I want to share with you the breast pump that I am using. It is Philips Avent Single Electric Breast Pump which can be converted to manual breast pump. I actually prefer to use the manual breast pump rather than eletric. I find it handy and useful!
It is very easy to assemble and ready to use. No matter how smart the eletric breast pump can imitate your speed and suction, you will still find that you can easily maneuver the manual breast pump to pump at the speed and suction as you wish. As you are getting more familiar, you will find that the manual breast pump can pump faster than the electric breast pump.
The only drawback of the manual breast pump is that your fingers get really tired! But I can stand it as it can do its job very well.
I strongly recommend Avent Manual Breast Pump to those who want to try to breastfeed baby.
p/s: If you want to buy Avent Manual Breast Pump, please let me know. I can help you to get a cheaper one. :)
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Breastfeeding
Actually I did breastfeed baby Cola for about 3 weeks. The reason I stopped is because I am lazy to express milk. But then it is also due to the production is low. So, I got advice from people that milk will reduce if you do not let baby latch on. Oh well, I do not care because I am not into breastfeeding at all!
For Princess Meimei, I am planning to do the same - breastfeed her until the milk stops. At first, I did try to let her latch on, but the experience is not too good. So, I decided to pump and feed her using bottle instead. Surprisingly, I am still on breastfeeding today as the milk supply never stop nor reduce.
Now, if you asked me how I found about beastfeeding. Honestly, I think the only benefit is that I can make sure my baby get balanced nutrients. It does not really save up much money after spending on breast pump, breast pad, nursing bra, breast milk storage bottles/cups/bags, cooler bag, lactating formula or supplements. Well, of course most of the items I mentioned are reusable for those who plan to have more than 1 child. Furthermore, it takes time to express milk. For me, I spend about 2 hours daily in the exercise of expressing milk. Previously, during the confinement, I think I spent at least 6 hours a day to pump milk. If time is equal to money, then I should say breastfeeding is expensive. Some more, it is tiring!
Alamak, I really sound very discouraging in this post. Very sorry to those who are planning to breastfeed your babies. But to look at this on a bright side, despite of how much I dislike breastfeeding, I am still expressing milk everyday for more than 2 months. I hope this part is motivating you! :)
For Princess Meimei, I am planning to do the same - breastfeed her until the milk stops. At first, I did try to let her latch on, but the experience is not too good. So, I decided to pump and feed her using bottle instead. Surprisingly, I am still on breastfeeding today as the milk supply never stop nor reduce.
Now, if you asked me how I found about beastfeeding. Honestly, I think the only benefit is that I can make sure my baby get balanced nutrients. It does not really save up much money after spending on breast pump, breast pad, nursing bra, breast milk storage bottles/cups/bags, cooler bag, lactating formula or supplements. Well, of course most of the items I mentioned are reusable for those who plan to have more than 1 child. Furthermore, it takes time to express milk. For me, I spend about 2 hours daily in the exercise of expressing milk. Previously, during the confinement, I think I spent at least 6 hours a day to pump milk. If time is equal to money, then I should say breastfeeding is expensive. Some more, it is tiring!
Alamak, I really sound very discouraging in this post. Very sorry to those who are planning to breastfeed your babies. But to look at this on a bright side, despite of how much I dislike breastfeeding, I am still expressing milk everyday for more than 2 months. I hope this part is motivating you! :)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
0 -1 month old
To be fair, mommy will record the growth and development of Princess Meimei in my blog too. ^^
0-month-old
Physical:
Weight: 2.98kg (The doctor told me to round it up and I will get a 3kg baby)
Length: 48cm
Sleep:
Not sure if girl require more attention, she can hardly sleep on her own. I need to cuddle her to make her sleep. But lucky thing, she sleeps well at night. :)
Feeding:
Drink 2-2.5oz milk every 3 hours.
