My Breastfeeding Story

MG of Mothering Times has a new feature on her blog for mothers to share their breastfeeding stories. She hopes that these stories can provide information and inspiration to new moms who are struggling with breastfeeding. MG herself had a difficult time breastfeeding her children and she drew inspiration from reading about breastfeeding stories of other moms online.

She is inviting moms to share their stories and inspire others. If you'd like to contribute please feel free to e-mail your breastfeeding story to mumsgather@gmail.com

I, on the other hand, have been blessed with milk enough to feed triplets and babies who didn't give their mom a hard time suckling at her breast. I shared my breastfeeding story over at MG's and I do hope you'll hop over for a read. Thank you from the bottom of my breast...I mean heart.

Are Girls Natural Multitaskers?

When I breastfeed my girl recently, she HAS to have something in her hand, usually a toy. When she wants her fix, she'll come to me and say "merck na", then she'll run to the nearest toy, grabs it and positions herself in my arms. While she feeds, she'll be fiddling around with her toy. It has got me thinking that maybe multitasking is something innate in the female homosapien species. It was so different with my boy. For him it was a touch-and-go, no-time-to-waste kind of thing. I was like a quick filling station to him. So, ya, I think girls are natural multitaskers. I would call myself a multitasker too. In the kitchen sometimes, I'd wash dishes while stir-frying my veggies and boiling something else. At the computer sometimes, I'd be paying the bills, while breastfeeding my girl. One day I'd like to try blogging and breasfeeding my girl while doing a bungee jump....think that's possible?

That's her with her chosen toy, getting ready for her 'merck'. I think she's planning to take some wonderful X-rated shots of my breast.

Human Milk For Human Babies

Human Milk For Human Babies, what a great organisation! And now there's a Malaysian chapter. I just discovered this through a good friend who facilitates with this network. What they do is basically get mothers who have excess breastmilk to share with other mothers in need of breastmilk for their babies. During the first 6 months of when I had both my kids, I had a HUGE stash of breastmilk, enough to feed triplets. I felt really blessed but didn't know who to give them to. Family and friends didn't want them - they kind of gave me a look of dismay when I asked and then tried to laugh it off. I even checked with a paediatrician friend if there was a milk bank somewhere, and she said what they usually do in the government hospitals is to just ask the mothers to share among their family members. So, what did I do with all the liquid gold I had - throw them ALL away. Wah so "sum thong" (heartache in cantonese). In some cases where babies are premature and are more susceptible to infections, especially in the early days, breastmilk can save lives. So, calling all mothers out there, check out Human Milk For Human Babies and start sharing!