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caitlyn/watashi- cannot lah! i hv to ctrl my appetite nw. reali scared bb too big thn i cant opt for natural. gynae alrdy gv warning sign liao! u gals wil understd when u c me this sat! haha
 


caitlyn, k shall lug my playmat over. your house so big.. sure got space. and will be most ideal place for the babies coz isaiah have so many toys! the babies will be well entertained.

ting.. hungry cannot dun eat mah.. just make sure u stay clear of durians.. it will make bb balloon very fast.
 
caitlyn,
hi ya...glad that your boy is recovering well.ahyo, must drink more water hor..How are u coping with ur 2nd pregnancy?

I won't be able to join u gers for the gathering this sat lor..

PROPOSED POST CNY GATHERING

Date: 23 Feb
Time: 1230pm
Venue: caitlyn plc

1. caitlyn + hb + isaiah
2. Jenn + hb + Jayden
3. watashi + hb + Ryan
3. newbbie(not going)
4. Jam
5. daphne + hb + Andrea
6. berry + hb + Kieran
 
watashi- i din eat durians also put on so much! scary leh... goten refrain frm sweet n fried foods liao.

caitlyn- same here lor! my bb only less thn 2kg. cannot imagine abt 10kg wt is on me!
 
Good day everyone!!

Finally found a minute to come into the forum heee.

It is really not easy to be a mum!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I really think all of you have been so great to come this far....

Hee have contacted Caityln when I was in hospital.

12th Feb night, Doctor said baby water level is running too low, must induce the very night

13th Feb midnight, go into hospital, induce with tablet inserted.... the nurse is very rough, so end up very painful and there she is grumbling i waste her medicine cos it melts as I am not relax enough. Like S***

13th 8am, put on drip as only 1cm dilated

13th 10am, put on epidural, i did not tahan too long.... was using breathing technique all the while, but the nurse came and tempted me hehee, said the doc who can administer is in the corner, ask me if i want, if not, later call the doc, he may need half hour to come, 15 min to setup and 15 min for medicine to take effect. so i scared liao heee, chickend out.

13th 11am, realised bb heat beat keep dropping if they increase the drip and contraction comes each time. Called doctor.

13th 12pm, doctor came and conclude baby in distress most prob the cord is around her, so must emergency op.... and he said epidural is sufficent.

13th 1pm, push into theatre with hubby, and baby is out within 10 min. The cord was around her leg....

I am trying to be a cow this moment...

May I ask, for the EBM, do you all feed with bottle? or spoon? cos hor, i ask my CL t o use spoon as i worry about nipple confusion. she said a bit wasteful.... cos will drip out.

I am trying to latch, but really tired, every 2 hourly must latch and then hor, i try to pump 3 times a day, morning, noon and before sleep. each time can only reach around 40 to 50 ml. I am not sure if this is right.

I am getting sore nipple too, and cos baby bites, there is some crack too.....

Not sure if this is normal. Please do give me some feedback.

Thanks!!!
 
Hello ladies!

winnie..congrats on the arrival of ur little one
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for EBM, u can feed thru btl or directly latch on depend which is ur preference. all the things that u r now experiencing based on ur description is normal la...
 
Good afternoon, ladies

Me just post a short msg before i disappear ya...
I am fine with the gathering on this sat. So see u folks on this sat afternoon
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Winnie,
Congrats on your little princess !!!!
Initally stage u pump around 40 - 50ml is normal, slowly you can pump more ya... the maxi i can pump each time is 300ml... ha ha ha

As the day Jayden was discharge, i didnt latch him cos of physical condition. So i have been feeding him with ebm in bottle until now.

As for your sore nipple, u can apply some cream to relive the pain
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Hope the information helps.
 
Newbbi,
Actually all NB diaper are abt the same , is just the brand and price diff. Is all up to individual which brand u want to buy.

To concluse, DRYERS is the cheapest NB diaper available in the market whereas pampers & mammy poko NB are the most expensive brand !
 
winnie, congrats!

don't worry about the vol of your milk, it will come in more so latch more. if not, then pump more and take more fish and drink more fluids and milk!

as for cracked and sore nipples, apply the medela cream meant for sore nipples. it really helps.

as for latching every 2hrs, that's normal.
 
Ladies, thansk very much for the encouragement.

Newbbi, i still can tahan a bit with the breathing method, esp after inserting the tablet, there is contraction starting liao.... buthor, i did not see where is my threshold heheheee.

Jenn, I thot must latch then can stimulate supply leh, so you manage to even get the supply by pumping and feeding through bottle?

Daphne, thanks, I got the both medala and avent cream, keep applying whole day long hehehee.

I will push on!

Thanks!
 
sorry one more question, thus it mean so far, none of your baby has nipple confusion when you intro bottle at the begining? I heard can only introduce after first month if you intend to latch on....

but seeing jenn's expereince where pump can also stimulate supply, i feel a bit less pressured....
 
blue genie, may I know which PD are you using?

Cos hor, the one I have seen is Dr Lilian Lim at the Kidsclinic at Rivervale mall.

I am thinking of changing, cos hor, the nurses are very very black face heee.

Read that there is another Dr Vanessa at Kidslink at Compassvale Walk, wonder if she has the machine to scan for jaundice without blood test.....
 
Winnie,
u can chk out this PD.he had a clinic in thomson clinic ...my son is seeing him.He's quite famous.patient n friendly.only one of his nurse black face nia.hehe

let me go dig out this address.
 
