Breastfeeding Journey - Power pumping for single and double pump

Hello dan assalamualaikum dear readers !

If you are one of my Instagram friends, mesti hang akan taw about breastfeeding journey yang aku selalu share dan gembar gemburkan di instagram siap save highlight hahahaha. Banyak taw benefit breastfeeding ni. Ramai jugak yang tanya personally macam mana nak continue dan maintain milk supply. So aku share sini supaya mudah newly parents kat luar sana untuk berusaha demi our little baby =)

First things first, tak semua orang mampu nak beli double breastpump kan. Aku masa memula pon tak confident taw ada susu dan akak aku pinjamkan breastpump dia, jenama spectra. Single pump only taw. Kalau hang ada satu pump saja pun takpa, let me teach how to do power pumping. Ni share by my sister.

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Power pumping for single pump

1) Pump kanan 10 minit

2) Pump kiri 10 minit

3) Rehat 5 minit

4) Pump kanan 10 minit

5) Pump kiri 10 minit

6) Rehat 5 minit

7) Pump kanan 20 minit

8) Pump kiri 20 minit

At first pump memang macam tak keluar apa sebab my baby kena tahan dalam ward 4 hari (this time, satu kilang aku kena pakai gelang pink walaupun aku negative covid as depa takut ada risk dekat baby). Meaning that my breast takda simulation from baby, so aku stimulate sendiri pakai breastpump. Masa pump first tu ada dua tiga titik ja walaupun aku pump 30-60 minit. See how gigih I am. After milk supply dah consistent, aku tak rest pon between that, ikot keselesaan hang dan cukup tak milk tu.

Ni after second session kot, cuba lagi walaupun first buat hampeh tak keluaq apa sangat dapat sakit dan angin saja.

As a mom, I want the best for my son, I tak give up, instead I call my sis and ask for tips. Dia ada add on tips, sambil sambil power pumping tu isi perut, sambil pump sambil makan atau minum. Dengar lagu rileks macam Mozart, tengok gambar anak ka (sebab anak I warded kan). Then kena pump at least dua kali session power pump, tu by my sister. Since my baby is not around, aku buat every two or three hours. Ye tahu gigih hahahha sampai sakit la I tell you sebab tak pandai handle pump lagi. And its good to pump at the same time everyday.

Important notes, kenapa kena pump pada masa yang sama? Sebab signal nak register kat otak dan sampai ke breast, so our brain akan ingat by that time, it need to produce milk. So kena consistent and keep pumping. Lagi kerap pump, lagi banyak susu nanti. Macam business plan, high demand = high supply. Alhamdulillah susu melimpah ruah sampai tak muat peti, terus aku beli double pump dari Arley dan juga freezer !

Power pumping for double pump

1) Pump serentak 10 minit

2) Rehat 10 minutes

3) Pump serentak 10 minit

4) Rehat 10 minutes

5) Pump serentak 10 minit

6) Rehat 10 minutes

Power pumping ni mesti ada break. Boleh buat once or twice per day. Ikut tahap kerajinanan you all. The key is want more, do more. Tapi kalau dah yakin susu banyak boleh terus je pump macam aku sebab yang bestnya Arley pump ni, dia handsfree. Sambil pump macam tak perasan jaa sebab sambil buat kerja. Auto 30 minit dia akan stop, kadang takdan stop susu dah overload melimpah hahaha. So masih ada banyak kan susu. Selalunya aku akan pump 30-60minit. Memang banyak susu sampai 24oz and more dapat sekali pump. Sometimes dapat 15oz, depend waktu bila hang pump. Kalau pump lepas menyusu baby and expect macam pump masa before menyusu memang lain la quantity dia. Ingat brain pon take time to stimulate and produce milk.

Sambil meeting sambil pump, sangat convenient. Dia tak la silent gila tapi orang dalam meeting tak dengar pon hahahah

Seronok bila berjaya =')

Kemain siap ada FIFO. Hahahaha

Actually tak kisah anak minum susu formula atau breastfeeding. Jangan compare dan bagi ibu ibu ni stress okay. Both have good benefit dan mengikut parents jugak. Aku plan nak bagi dia 6 bulan ja, then rezeki alhamdulillah dapat setahun. Setahun lebih Aqil campur dengan susu formula. Aku busy kerja jugak sampai selalu termiss pump session.

Pernah satu masa tu, aku termiss, otw balik rumah dari office tu memang sakit gila aku tak tipu. Berhenti tepi jalan pasang pump hahaha pastu sambung drive. Nak pump ni perlukan a lot of sacrifice and commitment. Masa Aqil kecil, aku bangun 4 or 5 pagi untuk pump everyday nak make sure dia cukup supply. Pump kat office, pump jugak bila balik rumah. Nak basuh pump lagi. Nampak macam senang. Once you experience it, you actually exhausted. But that’s what a mom willing to do for their child benefit. Peace.

Son, no worries, mami enjoy and love the journey of raising you. Never felt it as a burden pon. Never. May you grow up becoming a soleh son and a wonderful person to us and everyone you meet sayang ♥

Yang penting usaha dan do your best, sebanyak mana susu adalah base on how much you pump I am not lying to you. Anything kena belajar, can you imagine if I stop during the first pumping session with no knowledge and think that I don't have milk without even try harder? But glad I didn't do.

Man jadda wajada

"sesiapa yang berusaha (InsyAllah) akan mendapat apa yang diusahakannya."

So, that’s all on the breastfeeding journey. I hope it helps each one of you that still struggling and need information about it. If you have any question or any clarifications, you may contact me personally or comment below. I will happily help to explain with knowledge that I have.

Nota: All sharing here based on my experience, jika terdapat nama product adalah review ikhlas without any sponsorship ya.

Sincerely,

Vanilla Maple