Interesting parts:
She is a smiley baby. She not only smile in her dreams, but also smile when she is awake. She smiles when we talk to her. She smiles when I have cleaned her up after passed motion.
She cries when hungry.
She refuses to take pacifier!
Remarks:
Consider as a good girl even though she does not sleep much in the day time, but maybe it is because of the bro making too much noise.
Mommy is busy "zhng" her up like a barbie when she got time.
1-month-old
Physical:
Weight: 4.1kg
Length: 53cm
Sleep:
Still have difficulties to sleep during day time but sleep at night. She only wake up for milk once or twice at night.
Feeding:
Drink 3oz every 2-3 hours.
Interesting parts:
She will make some noise early in the morning with her eyes closing, if you call her name, she will immediately wake up and smile!
She can make sound "ang goo", "ay".
She will respond, both making sound as if talking and also smiling, to you when you talk to him.
Taken her second injection, she cried her lung out. Poor girl. But, no fever.
Remarks:
She is a babe! We just cant stop talking to her as she is so responsive.
0-month-old
Physical:
Weight: 2.98kg (The doctor told me to round it up and I will get a 3kg baby)
Length: 48cm
Sleep:
Not sure if girl require more attention, she can hardly sleep on her own. I need to cuddle her to make her sleep. But lucky thing, she sleeps well at night. :)
Feeding:
Drink 2-2.5oz milk every 3 hours.
Interesting parts:
She is a smiley baby. She not only smile in her dreams, but also smile when she is awake. She smiles when we talk to her. She smiles when I have cleaned her up after passed motion.
She cries when hungry.
She refuses to take pacifier!
Remarks:
Consider as a good girl even though she does not sleep much in the day time, but maybe it is because of the bro making too much noise.
Mommy is busy "zhng" her up like a barbie when she got time.
1-month-old
Physical:
Weight: 4.1kg
Length: 53cm
Sleep:
Still have difficulties to sleep during day time but sleep at night. She only wake up for milk once or twice at night.
Feeding:
Drink 3oz every 2-3 hours.
Interesting parts:
She will make some noise early in the morning with her eyes closing, if you call her name, she will immediately wake up and smile!
She can make sound "ang goo", "ay".
She will respond, both making sound as if talking and also smiling, to you when you talk to him.
Taken her second injection, she cried her lung out. Poor girl. But, no fever.
Remarks:
She is a babe! We just cant stop talking to her as she is so responsive.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Second childbirth experience
My expected due date is 15th July. Baby is too comfortable inside my tummy until past the expected due date.
My doctor is very concerned about it. He suggested me to induce birth. Even though I did not like the idea at all as I was told that induce labour is much more painful but considering the points he listed out:
1. Baby will keep growing and it is difficult to give birth to big baby naturally.
2. Baby is matured, and the environment inside the uterus is no longer good for baby. Reason being is food supply from placenta might be not enough.
3. As the water level is dropping, less space inside uterus for fetus to move, the umbilical cord might get twisted around and harms the baby during childbirth.
So, I gave in.
Doctor had a tight schedule, I was scheduled to induce at 1am on 19 September.
I started to feel the contraction at a quarter to 6 in the morning. After having breakfast and shower, ccw and I went to see my doctor.
At 8:30am, the dilation has just started. The pain level has reach 3-4 (based on my 1st childbirth pain rating) already. I was quite worried, I seriously doubted that if I could stand the pain! At around 9am, I really think I should get epidural before it is too late! We inform the doctor, but he gave me painkiller shot instead. That is much better. But it last for less than 30 minutes, and the pain is killing me again! Deep down inside me, I was praying that I wont pass out before I can push the baby out. Suddenly, I felt that the baby's head was pushing out. Ccw informed the doctor and he came to check. The dilation is 4-5cm. He reminded me to keep my mouth open to breath and not to push while giving me another shot of painkiller. It is around 10:30am by then. After 5 minutes rest, we rushed to hospital.
