travel with frozen EBM

Hehe..as promised (ade janji ke :P) in my previous post, entry ni nk cite cemane sy hangkut my ebm bw blk KL.ohh yes,throut my confinement period, i was in KB (for those yg xtau la..kot2 pelik nape duk hangkut ebm ni ke sane sini.keke)
sy pun ade wat research gak cemane nk travel wif frozen ebm ni. sape x isau uuiiii nk bw frozen ebm byk2 ha.kalo yg fresh/chilled sng je nk travel. ni yg frozen ni cuak cemane nk maintain kebekuannye utk jangke ms yg pjg!

so gugel pny gugel, ade la 1 org mat saleh ni die share cemane die travel wif frozen ebm for abt 33 hours! bkn sket ebm die, 2 HIBU oz lebih u~~~ ai punye dkt 700 jeee. (tu pun tinggal kt umah tokma sket sbb dh x muat coolerbox.mls la plak nk bli coolerbox lagi.hehe.)so amik la tips2 dr die sket. sng je sbnrnye..cume kite yg isau lebey2 kan.harus la isau u, lame kot journey nyee.keke

as for my case, bkn stakat nk hangkut ebm, nk hangkut freezer skali ha.haha. so utk reference sy akn dtg jgk, herein the steps on how u shud pack ur frozen ebm b4 u travel :D

Langkah Pertama: Di mulakan dengan bismillahhh.hehe.
Langkah Kedua: take out frozen ebm td frm freezer then mskkn dlm cooler box. cooler box sy jename "Igloo". sy rs mn2 coolerbox ble nye.infact kalo nk pkai polistren yg org letak ikan tu pun voleyy u~ tp sbb ai fkr ble pkai utk len kali lak.hehe.

susun cantek2 mcm nehs.hehe.sy letak yg pkai storage bags kat bwh den br letak botol.ade 2 layers of storage bags n 2 layers of botles.

Langkah Ketiga: amik newspaper, renyuk2 kan newspaper tu, den letak kat lapisan plg ats skali. mcm gmbr kt bwh neh. letak padat2 then ttp la coolerbox tersebuttt. REMINDER: jangan guna ice utk sejukkn frozen.kalo pkai dry ice xpee.somehow ice ni akn cair n bile jd air,ia akn mcairkn frozen ebm.kalo nk travel ngan fresh/chill ebm ble je nk letak ais byk2.

Langkah Keempat: seal coolerbox tu.boleh pkai tape ape2 pun.sy pkai paper kind of tape tuu

Langkah Kelima: Penting niii....Tawakkaltu ala ALLAH :D kalo DIA x izinkn x jd jgk kannss

dh siap n its ready to go :D !!! sng je kannsss. As for freezer plak, make sure compressor freezer tu dk tepi, jgn ke ats atau ke bwh. bkn main letak je dlm kete tau.boleh rosak freezer u nnt! ni travel pkai myvi pun lps jee :D

compresor sbelah kanan,btl2 sblh pintu.nk btolak dh ni :D

yg bw blk ebm ni ke KL is my younger bro. di takdirkan hr tu banjir kilat kat raub n KL.so die stuck kat raub lame jgk la sejam lebih sbb banjir smpai paras peha.so tkt mati enjin. ai yg kt umah ni xsng ddk la..isauuuuuu sggh!! ebm tu duk dlm coolerbox since 1130 pagi lagi..tp 1130 mlm pun adik xsmpai2 KL lagi.waaa dh lbh 12 jam tau! ms ni mmg tawakkal je la, kalo ade rezeki Anas insyaALLAH elok lg ebm tu.coolerbox ni br nye.so xtau la ok ke x kans.plus,all ebm tu frozen.boleh ke maintain dlm coolerbox.bkn nye peti ess kans. around 1 pagi tu sms my hubby tny dh smpai blum.den hubby ckp adik dh smpai n of kos la my next question ape kabar ebm2 ku kanss. Alhamdulillahhh, semuanye STILL FROZEN :D!!! xde sikit pun yg cairrrrr!! syukurr x thinggaaa.

hebat sungguh ciptaan ALLAH taala ni.DIA boleh wat manusia ni fkr utk cipta coolerbox n sy stil xdpt lg explanation on connection between frozen items n newspaper.myb newspaper ni serap wap2 air n dats y ble maintain beku (ok,wil do mo study on tis!).lame tuu 12 hours journey n my bro lak travel siang hr.mat saleh tu travel ngan airplane.so myb ade cargo sejuk beku ke kans.tp tu la nk cite,ble je nk travel jauh2 ngan ebm. for those yg nk blk bpantang jauh2, no wories, possible je nk wat stok byk2 n travel :D til den, all da bestt!!!

