Life as a new mother is really not easy.
Not sure whether it's the fact tt Athena was only abt 37 ++ weeks when she decided to arrive upon the world. She has very severe jaundice. During my hospital stay, only had one day of UV treatment and her reading went down to 9.3 so we were allowed to brought her home. But 3 days later during a follow-up review, her reading went up to as high as 15.9... doc advised us to put her back to the UV treatment. Not sure whether it's hormones or maternal instinct but i cried buckets when i heard tt. As i'm keen to breastfeed, i decided to stay with her. Due to cost reason, we opt for a 4-bedded. Tat day was extremely stressful. As Athena will be only wearing diapers and put on a cover/eye block to protect her eyes. She keeps crying as she felt extremely uncomfortable .. when she cried, mummy here cried too... :( that was a tiring period... in the end, after discussion with hubby, we decided tt i will discharge and let baby stayed on so tt we wont disrupted the treatment with my breastfeeding. I took a painful decision to let the nurse feed her formula cos i didnt pump enuf milk for her. After i was discharged, i went on to pump some milk and ask hubby to bring to TMC...luckily she was able to go back after 2 days' of treatment.
Sigh... after this saga, i've been trying hard to breastfeed her. Not easy, mayb she didnt latch properly cos now one of my nipples is very sore. The other one is flat .. so she dun want it. During the day, she slept so much tt i have to try very hard to wake her up for her feeding. Each attempt is a challenge. Then today, baby has nappy rash. After much tot, i blame on hubby cos i started using the cheapo Fairprice wet wipes tt he bought recently today. Hopefully it goes away soon...
Seems tt i have new problems everyday... feeling really stressed. I dun think i will ever stop worrying abt her. As wat my sister will tell me, "welcome to motherhood".....
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hey gal, don worry too much, you are doing fine :O) Athena has the love of 2 wonderful parent :) JIa you k !
LHP
welcome to motherhood!!!
Anyway the babies get better as they grow a bit older. Look at Jelica now ( as my son calls her). At 13 months, she is very cute right?? And of course my "adorable" three kids!! Enjoy them while they are still young. I thought I will never say this but I do miss them when they are as young as Athena. And now they do not need me for everything, only some things that they can't do themselves. Elkan chased me out of the bathroom nowadays when he is peeing or doing business. At 2, he has decided that he needs the privacy!! can you believe it??!!
Anyway, always remember, it will only get better! :)
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