My breastfeeding journey

I am a breastfeeding cum working mom for two. One is a 2.5 year old toddler and another one has just celebrated her first birthday.
I was a Exclusive pumping (EP) mother for one year for my elder daughter. I maintained my supply by pumping every 4 hours everyday even when I was in work.

Then I stopped when I was pregnant again. As for now, I pump every 4 hours once during day time or when my daughter is not with me. I let her direct latch at night.

Thanks god that I manage to maintain the supply since her birth until now. I am glad that my milk are able to supply my two girls and one baby boy whose age is near to my younger daughter.

You may wonder how am I able to pump at work? I have 3 understandable colleagues in the office cubicle. There is a fridge for me to keep my freemie and my ebm too.

As a breastfeeding mom, I will bring around my pump, my freemie, my icepack where ever I go. I pump anywhere whenever it reaches my pumping time.

I pumped in the car, at starbucks, MCD, KFC etc. I am able to pump around 5 oz for each side for every pumping.

My pumping schedule is 5:30 am, 10am, 2 pm, 6:30 pm, night dl.

Don't I feel tired to pump as schedule everyday? I feel contented when I notice that my two daughters are healthy and less sick. Then how tired also worthy.

My elder daughter drink the ebm like drinking plain water. When they are fever or sick, I believe that BM is the best medicine.

What do I have to maintain such supply? Well, I eat everything. I do drink some coffee too. But to me, drinking a lot of fluid is important to maintain the supply. At least 2 litres per day.

I drink oat milk or overnight oat in the morning, milo for tea time, a lot of soup. I also put some fenugreek powder in my drink and chia seed in my plain water.

My milk booster? I will say cheese cake, pork knuckle, red bean soup and black bean soup..

This is the best food in the world that I can give my daugthers. It is the precious gift for them. In order to keep the memories forever, I used my extra BM to make soap and breast milk jewelry.

I know that this pumping and DL experience is just a stage for me and my daughter. I really precious the moment with them.

Oh ya, a supportive husband and family members are important too. So all the father out there, why not buy a gift to reward your wife in this Mother's day?

DIY breast milk jewelry set will enlighten your wife as a token of appreciation. :)

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