Breastfeeding and EBM

Ok, hari ni nak cite psl breastfeeding n perihal yg bkaitan dgnnnye lah. Alhamdulillah, so far Adik Anas doin well. ms mula2 lahir dh pndai dah.so sng la mama nye.hehe.as always, awal2 susu mmg ade kolestrm je la.but no wories, ALLAH mmg dh wat kolestrum 2 ckp utk baby br lahir. after couple of days br la flow susu laju sket n makin byk by weeks.


Tips byk susu

to be honest,mmg xdak specific tips pun.haha.yg sy amalkn ms preggy mmg slalu doa susu byk den lps bsalin 2 mmg suke minum milo pns wif biskut kering (ohh ni la fave time bpantang! haha) n bile bc2 mmg ade mommies bgtau hot choc/milo gud for bfeedg.so kbtln la. plg penting, pcaye la dgn rezeki ALLAH n +ve, insyaALLAH d pmudahkan sgle urusan, yakinnnn!! :D

bile org tny yg sy mostly advice mmg suh minum byk air, n minum air yg warm la sbb ble stimulate. aprt from dat, plg penting 2 pump kerap2 la.1st few days mmg pnat sbb kne asyik pump utk stimulate susu.for my case,asal ade free je mmg pump. once susu dh maintain den br la jrkkn pump session. normly sy akn pump pkl 6pg, 12tgh,6ptg, 12tgh mlm.tp ms awl2,i wud recomnd mesti pump tgh2 mlm n pg2 like 2,3 am cuz mmg sgt mmbantu stimulate susu.

waktu malam lak,awl2 sy akn bg baby minum botol so dat die minum pun cpt sket, die kenyang n sy ble spend 5-10 min utk pump.bl baby kenyang, lm la die tdo like 3-4hrs.so xde la bgn lm sgt utk feed baby.kalo x,tsengguk2 ha nk tgu die hbs minum.mau x nye, minum jap je die tdo.pastu die akn kerap bgn la sbb die xkenyang.esk nye ade bag mate mak nyeeeee.free2 dpt bag haaa.heee. tp siang hr sy akn direct feeding la :D

EBM

haaa ni pun antara topik yg best jgk. i beliv mn2 mommies sukeee nengok stoknye btimbun2 kanss. me either! so kali ni sy mmg dh wat stok awl2 instead of few days b4 msk kije cam zmn Abe Adam dlu haa.xde awl sgt pun, blk klate br stat wat stok. after few weks wat stok, peti ais tokma dh pnuh dh.haa sudahhh.xde tempat nk letak pulak.so sy pun stop wat stok la sbb xtau mn nk simpan.

so pump2 je bg Abe Adam minum ha.suh die hbskn. makanya die pun continue jgk la minum ebm smpai dh naik muak agknye (muak ke Abe? :P haha!). sbb kan kesian peti tokma dh pnuh smpai xle nk letak brg2 dpr,so i decided 2 buy my very own chest freezer wewiiitttt. mmg dh lm tringin sbnrnye tp mls nk bli.bl dh mcm tu keadaannye, so bli la jugakkk ms hubby blk KB hr tu. n alhamdulillahh, we got gud bargain! kbtln seng heng ade wat rewards promotion package. retail price utk Faber 128 liter = RM969. kalo bli yg prmotion die, redeem 430 points + RM469 ble dpt Faber tu. ape lg, rembat laaaa!! so far duk survey2 chest freezer ni mmg standard 6-7 hantus la.bile seng heng wat promosi tu, mmg pucuk di cita ulam mendatang leee!! alhamdulillah, mmg rezeki btl! dh dpt peti,haa br la stat wat stok blk haaa.gumbireeee. nnt ai wat entry mcm mn ai nk travel ngan susu2 n freezer tu.cek it out :P! so skrg tgk syok mngumpul ebm.sonot nengok u :D

sian peti tokma haa. cer cite kat mn nk letak lauk haa :P? 

dah sampaiii uuuu. kau memang da bommmbbss :D Faber 128 L for RM469 ONLY!! termurah d psrn :D! ohh thanks Mr.Hubby sudi sponsor :D lapp u lahhhss, as alwayss :D!!!