The hospital staff wheeled me into the labour room, the nurse helped me to undress and dress me up in the patient clothes. Doctor also got his attire changed and ccw fleed himself from the registration counter. Actually the staff insisted ccw to complete the registration before allowing him to go into the labour room. By then, it is already 11am.
Doctor and nurse adjusted the bed, then gave me the laughing gas and taught me how to use it. Then I was told to push when the next contraction is here. So, the next time contraction come, I gave a push, but not using too much energy as I was wondering why he never break the waterbag first. Opps. Then after that he broke it. So, I tried another push but nothing come out. For the third time, I push hard and long and just before i gave up, ccw told me he saw the bb head, so I continued pushing, and the baby's head is out! Baby is born at 11:12am. Everything just happened too fast. It is another unforgettable experience for us.
My conclusion on why induce labour is more painful. Induce labour is very painful but it shortens the whole progress. So the level of pain increase every time the contraction strikes whereas without induce, the pain level remains for an hour or longer before it goes up to another level during the contraction period. It takes shorter time to complete dilation than natural birth. However, after experience the second childbirth, I actually recommend my friends to go for caesarean section instead. HA-HA!
And here is my little princess:
Finally, let me end this post with the best phrase for childbirth: No pain, No gain.
My doctor is very concerned about it. He suggested me to induce birth. Even though I did not like the idea at all as I was told that induce labour is much more painful but considering the points he listed out:
1. Baby will keep growing and it is difficult to give birth to big baby naturally.
2. Baby is matured, and the environment inside the uterus is no longer good for baby. Reason being is food supply from placenta might be not enough.
3. As the water level is dropping, less space inside uterus for fetus to move, the umbilical cord might get twisted around and harms the baby during childbirth.
So, I gave in.
Doctor had a tight schedule, I was scheduled to induce at 1am on 19 September.
I started to feel the contraction at a quarter to 6 in the morning. After having breakfast and shower, ccw and I went to see my doctor.
At 8:30am, the dilation has just started. The pain level has reach 3-4 (based on my 1st childbirth pain rating) already. I was quite worried, I seriously doubted that if I could stand the pain! At around 9am, I really think I should get epidural before it is too late! We inform the doctor, but he gave me painkiller shot instead. That is much better. But it last for less than 30 minutes, and the pain is killing me again! Deep down inside me, I was praying that I wont pass out before I can push the baby out. Suddenly, I felt that the baby's head was pushing out. Ccw informed the doctor and he came to check. The dilation is 4-5cm. He reminded me to keep my mouth open to breath and not to push while giving me another shot of painkiller. It is around 10:30am by then. After 5 minutes rest, we rushed to hospital.
The hospital staff wheeled me into the labour room, the nurse helped me to undress and dress me up in the patient clothes. Doctor also got his attire changed and ccw fleed himself from the registration counter. Actually the staff insisted ccw to complete the registration before allowing him to go into the labour room. By then, it is already 11am.
Doctor and nurse adjusted the bed, then gave me the laughing gas and taught me how to use it. Then I was told to push when the next contraction is here. So, the next time contraction come, I gave a push, but not using too much energy as I was wondering why he never break the waterbag first. Opps. Then after that he broke it. So, I tried another push but nothing come out. For the third time, I push hard and long and just before i gave up, ccw told me he saw the bb head, so I continued pushing, and the baby's head is out! Baby is born at 11:12am. Everything just happened too fast. It is another unforgettable experience for us.
My conclusion on why induce labour is more painful. Induce labour is very painful but it shortens the whole progress. So the level of pain increase every time the contraction strikes whereas without induce, the pain level remains for an hour or longer before it goes up to another level during the contraction period. It takes shorter time to complete dilation than natural birth. However, after experience the second childbirth, I actually recommend my friends to go for caesarean section instead. HA-HA!
And here is my little princess:
Finally, let me end this post with the best phrase for childbirth: No pain, No gain.
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