Breastfeeding, to me, is easy, mudah lagi memudahkan, but it takes lots of sacrifices, and times, and tears as well. Hehe.
To breastfeed or not… itu pilihan masing-masing kan. Over ke tak over ke, itu pun pilihan masing-masing. Ada orang senyap2 je, dan ada orang suka show-off (macam saya). Tapi tak salah kan show off atas benda yang bagus. Hehe. Lagipun, sape nak advertise tentang breastfeeding kalau bukan kita-kita kan.
Most of mothers yang tak dapat BF adalah kerana kekurangan ilmu. Try ask some mothers yang tak dapat BF their first, second or third child tapi berjaya utk the next one… most of them would answer, “Tak cukup/tak ada ilmu”. Bila dah ada ilmu, insya-Allah semuanya dapat ditempuhi. Even mothers with PCOS pun boleh BF. One of them is Makcik Salwa kita.
Kalau tak dapat BF untuk anak sebelum-sebelum ni, jangan susah hati or berasa ‘loser’. Tak ada mak yang taknak bagi anak dia yang terbaik kan. Cuma, mungkin belum rezeki lagi. Benda ni bukan pelik pun dalam kehidupan kita. Tak semua benda berlaku dengan ideal. Macam kita masuk U pun, semua nak berjaya, tapi ada je yang ‘grad awal’ without any sijil….
If you think you really want to BF the next babies, the first step is, carilah ilmu terlebih dulu. Kalau tak nak, nobody will paksa pun.
And I don’t think there is a paksaan to BF. Even if there’s several imams yang put ‘BF is a compulsory (wajib)’ but not for some others, like Imam Syafie. Tak berdosa pun if you don’t BF. Tapi if you tak sembahyang tu berdosa besar 🙂 I BF not because of the pahala or whatnot, no. It is my responsibility, as a mother to give the true food to my babies.
I’d like to share some tips, for BF-moms-wannabe and moms-to-be out there. Just a piece from my experience breastfeeding these 2 heroes.
If you plan to breastfeed, make sure you:
- Learn a lot about breastfeeding, from the right sources. To find the right source ni agak tricky jugak. Sometimes nurse kat klinik pun taktau apa2 tentang exclusive BF (Sori ya nurse..).
- Make good networking with breastfeeding moms. Reading alone won’t help, unless you don’t face many problems to breastfeed during the early days.
- Know what to expect when you breastfeed… Sorenipples, engorgement, etc.
- Know where to go when you face problem. Definitely not your makcik who never breastfeed her babies. Go to LC or any friends who experienced it.
- Smart enough to differentiate between ‘excuses’ to not to BF and the true things those make you fail to BF.
- It’s from you. Say you want to BF. Not you have to BF. Don’t stressing yourself out just because your friends BF, and you don’t want to be called ‘a lousy mother’. Every mother wants to give the very best to her baby, ain’t it?
Things won’t make you fail to breastfeed:
- You don’t produce milk during the first few days. It is perfectly normal.
- You undergo c-section. Kak Fid also a c-sec mom tapi dah dekat 4 tahun BF his lovely Akif.
- You give birth to a boy (There’s a myth says that a baby boy’s mother can’t breastfeed cos the milk won’t meet the baby’s demand). I BF boys, dua2 orang lagi tau. Serentak OK!
- You don’t have ‘urut lancar susu’.
- Your baby has jaundice. Breastmilk jaundice is normal, bukan sebab susu tak serasi dengan baby.
- You don’t produce milk during pregnancy.
- You didn’t do breast and nipple exercise during pregnancy.
- You have small breast.
- You have inverted, flat or small nipple.
- You don’t eat any lactogenic food.
- Your mom, sisters, makciks, bini Penghulu Kampung failed to breastfeed.
- Your baby cries out his lung.
Breastfeeding is…
- Natural BUT needs effort.
- The best beat for your baby.
- Supply vs demand concept. The more the demand, the more the supply.
- A commitment.
- FOR YOU! Yes, YOU!
Breastfeeding is not…
- Only for this and that type of mothers.
- Only for lucky mothers.
- Only for mothers who have normal deliveries.
- Only for mother who claims she wants to give the best for her baby.
- A luck. It’s an effort.
- A magic potion that makes your baby a superhuman.
Are you willing to…
- Keep on breastfeeding despite your baby cries, wind, gets jaundice, unwell, etc.
- Pekakkan telinga, butakan mata on any unsolicited advise.
- Lose good night sleep for night feeding.
- Sacrifice some of your working hours to pump.
- Take a very good care of your food intake to ensure a high quality breastmilk.
- Be in deep worry when your milk supply turns haywire.
- Labelled as this and that, just because you wanna give the best for your baby.
- Fill your freezer EBM stocks.
- Telan anything on Earth to boost up your milk supply.
- Berkejar ke sana sini cari pertolongan when problem arises.
- Perkara yang boleh membawa depresi ialah drop in supply.
- Bring all your pumping gears when you go outstation.
- Have your blouse wet just because you forget your nursing pads.
- Tahan your breast bengkak when the baby is not with you and you don’t bring breastpump and you don’t know how to express by hand!
- Face the ouch! of cracked nipple, engorgement, biting babies, etc.
- Learn.
- Breastfeeding in public.
Do you think you’re ready to breastfeed? Think again (Wah,macam National Geographic plak).
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