stupidbump, if u're chinese u can take a look of the confinement recipe for bf mummy in post #1... if u're malay they say drink lobak putih soup if indian i dunno le... qarezma, u know of any?

stuoidbump, is it reddish? like ur skin harden?

mine had to remove thru a surgery, its blocked milk, horrible. trauma until now!

hehehe...just keep a lookout..as nicKit say..direct bf may alleviate this.

stupidbump, you may try the below to see if it works as well?

Ask u r wife to massage the sore area frequently and firmly, starting at the outside of the breast and working your way toward the nipple.
Applying warm towel before nursing can help open the ducts and relieve pain and swelling.

stupidbump, tried direct bf liao? baby is the best breastpump...

i think i'm a bf addict... i'll go "not again" if i c any fm advertisement... should i do something meaningful like becoming a peer counselor? anyone knows how to become one? wat is the criteria?

My bb do pee & poo quite freq everyday.. Hope this is a good sign that he's drinking enuff.. I dont mind feeding him often just had enuff of nagging n doubting from cl n mil..
Btw i found that the side which my boy always latch on will produce more milk than the side which i always pump.. Is any1 facing this?
My left nipple is crack so i used to pump it out only, n i let my boy DL on the right breast all this while..
Sigh, as per my mil she wan us to focus on work 1st as baby will keep us awake at nitetime so she dowan us to bring baby back with us when i start work..my mil is still workin so baby send to nanny at daytime, nitetime only she'll take care of him.. Regarding this, even my hb oso support her..pity my boy cant be with his parents.. i'll be sad to be force to leave him like this..
Im scare too that my boy will get used to sleepin with granny instead of his parents.. 8mths is a LONG time.. even though this is only my 2nd wk of confinement so i still have 1mth plus to keep him by myside but sometimes thinking that i'll leave him here after i start work makes me cry.. =(

Hi everyone,

I am currently 20 weeks pregnant and was reading up on breast feeding when I found this thread. Ooh, lucky me. There is so much positiveness and informative stuff here. Probably will come back later when nearer to EDD.

I just wanna ask that during the confinement period, for chinese, new moms will be fed rice wine, brandy, etc mixed with their meals? Won't this affect the breast milk fed to the baby?

I was chatting bout confinementlans with my mom when this thought came out and unfortunately, my mom has never breast fed. 

Thanks. Have a great day