she's not strong enough na she'd push na she'd breastfeed, siguro kung andun ako hindi ko sila papayagan. haha. anyway sabi ko na lang sige hayaan mo, wala magagawa kasi hindi advocate yung ospital, pero paglabas niyo, wag mo na painumin. so nakalabas na sila, kinakamusta ko, nahihirapan pa daw mag latch, given naman kasi 4 days pa lang si baby today. napapainom pa daw ng FM, sabi ko wag na painumin, lahat na sinabi ko, tapos she mentioned na gusto na daw niya dumami milk niya na parang sasabog (ganun kasi sakin eh, 19 months na BFing pa din kami ng baby ko) sabi ko hindi dadami yan kung papaformula mo pa rin anak mo kasi mabubusog sya agad, etcetc.. ilatch mo sya ng ilatch kasi crucial itong stage na ito nagsisimula pa lang kayo, important to blabla. wala ang tagal nag reply, i dont want to sound nagger or what pero she wants that she needs to be pushed diba? para san pa na umattend kami ng mga breastfeeding seminar. tapos i told her na uminon ng life oil, 2 times a day for a week, buti naman yung next reply nya after she doesnt reply eh how much at san nabibili. sana alisin na niya yung FM, nirereason niya kasi na nagwawala baby nya kaya binibigay yung FM e. yung anak ko naman nagwawala din pero push ko talaga yuung bfing. sana maging strong sya sa gusto niya mangyari.

[vain_kixie]

Geminitiger, meron mga online sellers ng manual pump para no need for you to go out of your way to buy. Pero dont expect ha na madaming agad lalabas using pump kasi 3 weeks old palang si baby, konti palang need niyang milk so your body wont produce much talaga unless you power pump. Just dont gauge the amount of milk you have with the amount of milk you get to pump, mas madami na eexpress ang baby compared to a pump. Try mo mothers milk tea para dumami milk mo. Dont be sad if you're mix feeding, although breastmilk is the best for babies there are other ways/forms naman of showing love to our babies. Hindi naman tayo cow na milk lang ang mabibigay natin na form of love sa offspring natin.


Msluluyz, patience talaga ang breastfeeding noh. Pag wala kang patience you will give up talaga. I almost did lalo na when i had lbm nung 2 weeks palang si baby pero ang pedia ko di pumayag na mag mix feeding kami kaya no choice ako mag pa breastfeeding talaga and now i thank her for it.

When it comes to weaning do you let the baby wean or you wean her/him off? Kasi yung baby ko medyo hindi talaga marunong mag bottle so i dunno if i should train him pa or pag 6 months transition him to a sippy cup para when i wean him pag 1 year old na siya eh naka sippy cup na siya.

[-munchkins12-]

Mga sis after joining breastfeeding pinay mas lalo ako na encourage mag Breastfeed. Since yesterday 2x na lang sya nagformula. Excited na ko dumating yung inorder ko na electric breast pump. Sa umaga lang ako masipag mag pump madalas direct feeding na ako kabt baby. Btw 5 weeks na pala si baby at malapit na rin ako bumalik ng work. Need ko na ma ipon ng milk supply nya.

[_AiaH_]

^ i'm glad member ka narin sis ng BF pinay. dami ka matutunan dun.

kwento lang, i tried the marmet technique sakin today, i'm currently 7mos pregnant. kinda curious lang kasi. nagulat ako may tumulo, lol. kaso natakot ako kasi i felt my uterus contracting. i stopped na, baka mapaanak ako hehe.

[-munchkins12-]

^oo nga sis _AiaH_ Thanks. By the way ngayon ko lang narinig ang technique na yan. Ingat ka po since matagal pa due mo.

sa mga working moms who feed their babies from the bottle at day then direct feed at night? anong brand ng bottles and nipples do you use? thanks.

sis pumngold dr. Brown's natural flow yung bottle na natry namin. Color blue siya.

[Queen Chokolah]

^I sitll don't get the marmet technique. Hahaha. I'm still practicing hand expression and I think walang improvement. haha nakakapagod as in na after 1/2 oz switch na ko to pump. Pero after I pump, I still do hand expression para masaid kahit papano.

