jaundice n BF story

my BF room

hi.

hmm..setelah panjang lebar entry yang lepas, i nak sambung story after delivery plak.hehe.

oh ye.sofea tengah tidur..wan dia dodoi2kan.
Syiokla tu anak mommy.hehe. Hari ni sofea asyik meragam je. Biasala kot, umur dah sebulan. Hehe. Btw, memang bukan senang being in motherhood life ni. It's a continuous learning process and teaches me a lot about patience.

ok back to the story. At Ampang Puteri SH, we stayed in single-bedded room for 3days 2 nights. (package). Saje tak nak discharge awal2. kasi elok sket luka-luka tu n dapat rooming in dgn sofea.

I memang sgt exhausted after gave birth so i spent time utk relax2 sementara menunggu pihak nursery hantar sofea to my room.
Bilik tu bes jugakla..ada privacy. Mylocx tido kejap2 kat sofa, kejap2 kat katil ngan i..(kihkih). Bila bosan, i baca paper ke, tengok tv ke, main sms ke.hehe.

We have to go through tough times jugakla kat hospital tu...those sleepless nights memang menguji kesabaran. Maklumlah, jaga baby yg baru umur 1 2 hari. Memang hanya kami berdua saja utk jaga sofea.hehe.
Setiap 2 jam sekali kena breastfeed sofea. I memang penat sgt tapi demi baby, tak kisahla kan.

Unfortunately, on day 3, sofea kena jaundice and have to be warded. Bacaan agak tinggi (13).
Pendekkan cerita, 2 hari kena warded baru boleh discharge. Sofea tinggal kat nursery masa kena jaundice tu. Every 2 or 3 hours camtu, nursery call asking me to breastfeed sofea. So just imagine, memang tak lena tidur la kan malam2 tu. Memang dah takde istilah tidur nyenyak di tengah malam lagi even up until now. hehe.

I also experienced breast engorgement masa hari keempat kat sana. Sampai rasa nak demam gitu. So nurse kata there's no other way to treat it other than expressing the breast milk. Nurse pun bagila hotpack utk tuam and bile dah lega sket, i have to manually expressing it. Sebaikla nurse tunjuk the right way, so senang sikit. And kena continue tuam n express lagi. Bila area around areola tu dah lembut, baru boleh guna electric breastpump. Barula tak sakit part tu. Wahh bila dah keluar semua milk yg terkumpul tu rasa lega sangat. Barula i tau, kalo tak keluarkan susu yg dah beku and terkumpul tu, baby nak suck pun dapat sikit je. Kiranya tak cukup minum la.
Dan selagi tak dikeluarkan, selagi tula mommy akan rasa bengkak and sakit2.
Time tu adala 2 3 org mommies yg bengkak susu jugak. Jangan main2..breast engorgement sakit btol tau. Boleh sampai demam2. Ada kes lain plak kurang susu. Itu i tak sure cane nak treat. Kena makan kobis n lobak putih kot..and adalah some tips lagi. Kena rajin google la. hehe. So sapa2 yg nak breastfeed tu kena ready la mental n physical. hehe. Banyakkan membaca and bertanya.

Baby yg kena jaundice is advisable to drink a lot of breast milk. (kalo BF la). Sbb tu i have to keep on giving her as much milk as possible. Tapi masalahnya, baby jaundice ni agak lemah and selalu ngantuk je. So dia malas nak sucking walaupun lapar. Caranya?..kenala main2 skit, geletek2 skit, usap2 sket to keep her awake and minum byk2..;p Lama jugakla every BF. Selagi tak sampai 45 minit cmtu nurse advise suruh continue lagi BF. Challenging btol.

So after 2 hari Sofea kena warded barula boleh discharge. Lama jugakla kami berkampung kat hospital tu. Tapi selesa, so tak kesahla. Hehe. Keluar je hospital, we stayed for 1 night kat rumah mylocx's aunty. Esoknya barulah balik Sg.Besar.

sofea' nursery. The BF room is on the left. Ala, pintu belah kiri ni haa. hehe.

time breastfeed sofea. tengokla asyik tidur je. hehe.

So okla. i nak makan la. Lapaq! Oh btw, bear in mind, if u breastfeed ur baby, u'll be constantly hungry. Hehe. Tata.

p/s: BF mommies-buy disposable or washable breast pads. u're gonna need those!