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August 6, 2013Before being a mom, I used to squirm at the mention of breastfeeding. The thought of a human being hanging on your boobs all the time made me shiver. At the time, I thought… wow, that’s not normal… and it must hurt a lot! What if the baby bites your nipple off?! And I would see moms breastfeeding in public and thought Oh no… what is that?!
So throughout pregnancy I was pretty freaked out with how I’d be when it’s my turn to breastfeed. I didn’t know if I could bring myself to do it, as well… I’m sorry, I know it’s supposed to be a beautiful thing, but to a non-mom it’s just a foreign concept having liquid come out of there and someone having a meal in that region.
A few minutes after I gave birth, the midwife comes to me with the baby and goes “Ok, time to breastfeed.”
What?!! So soon?! I just showed you my hoohaa now you want to see my boobs too?!!
After I realised it’s just her job to teach me how to breastfeed, the shame just went away. She’s pretty much seen all of me anyway, what’s one more thing added to that list… sigh.
I stayed only one night in the hospital after Daniel was born and the nurse comes in every few hours to make me breastfeed. Worse than police…
And everytime I tried, Daniel would just turn away from it. He would clamp his lips tight leaving me with rejection worse than my puppy love breakups.
“Why don’t you want me?!!” I would ask him desperately. He gives me his ‘sombong’ face and just closes his eyes.
Well, I did some reading and apparently the first few days the baby won’t want to eat much because it’s still got food in him from when you were pregnant. I kind of get it though.. The last day of pregnancy, I had dim sum, pasta, chatime, McDonalds, mee kari…. All that combined would knock anyone out for a few days, I guess. I don’t blame him for not wanting me. I wouldn’t want plain old milk after all those yummy dishes either.
On the 4th day… my god!!!
All he wanted was to just hang off me! He wanted to drink a llllllll the time making me unable to do anything else… like eat or shower. My sister even calls me Boobs now because that’s all I’m good for these days. Haha. I wish I can train him into having a proper meal routine, but because he’s still so tiny (and just so cute) I don’t have the heart to ignore him when he cries for food.
So since I’m breastfeeding all the time, please knock on the door before you come in to my room. You wouldn’t want to see things you don’t want to see. Haha.
When I’m out in public, I’ve got this nursing cover to protect people from a scary image.
Eleanor nursing covers from FV (sold out so fast, we’ll restock more soon)
But when I’m desperate and I can’t find my nursing cover… I bring attractive to a whole new level.
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Marc Jacobs Fall Winter?? Sigh.
As my sil would say, hantu momok in the house.
Classic— hantu momok! Hahaha
Doing great mommy!
lawak la hantu momok…tp baby cmtu le asik melekat “ngempeng” aje..
even my 2yo son pun ada masa suka la “ngempeng” and sometimes dia leh request “nak *e*ek”…
Good Job mommy!
You are always so funny and entertaining. You can also use a shawl as the cover, that way you don’t look so ‘momok’….anyway, thank you for this post, so others are encouraged to also breastfeed and don’t feel awkward to do it in public. Good job.
vivy, why do you cover yourself when you breastfeed at home/car? hehe bcoz i dont 😛
Haha, I know the feeling!!
When they show you their tiny face its like *melt*
My twins are 7 months old now and let me tell you …. they only get MORE DEMANDING!
I’m worst than a cow now pumping milk at work for my baby. Came back from work – direct feed baby.. Breastfeeding is a Tough job that requires a lot of patience but all worth it when seeing your baby growing healthily. He’s now 8 months with good anitbodies. Don’t give up on breastfeeding, it’s a wonderful journey. Besides, dalam Al-Quran bertulis sebaik-baiknya menyusukan anak sehingga 2 tahun.. If hospital advice you to give formula *in some cases baby don’t gain sufficient weight * just don’t listen, instead try to take supplements that could help the quality of breast milk. I experienced a lot of ups and down but never ever give up 😉 ignore people looking at you with the nursing cover or the hantu momok style hehe my baby now rejects the nursing cover, he’ll just flick it over and walaaaa my boobies is there to be watched by passer by. Embarrassed? very much but keep a straight face and move on…
Auwww tq… But did u face sore nipple or engorgement or susu x byk ? Any tips for us.. Pls share wz us also
I had exactly the same feeling and experience! !!
Felt so weird to think about breastfeeding prior to the arrival of the baby.
And yeah totally understand thesombong face of refusal. My lil boy took me b**bs only after day 8, hysterically macam kena paksa makan racun haishhh, but once he got the hang of it he clinged like there’s no tomorrow !! Still a clingy 2.5 y.o, thats how powerful breastfeeding can be. Cant complain. I love being needed !!
Well done vivy, and may Allah give u strength through the ups and downs of bf journey. It does get rocky at times.
This is the first of your posts that got me laughing out loud
U shud pump while he is asleep.. Hhaha thing that I regret because one u get back to work susu kurang. Stress at work.. Baru kelam kabut makan macam2 to add more milk. Yes very satisfying because her antibodies is tip top alhamdulliah. 8th months now sekali je demam 🙂
hahahaaha funny mommy
What a coincidence.. Reading this post while breastfeeding my 1y/o baby girl.. 🙂
One more thing..while he’s having it..u don’t realize that u’re staring at him on every second.. until tibe2 rase sengal kat tengkuk 🙂
Alhamdulillah. Welcome to breasstfding. Glad that your first time of BF Daniel was an easy experience.Mine which was 8 years ago wasnt a smooth sailing experience. Nevertheless, having a strong support from my hubby and having read books on breastfeeding made my breastfeeding a success. Hope you will get to BF him until he is 2years old. Just dont stop reading more on BF .
ini memang kelakar.
last picture — saya gelak menggila!
haha!!
Hi.. Vivy u beli that baby cot yg mcm tu? Tq for sharing..
I had the same experience. they said it’s totally normal when u have a baby boy cuz they tend to drink more than girls, kinda explain how sons are normally closer to their mothers.. just maybe la..
anyway, keep on nursing him, I’m sure he prefers the best one from his mummy! take care vivy, lots of love for Daniel
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