A Milking Cow

Sometime in the first week of june, an ex-colleague called me up and sounded me out on a part time job with my ex-company. I only need to go into the office on an average of 8 to 10 days in a month to handle the payroll for the company. From the payroll payout dates, that means I will need to report to the office in the first and third week of the month. The monetary offer was also rather attractive. I discussed this with ling and he encouraged me to take this up. I thought it was a good opportunity for me to transition from a SAHM to a part time SAHM. :P
I have great plans for my floral passion when Ariel turns 2 so I think this part time job offer comes in really handy. Within a week, I accepted the job offer. I thank God for this opportunity and I think He must have heard my prayers.

The next step is for me to start storing up on my breastmilk supplies for Ariel. My mum will help me take care of him on the days that I need to work and that means I will miss out on the direct latching moments. However, ensuring that he gets breastmilk remains my top priority. I was even prepared to feed him during my lunch breaks if he doesnt get enough from the stored supplies.

Expressing milk is not my cup of tea as I always preferred the convenience of my children latching on to me than feeding them from the bottle. But going to work leaves me with no choice but to start expressing milk all over again. I finally put my medela PIS back to good use. The last time I used it intensively was when Rachel was 2 wks old. I practically stuck to a regimental routine of expressing milk on a 2 hourly basis (even in the nights) in the hope of boosting my milk supply. But I ended up feeling so demoralised and it kick-started a whole host of breastfeeding woes. Well, this will be recorded in another post.

I was concerned of Ariel not having enough to drink so I decided that I should express after I feed him in the morning. Yesterday was my first yield. And I managed a total of 4 oz after two pumps. I know the supply will increase as I believe that our human body is really smart to know that now it needs to produce more, once for the baby and once for the pump.

So there goes the milking cow mooing herself happily after each pump.... :P