Re: 給餵人奶的靚靚準媽媽
Nillie_Mami,
I hope that I can find this website and forum earlier. I have encountered so much problems when my son bornt but luckily, all of them were resolved finally. My son is now 15-1/5 months old. I weaned him at the 10th month because I discovered that I was pregnant again (we planned it, just a bit early ) He is very healthy, never had serious sickness, only had 2 fevers (each lasted for 1-2 days) since he's bornt.
I have tried the hospital-grade electric pump, Medela electric pump and manual pump before. The 1st one is the best - fast although sometimes painfully (need to adjust the power) but I used the Medela one for almost 8 months. It worked good, easy to carry. Mom-to-be can find good deal in e-bay or craigslist.com. I got mine as a gift and the hospital-grade one was rented to me free under the medical plan. So, new mom should check with the lactation specialist or nurse in the hospital and see if there's any special offer for renting one. I did not use it often at the beginning because of the pain but feel regret because I did not BF my son 100% due to low milk-flow. I think that I should either BF 100% or use the pump to help to stimulate more milk-flow. But, I still could express 4-6 oz each time and 4-5 times per day when I was still in maternity leave.
BF is really good for both mom and baby, I lost 10 lbs in 1 month without doing any exercise (of course, it was caused by less sleep too) because I had a 4-degree tear that I cannot still exercise until the 4th month after delivery. I hurt so much even by just sitting on a soft (with cushion already). Anyway, I would just like to encourage all new mom to try BF even though sometimes it is not easy. Keep trying and both you and your baby learn more everyday and you would find the joy of BF (I won't stop it if I'm not pregnant yet at least until my son is 1.5 years old).
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