Hi winnie,
Dr lilian from kidsclinic @ rivervale mall is quite good...but is forever a long wait without quene number, so forever, have to go to ask the nurse how many bb in front of me... they will always give priority to those who make appointment. Those walk in have to wait at least minimum 2 - 3 hours.
 
Jenn, thanks, but i feel a bit weird how come she does not want to review baby janudice again, cos hor, she says just see from naked eyes will do....

sorry need to ask you this question, does it mean without latching on, simply by pump also can stimulate supply to come?

Cotton, thanks for the note!
 
winnie, it's true that by seeing from naked eyes will do cos that time andrea can see from our own naked eyes that she has jaundice and true enough, when the nurse measure, it was at level 12. but then as wks go by, we saw that she got better and when we checked her again, it has indeed gone down. if jaundice is high, it's very obvious on the baby's skin and eyes one... so definitely can tell from naked eyes esp if the pd is expert liao.

winnie, it really depends on individual for the milk supply. for me, i need to latch to get it started and going.... and therefore latching is still the best esp in the long term cos simply by pumping, ss won't go up too much unless you belong to the blessed group of pp with abundant milk ss. but eventually, just by pumping alone, ss will still go down cos the suckling pressure from baby is definitely different from pump. baby has more pressure and that's why bb are the best pump in the world to clear all blocked milk ducts.... normal electronic pump didn't clear my blocked ducts so i still get my girl to latch when i have engorgement and blocked duct last time.
 
winnie, i would highly recommend you to latch if possible cos of the bond that will be created. i know it can be frustrating esp when bb needs it every 2 hrs but bear with it. once bb hits 1 month, usually can drag to 3 hrs or sometimes even 4 hrs as months goes by and when bb takes more from you. and latching has one very good benefits. it helps you to lose weight fast! i was back to the weight just before my wedding when i was on full breastfeeding and latching... but sad to say, now that i've stopped, the weight came back! and i do miss latching on andrea cos now she doesn't want to latch anymore and with her starting to teeth, latching is getting more painful.... so latch while you can. it's a privilege.
 
morning gals,

cotton, dun mention wo...u so fast plc order liow huh..hehe...so far my fren + my order f pre make up cream already 10 tube liow...still waiting f my niece to get back to mi...
 
caitlyn,

2moro gathering i can't go liow...hv something on got to go IL plc...my hb nid to work on sun so no choice hv to go there 2moro...sigh...sorrie

jenn, f janf the BP i will sms her to arrange wif her cos usuali i will go kovan on sat mayb can mit her & pass to her directly.
 
ting, going over ard 12+ then nid to go & c hb grandma lo...

cotton, no i stay at west side but IL stay at serangoon so will go kovan to hv lunch b4 goin to IL plc.
 
newbbi- i like alot of things hvnt prepare! hvnt wash bb clothes, buy cabinet n the rest of the bb stuff. hvnt call the massage lady to book her also. jia lat...

cotton- yea! keke... cant wait to start my ML. getin so sick of wrk alrdy. hahaha
 
Ting,
relaz ger...DO 1 thing at a time lor...where u intend to buy cabinet? we tinking of going ikea next wk to buy those cabinet...see how lor...TOt u hv alot of bb things passdowns liao?

u hv the list of things to prepare rite? dun panick, follow e list k...Bot ur PJ?
 
newbbi- tink prob in early mar. stil got things like detergent, brush, pacificier, powder, etc hvnt buy. all the big ticket items settled liao. PJ also hvnt buy! hahah...
hw abt u? most or less done?
 
morning!

Daphne, thanks a lot for leaving me the para. I have also called Parent Craft, we will just monitor with naked eyes first.... till 3 weeks.

Regarding bf, truly speaking, it is the sore nipples and then baby never seems to have enough... she always fall asleep during feed and then wake up screaming for more.... so end up, I will have to supplement with my EBM. Is this normal?

I have checked with Mrs Wong too, she said I need to latch and then feed her EBM if she has not enough. then i must pump after each feed. I was wah biang then when can rest heheee.

I really realy hope supply will go up each day, cos i cant imagine what will happen if she has not enough and EBM runs out????

I am now only into my 8th day, and nipples are all sore and cracked.... put so much avent cream liao hehee.

I am only achieving around 60ml per pump of both breast.....

I hope I will make it, will push on!
 
winnie, my girl also tends to fall asleep while latching last time and it was like 5 mins into latching and she will zzz for 30 mins and then cry for milk again. so what i did was i try to touch her cheeks or call her or touch her elsewhere to prevent her from falling alseep and make sure she latch at least 20 mins on one breast first.....
for 1 wk with 60ml, that's good already. mine was only 60ml at 2nd week. if you want, i would recommend you to take freenugreek from GNC. my gynae prescribed the same capsules for me for breastmilk. when i finished that i went to gnc to get cos it's the same and that helps to boost milk supply. don't get the ones from pharmacy or unity. i tried them and it doesn't work. so far only gnc ones work. fyi, i took 2 each time and 3x a day so total is 6 a day.... max is 9 a day.
 
Daphne, noted, I will get the supplement. My gynae also told me to continue the fish oil as he said that it will go to baby.

Really thanks alot for your encouragement!
 
cotton- i plannin to take 1 wk b4 my edd. tat wil be considered as leave. ML wil only start the day i deliver. come to tink of it, it's reali fast. i am comin to 31 wks n since can deliver by 36 wks, tat means abt 5 wks more!!
 
daphne- gyane says possibility for me to deliver early cos my bb is on the big side. if wait til full term, may be too big n difficult to go natural..
 



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