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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, admittedly, has been tougher with baby Alexander (compared with Aidan). Alexander, just like Aidan, had no problem latching on since his birth at Mount Alvernia hospital. I recalled he was all so tiny, wrapped/swaddled up like a cocoon when he was in the hospital. The nurses were helpful in bringing him for breast milk every 3 hours or so. Invested in the Korean Spectra S1 pump (kind advice given by colleague Karen). The first 3 nights post discharge from hospital was tough as I was co-sleeping with Alexander & was breastfeeding him almost constantly! The tough part was him not sleeping whenever I tried putting him down onto the Lucky Baby's Dreemee co-sleeping cot. Hubby ordered The First Few Years' travel co-sleeper & some nights became much better! I started pumping out on 4 April 2019 (8th day from Alexander's birth) & yielded 80ml (had to pump because we had to attend Aidan's FIRST prize-giving ceremony at St Stephen's for him...
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The Arrival of Alexander Tan Jia Yang 陈佳陽

29 March 2019 Hubby had picked me up from my Company’s Townhall at Changi Cove around 6:00pm. Actually thought water bag burst during Townhall during rehearsal at around 3ish-pm. Met Aidan for our usual sumptuous Korean dinner at Katong V after Aidan’s Wang Learning weekly Friday lesson. came Thought what felt like contractions around 8ish-pm, but was not entirely sure (thought tummy was upset/bloated from the sumptuous Korean dinner). Went to poo & took a shower. Laid sideways on the bed to manage the tummy upset, but nagging feeling to start timing contractions via the app (at hubby's advice). Whoa, contractions were coming at 5-minutes intervals, each lasting around 4-5 minutes. The app alerted that it is best to head to the hospital! Gosh, my hospital bag was not fully packed (procrastinator me!) Had slight difficulty in walking & needed Liza's help to accompany me in the lift to the car. Had some show while seated at the back of the car seat. It was probabl...
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