What I Needed During My Pregnancy While Still Breastfeeding...

~ Posted on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM ~

** Welcome to the Pregnancy Necessities Carnival! This post was written for inclusion in the Pregnancy Necessities Carnival hosted by Parenting God’s Children. Today, participants share what they simply cannot live without during their pregnancies or simply what to gather for their upcoming new addition. Please see the full list of links to the other carnival submissions at the end of this post. Enjoy! ***

We found out I was pregnant when Ben is about 2 years+ old. I was still breastfeeding him about 3-4 times daily then.

Honestly speaking, I don't know anyone around me who breastfeed more than a year, let alone, one who STILL breastfeed while she is pregnant. So it is crucial for me to find out as much information I can about breastfeeding during pregnancy.

So what I really needed during my 2nd pregnancy while I was still breastfeeding are:

Information! Lots and lots of it!

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Strong will

  • People who know me will know that I've always been saying that I will continue breastfeeding as long as Ben wants it and as long as I can still produce breastmilk for him, so being pregnant should hopefully not be an obstacle or an excuse to wean him off breastfeeding.
  • Despite hearing from our gynae and pead about weaning, I stood firm and breastfeed on!

Support

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  • On the family side, my hubby has been very helpful and has been spending more time with Ben even though he's so tired with his work and all so that I could have some 'me' time and rest for a while. So yes, I'm very very thankful and grateful for his help and support.

So the above are some of the necessities during my 2nd pregnancy.

To sum it, I breastfed throughout the pregnancy (though my BM stopped at 5th month, that doesn't stop my boy from continuing on!), delivered my 2nd baby at 39 weeks of pregnancy and is now tandem nursing my 2 kids at 6 months going on!

Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants!

Happy Birthday to ME!

~ Posted on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 12:01 AM ~

Yes, people!

Finally the day has arrived!

It's my 32nd birthday today!

Don't know what to say except I am blessed with an understanding and supportive hubby and 2 cheeky kids, a helpful MIL, wonderful in-law siblings, bonding well with my one and only elder brother, made a new bestie (I have 2 now! Yay!) and meet with lots of you wonderful people!

Never would I imagine getting married,

getting pregnant,

giving birth naturally,

quitting my job to be a SAHM,

breastfeeding exclusively,

finding my passion in blogging,

getting pregnant again after almost 2 years,

breastfeeding throughout the 2nd pregnancy,

giving birth naturally again,

tandem nursing 2 kids,

being alive to write this post and thank God for everything I am blessed with,

and everyone for being a part of my life...

That's me at 6 months old!

Here's wishing you all a happy and blessed day!

(it's my birthday, I want you guys to be happy and have a memorable day!)

Baby Changing Station

~ Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 8:55 AM ~

If you are a parent, you will surely have or need to use this: Baby Changing Station.

Now, what is a baby changing station? It is a table on which you lay your baby down to change his or her diaper. So, regardless your child is on disposable or cloth diapers, like I said earlier, we as a parent will surely own one.... or at least need to use one when we are out and about.

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To be honest, we don't own one but we do McGyver-ise one of our office tables to be a baby changing station. Now of course, we don't just simply take a table and use it as a baby changing station! We have to consider whether the table is sturdy enough to support the weight of our child, whether the surface of the table is comfortable to place our child on, and whether the size is wide and long enough for our child to be placed on the table. And as our child grows up, we have to consider the functionalities as well, whether it can be used for other purposes later on.

When we go out, I like to check out the baby rooms facility provided by the place we go to. Some of the places (like malls) have wall mounted baby changing station which is space saving and strong while some places make use of changing pads and placed them on some table or racks.

Do you have a baby changing station?

What features do you think is important in a baby changing station?

** Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All thoughts, opinions and words are 100 % my own.