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Thursday, March 15, 2012

1st step to breastfeed~

Alhamdulillah, i dh hbis confinement for 44 days (poyo je kan mcm la berpantang sgt pun padahal dh merata berjalan ;p) which means the key of freedom is mine... yeay! 

Erm i juz nk share my little experience of breastfeeding my beloved Luqman... Mula2 pregnant, i x penah terfikir nk breastfeed(bf) baby i...  Kenapa? Sebab masa kakak2 i bersalin dlu kesemua anak sedara i, i x penah tgk diorg bf baby... for me, mcm normal kita akan kasi susu formula kat baby... kire mcm memg nature la... as if xde org yg bf baby sepanjang pengetahuan i smpi la one day my head of department sembang2 ngn i psl pregnancy n baby, die cerita pengalaman die bf ketiga2 anak die smpi la 2 thun...i mcm kagum giler sebab HOD i tu juz 2 years older than my eldest sister... 

Tapi still i xde interest sgt in breastfeeding pun... i terbayangkn botol2 kecik yg comel ada kartun2... tempting nye untuk dimasukkan dlm senarai shopping hehehe 

Lepas tu, masa i routine check up kat KKIA, i kena la dengar ceramah psl bf plak... nurse tunjuk la cara nk bf baby, cara nk handle ebm (damn time ni x amik note n x dgr sgt pun... huargh...) n mcm2 lg la... bru la i tau klu bf baby xyah kasi air masak/air kosong... erk? i dh terbayang botol kecik yg comel diisi air masak tuk bagi kt baby sebab dlu anak sedara i sume ada mcm tu.. hmm... i jd makin curious n terfikir ape bnda la yg hebat sgt bf baby ni.... 

I start google psl bf... erm mcm biasa, bila dh start mencari info, sifat curious ingin tahu tu mkin byk... so mula la sesi bertanya kwn2, tanya dlm group, forum... ok, i baru sedar ramai jugak mommies kt luar sana yg bf baby sebenarnye... i je yg x tau huhuhuh teruk nye aku ni! 

Breastfeed sinonim dengan breastpump... itu je la yg i byk baca pun... lepas tu milk booster... ape plak bnda alah ni? Adoi la... I pun google la gak breastpump n milk booster... yg pasti i xtau perlu ke x sebenar nye sume ni... Bila mula baca psl ni, sume pasti kenal Medela, Philip Avent, Spectra 3..etc.. Milk Booster paling femes i dgr plak ialah Shaklee... yang natural milk booster thru pemakanan plak i siap ada senarai k... later i share it with u! serious ada panjang mknn yang bleh amik for natural intake as milk booster compare nk amik supplement ni... 


End of pregnancy i x baca dh buku2 psl pregnancy... (dh patut khatam kot!) I msih terasa cetek ilmu psl bf ni... so masa i jln2 kat KLCC tgu En Husband blk keje, i singgah kinokuniya... byk giler buku psl bf k... its up to you nk gain knowledge ke x... I end up bli buku ni...


It is a good book actually tp i x hbis baca pun.. i baca part yg i nk baca je... Tp ada few info dlm buku ni which i might share later k... Sebab tu i lg suke bli magazine, such as Pa & Ma, Parenthood, Mami & Baby, Baby Talk...etc... to gain more info sebab i bukan la seorang pembaca tegar yg akan baca page by page... 

Masa i shopping for baby thingy, i msukkn jugak la botol dlm senarai.. tp i pilih botol yang dikatakan seswai for bf baby yg xkan buat baby nipple confuse bagai (lepas pembacaan pengalaman mommies yang kerja), ye la, after 3 months i kene msuk keje blk kan... still kene ajar baby minum thru botol... Anyway, i dh bli botol mickey mouse yg comel2 gak which end up x pki pun skrg huhuhu For baby daily use konon2 nya i bli Tommee Tippee...


One of factors i bli botol ni sebab bentuk nye yang comel... then thru reading gak byk mommies ckp this bottle most likely mcm mommy's breast so baby xkan reject, insyaAllah... 

Bila dah deliver, reading theory and practising the theory memang la dua bnda yang sgt berbeza... it juz simple as A B C bila baca tp bila nk buat tu terkial2... Ni 1st baby kan, what do u expect? Memg haram x tau nk kasi baby tu bf camne... Alhamdulillah ada nurse yang baik hati kt PPUM tu ajar i how to bf baby.. seriously die tgu i n ajar how to let the baby latch secara betol... I will share this in different entry k... dh panjang benar entry ni jd nye.. 

After 2 weeks deliver, i memg give up bf! Nipple crack, tmpt luka czer sakit giler, penat bgun mlm byk kali... Ya Allah, hebat sungguh ibu2 yang bf baby smpi 2 thun! (i'll share my experience later about this...) Due to this la, MIL i advise kasi la baby minum thru botol... (which i rasa masa tu awal nye nk ajar baby pki botol!) tp baik nye ajar seawal ni, Luqman bleh accept botol n direct feed without rejecting salah satu pun... Asal dpt susu je, he will be okay... Caya la anak mommy! ;p tp yang best nye si Luqman ni plak, he rejects botol Tommee Tippee k... so skrg ni botol tu tersadai je la... x pki pun... Nak tau botol ape yg die suke? hmm... ni ha... 


