Our breastfeeding journey - Part 1 - Preparing

Yup. Our breastfeeding journey... The reason I used our is because it takes two to breastfeed successfully and Lucas and I have been a great team thus far. Before I delivered Lucas, I have never thought that I would have gone this far with breastfeeding. I am quite ignorant on this subject back then. I believe my ignorance actually helped me with today's achievement. Although, I don't encourage mummies to be ignorant like I was. The reason I mentioned ignorance helped me, is because, I tend to think and consider too much if and when I have too much info. I still remember my only preparation for breastfeeding was a short talk with mummy Shu-Yin on the subject before I delivered. I remembered clearly she said to me "breastfeeding is not as easy as it is stated on brochure. It takes a lot of determination and perseverance." With that in mind, this journey began.

Preparation

Breast pump : Evenflo Simply Go

I didn't know about pumps or know how to buy a pump. Nobody in my family breastfed before, except for my grandmas who don't use pumps back then. It was my husband who actually bought the pump for me after he did some comparison. He was at the US during my second trimester. So, he read online that being a stay-at-home-mum, I don't require an expensive and powerful pump. He bought me my very first pump.

It was battery operated. It was portable. It has very little parts & very easy to clean. 

20pcs storage bottles
Storage : Bumble Bee PP Breastmilk Bottle

I bought 20 storage bottle from bumble bee... And 20pcs was all I had and needed. I was very lucky that these bottles actually fit my pump perfectly. I don't have the hassle of pouring them over to a new bottle after I pump.

2 boxes of disposable breast pad

Regretted buying these as I never used them. I find them really uncomfortable and pricky on my sensitive nipples. I ditched them after using 2 pcs.

Breastfeeding friendly confinement centre

This was one of my worst experience because Lucas contracted conjunctivitis due to their negligence. The whole centre was closed down as they fail to take measures to contain the disease. Eventhough it happened months before and still is spreading to other babies, they tried to cover up & children, babies and adults who visited the centre contracted the disease as well. Long story short, it was terrible.

More on my journey in next post... :)