Member din ako ng BFP. True, madami kang matutunan dun. Kahit mahilig ako magbasa dati, may mga bagay na dun ko lang talaga nalaman like:

>we are not supposed to pump before 6 weeks kasi hindi pa established and milk supply and pwedeng magka oversupply and mastitis (except for cases like nasa NICU si baby and di makapaglatch)
>1-1.5 oz per hour ang consumption ni baby while we are away (working, etc). And it will remain that way kahit pa 1 week, 1 month, or one year na si baby because unlike formula na we need to increase intake para ma absorb ng maayos ang nutrients, BM changes its composition to meet the baby's needs so no need to increase the milk intake.
>Exclusive breastfeeding means no formula, no water, no vitamins, no solids. This is for 6 mos and below. Occasional vaccine and medicine when baby's sick is okay.
>EBF babies don't need vitamins. Not even iron (except for babies na may medical condition talaga na iron deficiency)
>We are not supposed to clean the tongues of EBF babies. We might do more harm than good.
>No water for EBF babies.
>We actually don't need supplements to increase milk. Unli latching and frequent expression is enough (I still eat my homemade lactation cookies though)
>Hand expression is better than pump. Mas madami nakukuha if you perfect the technique and hindi masakit.

And many more. Hindi ko po ito gawa gawa (hehe). Nabasa ko lahat ito sa BFP. I highly recommend that group. Do some browsing on the FAQs, a little backreading, madami ka talaga matututunan. And if you need support, todo suporta talaga sila dun

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ minsan lang nakakatawa yung mga pinopost na questions ng ibang BFP members, mapapa-"duh" ka minsan.. hehe..

But I agree, madaming info dun. Then nasa yo na if gusto no sundin or not. Syempre, at the end of the day, personal preference pa din.

Di ko pa nata-try hand express ever. iniisip ko pa lang napapagod na ako. Haha!

[Queen Chokolah]

^haha oo nga. Me mga members din kasi na hindi pala research at hindi nag babackread kahit sana sa FAQs na lang. May topics na almost everyday tinatanong ilang beses na din nasagot. haha. Sa FAQs na lang dumerecho madaming magagandang threads dun

Nakakapagod talaga sis. Naiwan ko isang beses yung pump ko so no choice nag hand express ako ngalay na ngalay yung kamay ko haha siguro may mali din sa ginagawa ko. Gusto ko talaga sya matutunan para pag may mga pupuntahan na di naman ganon katagal like half day lang di ko na bitbit ang pump ko.

[vain_kixie]

Meron pang nag aask like my baby is sick, can i drink the medicine? Hoping it would pass through the bm. Parang duh talaga. Dati member ako but i unsubscibed kasi i realized that although im thankful i get to exclusively breastfeed hindi naman ako dead na dead na dapat breastmilk lang ipainom sa infants. Some mothers have valid reasons why they need to mix feed.

[Queen Chokolah]

^hahaha eh junkfood nga hindi napapass sa bm, medicine oo? nagbasa basa lang ako ng facts pero di ko na pinapansin yung mga tanong. kung may interesting lang na di ko din alam. Meron pa, pwede daw ba mag bike kung breastfeeding. like, what? XD

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ same tayo sis. Like ako, complete vaccinations si baby and I let her drink Polyvisol vitamins. And di ko na pinagtyagaan mag-cupfeed, bottles kami with bm. Hehe.. so far di naman nipple-confused si baby.

But, di ako umaalis sa BFP kasi naisip ko at least may means ako to get more info from the "experts" and to share experience din in case meron ako mako-contribute..

[vain_kixie]

Medyo may bad reactions nga sila when you ask about bottle feeding. Dapat daw cup feeding, susmio! Bagaholic, when you're away how many ounces does your baby drink?

[Queen Chokolah]

me too. member pa rin ako dun. Kasi minsan may mga tanong na di masagot ng google  although encouraged dun ang cupfeeding, bottle pa rin ako with BM. maswerte tayo sis kasi na di pa nacoconfuse lo natin sa nipples. Parang marami kasi masasayang na milk pag nag cupfeed ako. mahirap mag pump.