Skip to navigation | Skip to content

Share your knowledge. Make a difference.

Breastfeeding Support

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 7 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Ranked #2418 in People

0 people favorited this page (yet!)

Rated G. (Control what you see)

Created by draik

I am a WAHM and I have been breastfeeding my son for more than 22 months. I will continue to breastfeed him until he decided to wean off naturally.
  (more...)

Start your own Squidoo page

Your fans are waiting!

 

I have no real intention to breastfeeding my baby before he was born. Whenever people asked me if I have the intention to breastfeed, I will said I will try to. I still remember I have a discussion with my husband on which brand of formula milk should we get for our baby.

The day my son was born, the hospital nurse asked me if I want to total breastfeed, partially breastfeed or formula feed my baby. I told her total breastfeed and from that moment, I was determine to do so.

The first month of my breastfeeding career was terrible. I feel like giving up everyday especially at night when I got to wake up every hour to breastfeed my baby. People around me was not encouraging me at all. I was told to spoon feed my baby at the hospital if I need to feed him with formula so that to avoid nipple confusion. However, my conefinement lady said that this was the first time she had heard of such a thing in her 20 years of experience. My in-laws and my husband choose to believe her and they kept telling me to bottle feed my baby with formula milk. It was so stress trying to endure with tireness, pain from below, in the stomach and the nipples and all kind of comments from the people around me. They told me that my milk was not enough because my baby was crying for milk every hour. My lack of knowledge on breastfeeding was making me very stressful.

My baby was readmitted to the hospital on the third day due to high level of jaundice. I decided to pump out my milk regliously every three hours and manage to keep two big bottles of expressed milk in the fridge to be brought to the hospital for my son. My confinement lady saw the amount of milk I pumped out and commented that they were thick and creamy. She also said that I have produced a good amount of milk. She did not know how many session of pumping I have done in order to get that kind of amount. 

There was one time when my boy drunk 70ml of expressed milk from a bottle so fast that my conefinement lady and my husband believe that he has got not enough. Again, they wanted to formula feed him. I threw a huge temper at my husband and told him to get out of my room. My mom happen to call me on the phone at that moment and heard me crying. They believe that I am suffering from post natal depression. They got worried and decided not to mention the word "formula" to me again.

There were times when I felt really stress and tired from breastfeeding especially at night. There were also time that I wonder why am I abusing my own breast when I can choose to formula feed my baby. What was making me worst was that I cannot talk about my feeling with my husband knowing that he will suggest to formula feed my baby to solve all my problems.

I am still breastfeeding my son now and things has becomes easier as days goes by. Moreover, I have fight and win battles against  milk blister, sore nipple & engorgement.

I was glad that I found lots of informations and support in the internet that keep me going. I wish to share these information and knowledge on breastfeeding with anyone that is struggling to continue. 

 

Link To Us 

I am addicted to breastmilk

My own tips on breastfeeding 

1) Learn to read the body language of the baby, do not follow a straight feeding schedule.

2) Try to latch on all the time. A baby can suck 4 time the amount of milk you can pump out.

3) Try not to pump out any milk. The amount of milk you have pump out can give discouraging people another opportunity to stress you. Learn to believe in yourself.

4) Be very stubborn if you can.

5) If you really got no choice, make a small bottle of formula milk and store them in the fridge where everybody can see. Tell them those were from the last pumping session. I know this is bad but at least it can reduce some negative comments from discouraging people.

PS: If you buy something from this page... 

... you'll automatically be making a donation to The Acumen Fund, working to solve global poverty.

Doesn't that feel good?

Great Stuff on Amazon 

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 05/16/2008)

The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition

Amazon Price: $13.18 (as of 05/16/2008)

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book)

Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 05/16/2008)

Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers

Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 05/16/2008)

Great links to breastfeeding 

Below are some great links that has encourage me and provide me with the knowledge on breastfeeding. Hope that they are useful to you.
Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group (Singapore)
This link contain great articles on breastfeeding. A great place to visit when you need some answers to your questions or when you are feeling down due to breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding Gallery
Lots of pictures on this site. It gives you an idea of what to wear when you decide to breastfeed in public and how to do it.
Kellymom: Breastfeeding and Parenting
Another great site to visit if you need more encouragement to continue your breastfeeding career. Lots of great articles to read.
M4M Breastfeeding Forum Thread
A good place to discuss about breastfeeding.
Hotslings
Great slings for baby wearing and breastfeeding in public.
Moms in Mind
Another great site for slings that you an wear when breastfeeding in public.

Show your support for breastfeeding now! 

Give your comments on breastfeeding here.

tincy

Interesting lens. Amazing how quickly society thinks children should be weened from breast milk. Thanks for the information.

Posted April 30, 2008

XP

This is a great lens! Thanks for sharing your story.

Posted April 15, 2008

X

Hi, I'm draik

draik

Join my fan club

I am a WAHM and I have been breastfeeding my son for more than 22 months. I will continue to breastfeed him until he decided to wean off naturally.

More pages by me...

See all my pages