Just spoken to a mummy about expressing milk as a homemaker. My baby doesn't latch on well as she struggled alot. I hated grabbing her neck like a poor struggling puppy forcing her to latch on. So i resorted to expressing milk days and nites knowing how much breast milk will boost her immunity. The truth is expressing milk as a homemaker is not as easy as it seems cos I often had to withstand my screaming baby who apparently hated me for sitting there collecting her milk painfully!! So many times I have to appease my crying baby with one arm and holding the expressed milk apparatus. So often I have to also killed two birds with one stone by talking over the phone with that background expressing milk noise or catch up with my latest updates abt world affairs!
I'm so glad that I have persevered for 6 mths. At least this was the basic requirement and I reached the mark!!!! I used to have at least 5 bottles of expressed milk in the fridge till my milk supply gradually dropped. There were so many times that I was so discouraged when I see only one bottle left the revolving milk "conveyor belt". Somehow know I need to press on. There were so much to do running errands, running my home business, cooking, coordinating this and that, grocery shopping, feeding my baby.......
However, like what I encouraged a fellow mummy, just press on. things will get better each day and this amazing strength in us will simply keep us going!
From A milking cow resigned recently
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I remember back then when I made the decision to stop breast feeding...I am kinda have mixed feeling. Reluctant, joyful, relieve...
No matter what it is, I am very proud to hang on for so long.
Hence, I would like to tell you "Well Done"!!
Ya, thks pal! i think mummies should give themselves a pat on their shoulders for trying their best!!!
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