Been 6 weeks now and milk supply may have reached a steady stage. Honestly i haven't been extremely diligent ie pump after every feed, perhaps it's less stress as there were less people who antagonises me during confinement as such flow may not be overly abundant but sufficient for storage.
This round neither have i really been eating the confinement food.ie not much wine.. Particularly the black chicken with hard liquor which intoxicates me without fail. Having gone through 3 births, i realised that the key thing is to make sure that my diet is filled with veg, fish and meat. Chicken with red rice wine (4 bottles + 1 small bottle of Benedictine Dom) consumed this round was lesser and so was pork knuckles. To help with the milk flow, it is important to consume loads of oat. Breakfast is usually quaker oat with manuka honey and berries and of course not forgetting milk and essence of chicken.
Not sure if there is a direct correlation between food and milk quality, my milk quality may not be as rich yellow, which contains loads of fat, compared to my previous delivery. However Natanael is a huge drinker and at 6 weeks his weight went up to 5.29kg, which places him in the P75 category. He is relatively chubby now and we can tell that he is gaining muscular mass with his consumption pattern. Post 1 month he no longer poops in the middle of the night. So helper was able to sleep throughout. As for feeds, after his last feed at 9pm, he wakes up at 1 and 3/4am for subsequent feeds.
Other than diet, i am a strong believer that confinement is a period for one to perspire to lose the additional weight. As such, my confinement month of 40 days passed without aircon nor fan. Of course this does not mean that you'll stink. Personal hygiene is extremely important. I showered twice a day and change whenever i suffer from the onset of perspiration. it may be the combination of the perspiration, diet and postnatal massage coupled most importantly with the daily wrap with bengkung at the abdomen.. well i am pretty much close to my original figure pre natal. So losing weight is kinda less stressful too. Hopefully i can maintain the tenacity and upkeep the flow when i return to work.
