On a good day, I’m able to express (breastmilk) something like sixty to seventy mls for each session. On a not so good day, only 30 to 40 mls, it all depends on how tired or stressed I am. I just encountered something even worse than sore or cracked nipples, it’s blocked ducts. It’s really a bummer cos you’d have to go to the clinic and have them unblock it for you, …with a sterilized needle!! OUCH! ….. I unblocked mine myself ..
I’m happy to say that my breastfeeding efforts have resulted in a thriving baby. Matt is now 500 gm heavier than when he first came out. He still sleeps a lot, that’s what babies do but his wakefulness has increased. However, we have to help him set his internal clock coz he tends to want stay up at around 2-5 pm which is fine, and at around midnight, which is definitely not! I lost about 2 nights’ sleep already, got to engage him more in the afternoons to tire him out so that he will sleep more at night. I did some basic coloured RBW flash card with him this afternoon to stimulate his visual developments and my mom said I was mad. I know, old people sometimes need to be updated on all these new information that we now have but sometimes they just don’t know how accept these information and they end up with negative comments.
Did I mention that she was against me breastfeeding Matthew and kept on bugging me to get formula feed for baby Matt? I got really mad with her coz her constant nagging was really disturbing me emotionally and that, on top of my tiredness affected my milk production as well. I had to tell her to zip it, don’t think she was happy about it but I had no choice, no amount of reasoning worked with her. She was so afraid that I’d have no milk and would starve my own baby. Weird. Oh well, everything between us is fine now. Lucky she’s not the kind to keep a grudge.
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