Agreed!!! Full Breastfeed really can shed off weight. No matter how much u ate, u will not easy to gain weight. But it's a really suffer time for the 1st few mths. not enough sleep and no time to rest too..    As long as seeing our bb is healthy, how much tired is still worth it.. (i'm breastfeed for 18mths)

Just to remember, during confinement drink lots fluid b'cos breasfeeding mom will required more water to produce our breast milk, less carbo food and oily food if u wish to slim down fast.

Ya, true. but BF will more suffer than bottle feeding.. u might need to wake up every 2 or 3 hours while bottle feeding.. but BF may need to wake up every hour..

I think it's safe to say that ..once you got kids..there goes your sleep

a friend who's also a mother told me that at night don't give milk, just give warm water. soon the baby will learn not to cry for milk in d middle of the night. Anybody heard this or something similar to this..?

In terms of producing milk, these are the pointers for first-timer:

1) Upon delivering, try to latch baby on as soon as you can.  However, pls bear in mind that milk usually comes in about 4 - 7 days upon delivering.  It may also vary to certain women.
2) Especially for the first 1-2 months, try only direct bf as milk has yet to establish.  From my experience, I pumped during the 1st month and exactly 1 month - i had no milk.
3) A friend told me to drink fennel seeds tea or fenugreek seeds tea.  Just boil the seeds and drink it religiously twice a day.  I tried this when i had no milk (no 2) and it worked.
4) demand = supply..hence the more demand, it will signal your body to produce more milk.
5) Forget the confinement rule that one shouldn't drink water - once when you breastfeed..you need to drink loads of liquid!  you'll automatically feel thirstier than normal.

As for the jamu part.. i have no idea as I don't take jamu.  However, please bear in mind that whatever you eat or drink ..it may affect your milk.  so be very careful.

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Added on February 26, 2011, 11:47 amanother thing..to make bf successful, try not to give any bottle/nipple or pacifier as some babies may get nipple confusion and then they may not be able to suckle from your breast efficiently.