And Then After 6 Months

The biggest achievment for me as a mom that i want to reward myself with something (or should i ask my hubby to reward me?) was finishing Asha's "almost" exclusively breastfed for the past 6 months. Kenapa saya bilang almost exclusively breastfed? Karena alasan ini nih :

- Asha did drink some formulated milk for three days at hospital right after she was born (i don't know how could i be so stupid by letting them gave the formulated milk to Asha?). Walaupun selama 3 hari itu during the day Asha was breastfed tapi waktu malam dia tidur di ruangan bayi karena harus masuk inkubator untuk menjaga tubuh kecilnya tetap hangat. Nah di ruang bayi itulah si suster2 itu minumin susu formula ke Asha. Huhu..

- Asha started her first meal earlier than it supposed to be. Soalnya hari pertama Asha makan itu harusnya adalah 11 Juni 2012, which is hari rabu. Sedangkan hari rabu adalah hari kerja, jadi saya majuin waktu makannya dari hari minggu. Because i wanted to be the first person who gave Asha solid food, i wanted to see her million dollar expressions when i fed her, i wanted to make sure that it was a good experience for her, i wanted to make example for my aunt on how to prepare Asha meal.  

Jadi kayanya Asha ga fully exclusively breastfed, but she almost exclusively breastfed. Hehe.. :D

Then after 6 months struggling with breast pump, cooler bag, calculating ASIP stock in freezer, and so on, ternyata produksi ASI saya cenderung berkurang sodara-sodaraaa. Cari info sana-sini ternyata memang kalo  bayi udah mulai makan, maka produksi ASI akan cenderung berkurang. Huhu.. Paniikk rasanya liat cadangan botol ASIP cuma tinggal 3 biji aja di freezer. When it used to be 15 bottles left on freezer, today it last only 3 bottles. Nangis2 lah saya semalem di depan hubby.

At office i can pump 3 times a day so i can bring 3 bottles of ASIP @100 ml to home. At home i pump one more time and i can get 1 more bottle. But Asha needs 5 bottles a day to fulfil her hunger. I used to get the extra bottles from ASIP stock in freezer. But now, my ASIP stock only 3 bottles left. Sekarang saya benar-benar bingung!

Ditengah2 kebingungan saya (dan hampir menyerah sama susu formula), saya nemuin artikel bagus ini di TUM. The power of pumping! Ternyata dengan niat, semangat, positive thinking, dan usaha mompa tiada henti, produksi ASI bisa meningkat. After i read the article last night together with hubby, we both optimist that i able to provide ASI for Asha. It's all about how i manage my time to pump more often than before. I don't want to give up.Yes i can! 

Hari ini saya langsung praktekin teknik the power of pumping itu. Walaupun ga mungkin bisa mompa sejam sekali, at least saya berusaha untuk meningkatkan frekuensi mompa di kantor. Dari 3 kali (itu pun seringnya cuma jadi 2 kali doang karena keasikan kerja atau browsing) menjadi 4 kali sehari. And i won't let myself to skip the schedule. So far sudah dapt 230 ml hasil dari 3 kali mompa. Mudah2an hari ini dan seterusnya bisa bawa 450 ml ASIP ke rumah. Amiinn..