Alhamdulillah,ni besen 1st, stok bln Nov 2011 :D

Alhmdulillahhh,ni besen 2nd, stok Oct 2011 :D

dh siap susun, ikut bln :D

alhamdulillah, so far close to 500 oz :D tu pun nsb la Abe Adam dh hbs kn minum ebm bgelen2 kalo x, xtau la brp oz daa.keke. cr susun jugak penting so dat sng la nk ambik. tujuan susun ikt bln ni senang. sy ble tau brp byk lg nk d hbskn utk bln tu. kalo xletak ikt bln, kot2 la ade yg dh nk xpired xprsn jatuh ke bwh kans, ssh nk nmpk. nevetheles,ikt cita rs msg2 la cemane nk susun.hehe.

tapiiiii ebm byk2 ni ade risiko nye jgk i.e blackout. kalo blackout kite sedar xpe la or die nye suis 2 ttp so kite tau la blackout. wat if blackout den kite xsdr. haa ssh jgk kans. mmg ble fud poisng n baby can get very2 sick kalo die minum. tang ni mmg cuaks gile.so sy ade gugel tis 1 product wic is defrost detector. mende ni ble detect kalo ebm kite dh defrost. mslhnyeee brg ni ade jual kat US SHJ!! U.S yeee united states! aduiii. so sy pun tny la sape2 ade sdare mare kt US nk mintak tlg bli mende ni ha.alhamdulillah ade mmbr skolah nye adik nk tlg bli tp take some time sket la sbb die nk exam.xpe2, no rush ye dik :D korg ble cek tis out @ http://madeinusaforever.com/dedeforfrfop.html

hopefly sy ble fully bfeed Anas till 2 yrs. (hopeflyyy.kot2 brisi b4 2yrs 2 wallhu'alam lah kannss :P) Abe Adam fully bfeed 1yr 2 months den cmpur fomula.msk 1yr 5 months, die sdr yg stop. xpkse2 die pun.org kate susu ms pregy rs len so mby sbb tu die xnk.hee.skrg tumpang susu adik, tp ebm, x direct pun sbb tkt die geget :P smoga bjayeee mommiessss :D!!

Ramadhan for Mama Adam :D

Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah :D syukur kerna dpt bertemu Ramadhan buat ke sekian kalinya. sdikit gusar kerna Ramadhan telah berlalu separuh purnama namun ibadahnya tidak seberapa. Penat (work, baby, bfeeding) is the best word to describe but I trust it shudnt be neither reason nor cause for not be able to do ibadah. syg la kalo Ramadhan yg dtg setahun sekali kite xle nak sacrifice kan.

Seperti tahun sudah, akn berkerjar2 utk terawih n tilawah. tapi tahun ni, terawih sekadar di rumah, n tilawah sekadar sempat. although it isnt as much as before, but istiqamah yg penting kan. but I believe that penat lelah yg spatutnya utk ibadah tp di ganti dgn penat lelah utk jaga Adam insyaALLAH, akan di balas setimpal oleh Yang Maha Esa, Rabbul Izzati :D

Speaking of Ramadhan, byk perkara happy yg berlaku. hehe. One of thos yg enlighten me is, unlike any other months and any other bfeeding mummies, my milk production increased :D! Alhamdulillah :D! during working hours, ble produce up to 28oz shari tau! xtmsk direct feeding lagi kt skolah die. so now Adam nye stok more than 40 btls of 4 oz! loks like kene cr freezer lain, tapi mcm mls je. so now menumpang kat fridge skolah Adam.haha. so xpyh la byk stok kt skolah die.heee.

Itu yg di namakan rezeki Ramadhan kan :D in short, percayalah dengan rezeki ALLAH. sesungguhnya Dia lah Pemberi Rezeki & Pemilik Mutlak sekalian Alam :D Well nothin much diff pun da way sy puase. Sahur mmg wajib nasi, (almost collapse second day puase sbb ngade2 mkn ns impit sekui dua je. bajet nk test power la, hambikk :P), kurma - 3 biji sunnah n madu x di lupakan, n glasses of plain water. same je kan? InsyaALLAH akn bertenaga spjg hr n ble produce susu.

