3.30am in the morning. Feeling emotional yet blissful lying on the bed with my hubby sleeping soundly on my left and my little 68 days old princess making kittens sounds in her dreams sleeping on my right in the tiny co-sleeper cot.
I have just woke up half an hour ago. Was it due to discomfort of my engorged breasts or the sound of her super strong legs kicking the cot?
Now I am ready to go back to sleep with an emptied left breast (shiok ah but poor right breast has to wait for another 2 hours for her turn). I have completed my tasks of sneaking to the toilet for a quick pee, quenching my thirst (breastfeeding is a super thirsty job), changing my princess diaper (whew, she didn't pee in the cot during the process), breastfeeding her, placing her into her cot and swaddled her, all within 30minutes.
Well done, FTM (first time mum). I am ready to go back to sleep. But I feel so proud and full of happiness so can't sleep!
As I count my blessings, I also reflect and ask myself how my breastfeeding journey has evolved over the last 68 days.
- Day 1 Holding a beautiful princess in my arms as I first latched her in the delivery room at Thomson Medical Centre
- Day 4 A crying hungry baby, bleeding nipples and less than 5ml of super diluted grayish expressed transition milk
- Day 5 Having a pair of swollen eyes and totally worn out body after crying hysterically for 5 hours
- Day 6 Feeling full of guilt because my dehydrated jaundice baby was staying in hospital
- Day 8 to Day 28, Bottle feeding her with expressed breast milk and supplementing with formula, with occasional latching
- Day 29 onwards fully latched baby
This blog is to record and share my breastfeeding journey from Day 1 to Day 68.
I would also include
- steps on how to breastfeed a newborn,
- breastfeeding experience after delivering at Thomson Medical Centre
- breastfeeding easily without nursing pillows,
- reviews on My Brestfriend Pillow and mini convertible co-sleeper cot,
- Breastfeeding clothes suitable to wear at home or outside (less than $12)
