Few months before I give birth to my 2nd son, I'm determine to EBF him as long as he wants! I had this regret - that I just bf my first born for 2 1/2 months, when I go back to work, I stop :(
Maybe one reason is lacked of information, so I keep myself informed and thanks to my friends' support, they even joined me to BF Pinay group and I learned a lot.
I had this conversation with my brother, he asked me what 's the milk of my bunso (yes it's our bunso since I opted to tubal ligation already) then I said, he is breastfed and his reaction was "sabagay tipid iyan, libre pa..." Then I go back to work and heard the same sentiments and I bet to disagree, libre nga ba?
1. I bought electric pump to ensure my milk supply even if I'm at work. I just bought the single pump (cost less than double pump), but now I wish I just bought the double pump, to save time (since I just had to squeeze my pumping time to my break time)
2. Conventional bra is no good when I breastfeed baby, so I bought a nursing bra.
3. Leaking breast is inevitable, I bought nursing pads,
4. I will carry my breastmilk from office to house, need to keep it cool. I bought breastmilk storage bottles, insulated/cooler bag, ice packs.
5. Sometimes our travel time is so long and my breasts are already full, need to pump while travelling. I bought rechargeable batteries.
6. Oops, I need to cover while breastfeeding baby in public, I bought nursing covers (but this is good for about 3 months only, baby is irritated now when there 's cover haha)
7. I need to wear 2 clothes, sando inside and loose clothing on top (at least my top breast is still covered as well as my tummy when baby is drinking my milk) I bought nursing top and other loose blouse and padded sando
8. Need to clean everything before going to work, need to sterilize my pumping kit, bottkes and all. I bought a sterilizer.
Now, who says it's free?
Update 10/2/2015
9. Need to boost my milk supply, specially when I'm stressed, I bought capsules (moringana, Natalac) to help boost my milk, oatmeal, oatmeal cookies and drink Milo haha (Milo everday!)