My routine hari2 also da same, it juz beza nye extra masak je la. believe it or not, spjg Ramadhan tahun ni x pnh skali pun jejak bazar sbb nye ramaiiii n mahalll ye!! rather msk kt umah.

- wake up for sahur 5 am, klung kleng klung kleng msk (2 lauk sahaja ;p),
- subuh den siap2 g kije.
- pagi pump, tgh hr pump, ptg pump. (still da same).
- blk pkl 530, smpai kui 645, klung kleng msk utk bbuke lagi (3 lauk je. msk lebih sket utk sahur so dat sahur topup lauk sket je),
- den bbuke, maghrib
- biasenye tdo dlu cuz siyeslyyy xlarat!! sume skali dh pengsan by 9pm!
- bgn utk isyak n terawih n moreh (ape2 yg ade dlm peti bedal, kopok lekor, aiskrem, yg goreng2 etc.hahaha)

so dats about my half Ramadhan this year :D! Reallyyyyyyyyyy hope my another half of Ramadhan is better den 1st half. wish me luck yaaa :D! di kesempatan ini juga, ingin mohon maaf sekiranya ada salah silap terkasar bahasa :D selamat menghabiskan 10 mlm terakhir dan smoga kite bertemu dgn lailatul qadr, amiinnn :D

bfeeding & working mother

entry kali ni nk share my bfeeding journey. its not easy for a working mother to fully bfeed, realy.. tapi x mustahil n ianya hak seorg ank utk dpt yg tbaik dr ibunye ;) <-- tis wil kep me strong ;)! yet, alhamdulillah, sampai saat ni, ALLAH msh beri kkuatan utk sy trus supply da best for my son ;)

sehat alhamdulillah :D

mase awal2 stat kje dulu mmg 210% la folow schedule. early morning, around 730, tgh hr around 11 am, ptg around 4pm. skali pump, 8 oz, so total sehari for 3 sessions, 3 x 8 oz = 24 oz (lumayan n sgt tratur bukan ;D? Alhamdulillah)

tp ku sangka pns smpai ke ptg, tgk2 pkl 11 sudah hujan~~ hak2~ stlh sbln msk ofis, dh stat pnuh dgn meetings n trainings, mule2 enjak dlm stgh jam or 20 min, skrg sejam due dh lari dr schedule! (yee, sy tau kak zaza company xkan bankrupt kalo sy lari p pump sat ;p), tapi hakikatnye mmg xboleh lari! sungguh!

my meeting bknnye snts kat opis. merata2. biasenye kalo meting tgh hr tu smpai ke lunch la, so dlm 230 br msk ofis blk. ms ni engorge xyah cite la (skt u~), dh pkai pad pun mmg bsh kuyup, skali pump dpt 12oz! best sbb mlimpah2 susu tp xbest dh lmbt n skt engorge tu yg xsdap duduk even lunch mamam heaven n free (consultant byr ;p)

on top of that, pump station juga sudah jd merata2.di mana ada tempat utk bteduh, di situ sy akan pump! kat ofis, kat surau, ofis mmbr,training centre,ats kete, kat hotel, sume la asal boleh~ n peti jugak mnumpang slagi boleh (almost nk mnumpang fridge ofis kak shima @ klcc.ahaks ;p) ni pun cuak esok luse ade training kat kl convention centre.mn ntah nk cr fridge ni~

memandangkn KL ni sume org sdia maklum ngan nge-jem nye,so kete adlh plg kerap jd station utk pump.(buat tirai sket den pump la.hee). alhamdullah, so far even badai mlanda, keje yg xhbs2 n btimbun,balik umah pun pkl 8 / 9 mlm (again, sy kat KL!), tp sy akan tetap maintain n trus berusaha (insyaALLAH), min utk pump 20 oz during working hours! otherwise mmg xcukup la utk adam cuz siang hr kat taska die akan minum MIN 20 - 24 oz. tgk body la kans.haha! (MIN ye puan2 n biasenye lebih dr ni even die dh stat mamam solid skrg! )

so omaknye kene kejar die la.tu pun kalo g pump kat bfeeding rum @ taksa, direct feeding n pump skali harung! (sgt berusaha kans!) jd stok adam xde la sbyk syaura (sgt jeles tau!) kais pagi mkn pagi, kais ptg mkn ptg. ms die demam hr tu sempat la kejar n now balance dlm 20 btol of 4oz saja. nvtheles, 1 2 3 alhamdulillah, syukurrrr :D! most imptn, xpnh rs susah utk adam infact proud dpt fully bfeeding despite all heavy workload :D