Botol Avent yang menjadi pilihan si kecik ni... Layan kan je la... 

Sebab dah nk naik keje, i dah start kalut nk buat stock ebm... tp buat masa ni i masih lg mcm gagal, sebab x smpat nk pam Luqman dh bgun nk menyusu lg... bila nk buat stock nye? So far i bru ada few oz je stock.. 

It is hard to start but the 1st step is important kan? 


Ni la storage bottles and bags i bli as my 1st step to exclusive bf Luqman... Hope berjaya la ye... please doa kan i... 

Betapa sukar nye nk bf baby, lg susah nk exclusive bf bila kene extra effort tuk mengepam and keep up with the stock... 

Till then~xoxo

8 comments:

ReYNa said...

i pon x tau la camne nanti.tapi mmg niat nak sangat bf baby at least sampai setahun pon dah ok.tu nak kena belajar nnti gak.

narz naz said...

Dont worry dear... insyaAllah bleh... tp dugaan pling besar ialah nk sabar bf baby smpi baby pandai latch n kite pandai handle baby...

Nadya Zahid said...

i pon standby 2 bottle..TT & Avent..harap2 my babies xreject TT coz i dah bli complete set..hahahahaah
I'Allah boleh narz bf...u kene sabar n be positive..chewahhhhhhhh..i pon takut i xde susu..tp i doa byk2 agar i ade susu n bleh bf my babies nanti...

narz naz said...

hehe thanx nad =) but i think once u ada avent the baby will love it more sebab puting avent lg lembut from TT... my baby reject sebab tu i rasa... n i start bg botol masa kt seremban, that time i x bw botol TT ni, my hubby gi bli botol coz i x lrt nk direct feed... bila blk kl i kasi TT, puting die keras compared to Avent, terus baby i reject.. so klu u nk ajar ur babies botol, better u kasi TT dlu b4 avent kot...insyaAllah kita bleh bf our babies =) jgn fikir xde susu tau, i dlu bila dah deliver pun i tgk xde pun susu sebab org lain masa preggy pun dah basah2 kan...tp nurse ckp kt i kene confident... die tunjuk kat i yg ada air susu for baby (die picit nipple, sakit giler tp memg ada kuar susu sket...)

aizuhani said...

meh i share my exp plak...hehe..for me, alhamdullillah i dpt fully bf my baby till now which dah 1yr 7 mths...lg braper bln jer nak bf lg...x sangka masa cepat sgt berlalu...cukup 2 thn i nak berhenti...(jeles jgk tgk org lain melaram pakai dress/jubah sumer sbb x direct bf...i mmg exclusive direct bf jer..huhu)...dulu, i pun xdelar fikir sgt nak bf baby braper lama sumer, tp since dah terbaca org kata eloklar kalau sampai 2 thn tu, i pun cuba lar nak jgk selagi mampu kan...

tp mmg mencabar lar esp masa awal2 dulu...braper kali bgn mlm2...mmg x larat sbb pandai bf duduk jer...lenguh bdn, nak tdo xleh...then my mom suruh bf sambil baring...i tried jgklar sekali dua xleh, baby x pandai nak latch, sbb kita punya position maybe x btul...give up jgk lar...tp bila lama2 xleh tahan bf duduk, i cuba jgk berkali2, every nite...last2 i berjaya, and mslh tu dpt diatasi...

then come the times when baby dah start kuar gigi...masyaallah, sakit nyer bila dia hisap...mmg my nipple luka slalu lar...kdg2 dia gigit sbb gusi gatal kan...menjerit2 jgk lar, kdg2 blh hilang sabar dgn baby...komplen kat husband pun dia kesian tgk kita, dia suruh lar stop...bg ebm or formula ker...but i still insist, kata xper, demi baby, kene sabar jgk...tu lar sampai skrg still bf jgk...

i langsung x pam or simpan stok, i know i'm not working but bkn pasal tu, tp i mmg kalau pam x kuar byk dah skrg...and my baby pun mmg x suka minum tru bottles...dia nak direct jer...but xperlah kan...walaupun xleh melaram sgt, at least nak travel senang sbb xyah bawak byk benda utk susu dia...walaupun susah kdg2 nak bergerak/ buat keje...tp dgn bf direct akan buat bond baby & mom tu lg rapat...mcm azra skrg mmg sgt manja dgn i sampai susah sgt nak berenggang...hehe

so, apa2 pun, kene byk sabar & rilek jer...sumer ni proses baru utk kita...lama2 kita akan biasa...so, gud luck to u...kalau nak tips apa2, can pm me! ;D

narz naz said...

Zureen, u sgt hebat k bleh sabar kene gigit sume kasi ebm... i x penah lg jumpe ibu2 wlupun x keje bleh df baby lama mcm u... congrats! U ptut jd inspirasi ni... nnti blehla i ty mcm2 kt u psl bf =)

aizuhani said...

pasal anak, apa pun sanggup kan?? tp rezeki dia lar mama dia still blh bf lg sampai skrg...bkn senang tu..so kene syg mama dia lebih lg larr kan? hehehe...apa2 pun kalau u nak tanya blh jer...i sedia berkongsi..cewah!

!k@ said...

ika takat ni masih BF baby..alhamdulillah..lepas ni masuk keje.jauh lg BF journey..harap semuanya dipermudahkan...