engorged

Last nite after i was done with the entry, mum popped by to bringus after-dinner snack... my poor mum isnt feeling very well but she cooked meesua for us, gx and me. the smell of the soup filled my room and the warmth of the bowl of the homemade snack - fish and kidney messua was very yummy... gx enjoyed this bowl of meesua watching the ending of Sister Keeper... which i tried not to watch... taking peeks at time but i didnt want to cry or feel sad so i tried not to watch...

after the meesua, i wasnt done... mum still had another bowl of soup for me. She had specially brewed it for me once she left the hospital, hit home, she worked on my next meal. i am very thankful to my mum and her love, concern, worried about my health, providing me the best so i can recover well thru the food she prepares for me.

Gx was suppose to send her home then head back with all the basket of chicken essense and birdnest we received thru the day... but the nurse pushed the baby in and mum didnt want me without support in the room and she sneaked away... taking cab on her own... baby did latched on well but when i changed sides, she went on it for awhile and broke into a super loud cry! We got the nurse to settle her cos she won't try again and won't stop crying... This little one, doesnt like it dark in the room but lights were on... She doesnt like the room too cold... but she was in for quite awhile... She doesnt like to be in soiled diapers at all - so that could be the reason!

So when baby went back to the nursery to be under the blue lighting... gx head home to see our baby R and to unload stuff.... called home at 10.30pm, baby R said she was eating pear... i told her no fruits at such late hours... cos i didnt want her to have tummy ache! Told her to sleep early cos i will be heading home tomolo and she said Yes mimi... She used to shout Yes mimi but since baby A came along she mellowed down to hear what i say to her... miss seeing her cheerful face but not the rascal behaviour... fingers X!

I was glad i managed to get Gx before he left the house cos i was lying in bed in pain! my breasts felt so engorged and i told him no way i can wait till getting home to express the milk! still i couldnt wait for him to be bac in the hospital, i called for the nurse. She suggested lending me the electric pump they have to express the milk to relieve my pain... i was so relieved to hear that. Gx came in and was surprise to see me expressing and baby came in not after him. so i fed baby A the side i hadnt express and then instead of latching her the other side, the nurse helped me feed her with the milk i had jus expressed.

Got another empty bottle from the nurses cos i was still so engorged and i managed to pump out another 30ml after the 25ml i first gave the nurse! still i feel so hard after expressing that i arranged with the nurse that i want to see the lactation consultant before i leave the hospital! i had difficulty sleeping cos the breast felt so hard still and painful. woke up a couple of time thou baby was going be fed with the milk i expressed... couldnt help worrying if she had enough and by 4am+ woken up by the heavy downpour, feeling so engorged, i pressed the bell for the nurse and the bottle came for me to express and i managed to express another 30ml, feeling relieved for awhile and then again so painful and the breast felt so hard i couldnt lie down cos somehow lying down made it really unbearable.... so i started typing.

Happy i have better milkflow than my 1st round but i am now worried if i had expressed too late and leading to some problems of engorgement... sure hope jaudice is reduced and baby can head home with us... also before we head home later, it was good gx brought the pumps here cos last nite i got a container from the nurse that we need to pay for and also a box of tablets to sterlise the pumps that hadnt been used for 2 years... then we realise the shield for pump i used isnt good and need a replacement! the pump we bought over from my fren B was much newer thou it was 1 or 2 years older than my set cos she hardly used it and she got herself a dual pump and i was glad to be the owner of her single pump to make my a pair now!

hope the consultation will solve me engorged problem... gog home soon in another few hours... told the nurses that came in thru the night and jus this wee morning, the many thanks i had to express to them cos they are all so sweet... so calm, so willing to do their part to make our stay comfortable and so pampered with their help. I need to be grateful to Gx for allowing me to have such treatment after giving birth staying on the level 5 premium single like before even thou he now shoulders the payment fully by himself... for this level we had to top up more and also its charging alittle more than 2 years ago... not sure of the nurses on other level but seeing some familiar nurses we had 2 years ago and some remembered us and also new nurses, i am grateful to all the help we were given. told the nurses they will be badly missed the moment i step out of the hospital...