adam demam. br lps lap kpale :D

sy nye mcm kak fith jugak. xde petua plik2 or supplmnt. juz amalkan kurma, madu n minum air byk2 :D insyaALLAH ckp. sgt risau akn bln ramadhan yg akn mjelma, tp juz kene yakin dgn rezeki ALLAH, insyaALLAH d pmudahkan :D

di kesempatan ini, sy ingin myusun spuluh jari memohon maaf skiranya ada tkasar bhs, tersalah gurau senda. smoga kite sama2 mendapat keberkatan di bulan yg mulia ini :D

mama: bakpo jeling gitu tu anok?
adam: lagi mau tny ke mama?
(adam geram ngan mama nye yg x reti2 nk angkat die.xhbs2 ambk gmbr.haha!)

kenyang prt sng hatiiiii :D! br lps mamam la tu~~

susu ibu ;)

finally tercapai jugak impian nk post psl susu ibu neh.hehe. i'm definetely NOT an expert on this but juz wana share my experience la :) myb ade yg ble d applykan ;)

alhamdulillah, i've been bfeedg adam till now ;) rezeki2.hehe.best tauu feeling bfeed ank sdiri neh. xle nk crite la cemane bahagia rs nye. bhagia sgt2. korg kne alami nye den br la tau cemane feeling die. ngeh2.

Tips tu xde la sgt. prolly mo on how-to la i would say. so herein the list:

1. as always,if anythin that we want, we need to ASK from THE AL-MIGHTY la kan.same la cam kalo nk susu byk pun. what i did was, since preegy lagi mmg sll doa la nk suh susu byk.hee. alhamdulillh,msh cukup lg stok anaknda adam nihs.
2. drink plenty of water. wajib!!!
3. anmum lacta helps alot (for my case it works la).ekceli, any kind of susu mmg mbantu mbykkn susu ;)
4. frequent direct bfeedg n pump ye. tis 1 i always tell to all new mummies. kalo baby xreti hisap (wic for my case, took adam 10days utk reti hisap!), pump je.its memang akn klua sket mule2.tp tu yg penting cuz we need stimulate the milk.a day or two lps tu mmg susu akn byk shingga mlimpah2, insyaALLAH ;)
5. positive n relax ;) juz kene yakin rezeki tu dtg dr ALLAH. insyaALLAH kalo kite yakin ALLAH yg tlg kite,dgn sdr nye flow susu tu akn byk.heee.

mo or less thats wat i did la. simple je kan?heee. so dun give up yaw!

few concerns while bfeeding - need to ensure kne balance left n rite ye. otherwise, susu tu ble jd keras (like ade lump tau!). byk case yg jd was,diorg x treat it n susu tu geting siyesly hard n i tell u tis is superly painful mengalahkan org branak (doc yg ckp).since susu tu dh keras, kene operate la buang susu tu sbb die dh jd nanah. so plsss ye, i kno sum of u (including me) akn selese bfeed 1 side ye (at first).tp kne prektis utk balance kn ia ;) but if it hapen,pls c ur doc! ble jgk pkai cabbage leaves utk reduce kn da pain.but dun put too much or too long, nanti susu kering. other thin that u can do is, tuam la..on n off tuam,it may help!

utk stok susu (working mothers, like me ;p), preparation kene buat awl ye. (sy start wat stok 2 days b4 msk ofis! so sgt la penat nk pump n cuak gak tkt xsempat.alhmdulillah, sempat jugak wat :)). so wat do u need?

1. definetly pump la kan. i used avent. i do love it vely2 much :D!! sgt sng nk bw cuz siap ngan casing sume daa.hee.

my on da go avent set :D! smarttt kan2 ;p

2. storage - few options that you can use. da 1 that i've ben using are blue egg (disposable) and avent container (reusable). simplyyy lovee it!!! hee. neverthelss, no mater what brand u use, make sure BPA free yaw ;)!

blue egg. fren of mine hadiahkan ;p

avent milk container. a bit mahal tp at least tahan kan. disposable mmbazir gak ;p

ni laa stok sy utk anaknda muhammad adam rayyan :D

so wat la stok byk2 b4 msk keje. hehe.

let's support bfeeding :D! jimat-mudah-senang :D!