Breastfeeding Advise

Question

Hi mommies! Need advise. Im a full time mom and a businesswoman. Kakapanganak ko lang sa 2nd baby ko nung march 13 and EBF po si baby. Ngayon need ko ng sana ng advise if okay na ba magpump ng milk para kay baby? Actually ayoko pa munang magpump. Gusto ko pang lubusin ung pag papaunli latch ko kay baby. Since di ako nakapagpabreastfeed sa first born ko, gusto ko sana magEBF ako sa second baby ko. Ang kaso lang kontra lagi parents ko (especially mother ko) kesyo para daw di ko daw laging buhat si baby at makagawa pa daw ako ng ibang gagawin. Ang akin lang kasi ayoko mawala pa yung bonding naming magina. Since parang 1st time ko ulit dahil 7 years old na ang panganay ko. May mga nabasa din ako na kapag once na nagbottle feed na si baby e yun na yung madalas hahanapin niya. Nagaalangan din ako baka humina supply ko ng milk kapag nagstart ako magpump. Any advise mga mommies.

Tere SC · Accepted Answer

Hi mommy. Unfortunately, its usually our well-intentioned but misinformed loved ones ang unang nagdi-discourage sa atin para i-exclusive breastfeed ang ating mga anak 😔 Anyways, not recommended po sana ang magpump 6 weeks post-partum due to prone sa oversupply and mastitis (unstable pa kasi milk supply natin during this time). Pero kung hindi na rin pala makaka-unlilatch si baby dahil you need to work, then I guess it cant be helped. Hindi naman po mawawala o hihina ang milk supply nyo kapag nagpump kayo, but you do need to pump on regular intervals kapag hindi kayo magkasama ni baby. Dapat at least every 3 hrs ay magpump kayo to signal your body that it needs to produce milk. Based on Supply and Demand po ang kasi ang milk production natin, so our body produces the amount of milk that is being drained/ consumed from it. Kaya humihina ang milk supply natin kapag nagbigay na ng formula milk kasi lets say you give 2oz of fm to baby, then thats 2oz less of bm na hindi na nya ico-consume and therefore hindi na ipoproduce ng katawan natin.Tama rin po na not recommended ang paggamit ng bottles and artifical nipples para maiwasan ang nipple confusion. Cupfeeding po ang recommended but this would require lots of patience and support sa maiiwang tagapag-alaga ni baby. Kung sa parents nyo po maiiwan si baby, at hindi sila supportive to EBF your baby ay mukhang magiging extra challenging po ito para gusto nyo. Cupfeeding video: https://youtu.be/OkhSJ16FHfY?si=Lcy807mzblT0urIrI highly recommend po na magjoin kayo sa FB grp na Breastfeeding Pinays for proper education and support group on breastfeeding ☺️ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/breastfeedingpinays/)