Testimony by Khor Tze Shin - mother of two
Why I decided to tandem nurse?Only 1 reason- I want to keep my promise to my 1st child. I'll let him wean off by himself. My son was still enjoy breastfeeding during my 2nd pregnancy. He was 22 months when I realized that I was pregnant. People around me keep on asking me to stop breastfeeding but both of us were not ready for that yet. It's more than feeding as most people thought. It's a bonding between 2 of us.
Nursing during pregnancyIt was really a hard time for me. Most breastfeeding mom experience cracked nipples, right? Due to hormone changes, I felt very painful for every single suction, like what my friend said- cut by knife. Heard scary, but when we are determine, nothing can stop us. After sometimes, when I got used to it, or maybe other reason, I felt much better. Just that my son was big enough during that time. He just suck for comfort. I did ask him, how's the taste of the milk? The answer was yummy! One day, I tried to hand express some breastmilk to see. It was not milk anymore. It was yellowish clear sticky liquid- colostrum but a bit different from the colostrum that I got after giving birth. This was much slimy. I was so glad that my son managed to get second dose of colostrum in his life. ;)
Nursing after birthAnother challenge for me. People around me tried to convince me to stop again. My excuse to continue was I scared that my son will get jealous & bully the baby. Actually it's true. At the beginning, I tried to feed them separately & always give the priority to my baby girl. However, when it comes to bed time. My son would be frustrated waiting for nursing. Ended up I nursed them together. Although a bit hard in positioning at the beginning but after a while, I just need to let my baby latch on 1st, then my son will get his own position. It is the most precious moment when i see two of my kids nurse together. They looked so close to each other. Another good thing is, when came to engorgement, my son will helped me to suck out all the milk. Much better than breastpump!
Milk supply in tandem nursingI keep on reminding myselves- supply=demand. So far, enough for 2 of them. I only express for my baby. So, tandem nursing actually help me to increase my supply coz more stimulations. Thanks to my son.
My feeling about tandem nursingI love it! Worth trying & no regret when seeing both of my children grow up healthily & happily.
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