after testing out this medela freestyle for some time...
i am more used to memasang the stupid valves...and now im even using the handsfree kit..
for the first few days aku pegang je.. coz aku rase dah complicated sgt pemasangan valves and corong..
aku malas nak complicatekan ngn handsfree rubber bands...
and i thought the suction was mild... cam tak best and tak power nak suck milk out... spectra lagi kuat ..
but susu output same je cam spectra... maybe walaupun suction tak kuat, the 2 phase got more milk out.. so in the end sama cam spectra..
but then lepas masuk forum....aku terbukak hati nak try handsfree..
leceh and adjust at first... but not that hard lah...
and when using the handsfree.. the suction feels different...
feels more efficient.......and since then baru aku perasan susu yg aku kuarkan is more than usual...
the 2 phase is just.. 2 type of suction..
1: sedut pendek2...... to stimulate milk..
2: sedut panjang2/lama
and then ade setting for memory...
by default its phase 1 for 2 minutes...t
hen usually dah letdown, so go into 2nd phase...
but u can set ... for me by 48 seconds aku dah letdown...
so after that go into expression mode..
48 seconds for me its quite awesome lah...
especially since no need to massage, put effort sgt into it...
(masa guna spectra I have to really get in the mood and massage to get things going)...and so far... always able to get 2nd letdown....
so usually my way:
48 seconds: - 1st phase
up to 4 minutes:- 2nd phase...
rehat for 2-3 minutes...
repeat above pattern to achieve 2nd letdown
so since aku pakai handsfree...which is 10 days ago...
dah berjaya bina balik frozen stock... slowly aa..usually time weekend.. weekdays busy to pump..
previously.... stock aku habis licin digunakan.. zero frozen stock...as of 2 days before dapat freestyle..
if i dont produce enough milk... might have to start formula...
hows that for pressure? lagi stress lagi susah nak buat susu... gile lah.. hate that feeling... sorry, but no formula until aku dah separa mati cuba everything in my power to give breastmilk...
anyways.. i still hate the complicated-ness of the attaching crap..
but people say org buat camtu coz takut masuk air dalam tubing...
ni gamba medela swing tubing.. sanaa punye dah masuk air sket...
aku takut coz spectra masa masuk air... siap naik kulat sket..(gamba nanti aku boh).
and I dont see why air takleh masuk tubing freestyle... if the valves basah, still possible i think..
if valves sejuk coz boh dlm freezer and terkondensasi...could go into the tube...
i think its possible.. but im not gonna try to prove it hahahahah...
but i think im getting used to the fussiness of attaching all that crap...
and its worth it if im getting more milk by doing so...
ni gamba masa gi fish and co last weekend...
(yeah gotta have my weekly fish n chips)
amir tido.. so dapatla aku menikmati slow and steady meal aku..
usually aku makan cecepat coz die asik bosan time kitorang makan...
thank god for babywearing.....
ni gamba amir buat sepah kat rumah... tenseen aku... coz nak he wants to pull to stand position everywhere.. and still tak stabil.. so i have to watch him every second... penat aaa.... rafiq, u owe me... that was 4.5 tiring hours...
