20th
Keeping the production up
*Geeezz* i donno how u SAHMs can manage to blog (frequently summore), coz i totally cannot mengadap my lappie for merely a minute! (my elder dotter baru kena hangin dgn mama dia coz she kept pressing the power button, and the littlest one is sleeping soundly in the sling right now. And that’s how i manage to create this entry *phew*)
A friend texted me last week asking my opinion on buying a new breastpump. Of course i *pungpangpungpang* on FS hehe, but a few days later she texted me again. She did some homework, and came across a blog that the mommy (using FS) managed to stock up 200 packets of bm! *terrer*terrer* (suspen dgr sebenarnya) coz right now, i only manage to express a packet of between 2.5oz-3.5oz bm a day. 40th confinement day today, 40 packets of bm in freezer. Hmm, regret a bit that i didn’t religiously pump during the first 2 weeks, as my production was crazy 5oz everytime that time, and now it has settled to an average 3oz each session, i guess that’s dj’s intake every meal time.
Anyway, i foresee that expressing would be more stressful during office hours (going back to work in few weeks time *yikes*), so i’m listing out some bmilk-inducing food/drinks for future reference, compiled from readings from other blogs/books. I welcome more input on this from y’all. Only food ok! (tahu nk mkn saje skarang ni, hehe):
- Fenugreek/halba (Very famous bmilk-inducing herb. Ppl took it in tablet form)
- Milo/Horlicks (i’m drinking milo like drinking plain water during this confinement period, seriously. i’m hungry almost every second! And anything chocalatey is my fav :))
- Barley
- Milk
- Oats
- Yogurt
- Lobak putih
- Air mata kucing
- Air longan
- Sardine
- Soya bean
- Betik muda (ke pucuk betik??)
- Habatus sauda
- Kucai
- Jantung Pisang
- Sawi
- Spinach / bayam
- Dates / kurma
- Water chestnut / sengkuang cina
- Longan + kurma
- And this is special…found this at JJ myself. Hot choc with fenugreek. Sedappp sgt!! Suppose to be diabetic drink, but since it contains fenugreek (and most importantly, it’s CHOCOLATE) so i guess it must be bmilk inducing too. i’m adding this to my list definitely! ;)
