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Hi, anyone or u have friend/relative who works at AST (Academy of Singapore Teachers)? I will be there for a long term full day course soon. Hence, would like to know whether there is: @ any available fridge that I can use to chill my expressed breastmilk? @ any proper nursing room for AST participants? Thanks!

Yes there is a nursing room in the office. Pic attached. Just ask one of the staff to direct you there. Or the course facilitator shoud be able to help also

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I'm a first time mom due on 2nd week of August 2016 and I would like to know about storing breastmilk?

Here is a guide on how long you can store the expressed milk for. At normal room temperature (23-26 degrees), breastmilk can stay fresh for up to 4 hours [up to 10 hours in lower room temperature, 19-22 degrees] Refrigerated milk can be stored for 3-8 days. Frozen milk can be kept for 3-4 months (some guides even state up to 6 months) Image taken from: http://www.ameda.com/breast-pumping/storage-handling/storage-guidelines You can also refer to this link for some useful guide on storing breast milk (such as learning how to identify spoilt milk): http://ph.theasianparent.com/rules-of-breastmilk-storage/

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my child is coming to 4months old and currently direct latching full bf. im curious to know how to direct latch once bb teeth starts appearing... will bb bite on..

Yup, sometimes baby bites before or after feeding. What i do is this: i put one finger near his mouth. If he bites, i quickly put my finger inside and gently push open his mouth.

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I have been exclusively pumping for 3 months and decided to latch my baby again. thankfully she did, however, she seems to be pacifying and not swallowing milk. after that I would still need to top up 100+ml of ebm in bottle. any tips on how to encourage her to drink from the breast? thank you.

Hi It's a good start to let baby latch again. Even baby just use as pacifier, continue to offer your breast whenever you have the chance. Try nightfeeding or dreamfeeding ..the chances is higher. Baby will eventually slowly want back direct latching. So, you just gotta be patient and determine to withstand the transition.

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Thanks for answering to my doubts. Parenttown doesn't allow people to tag user so I was unable to thank those who came to my help. Anyway, I would like to ask: I Hv been letting baby to direct latch as much as possible because I was told that baby drains milk faster and more efficient from breasts than breast pump. However, I have difficulty determining whether my baby had enough of milk or not because sometimes she sucks less than 5 min and drifts into sleep, and cries again after 30min-1hr. sometimes, she sucks for awhile and reject my nipple and cries. Especially during evening time. This is the time I will succumb to giving bottle (either breastmilk or formula milk if I run out of breastmilk)

Thanks Yvonne for your feedback for 'tagging user' feature. We have implemented reply feature in Web and Android App to thank or reply to fellow parents. We'll add that feature to iPhone app very soon. Feel free to share any other feedbacks you might have! Happy Parenting :)

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I feel like I have run out of milk every evening. I tried to switch my baby from one side to another but she seemed impatient and refused to suck. I would try for an hour and succumb to giving her expressed breast milk. I don't know if she is gaining weight or not because the next check up is 2 weeks from now. As for her diaper count, she used up about 5-6 diapers per day.

When you feel empty in the evening, I suggest you try to take in milk booster after your lunch time. There are a lot of milk booster for different individuals ..eg oat, milk tea, fenugreek tea etc. The diaper count is consider okay for your baby. Not to worry about the weight too much. :) You are doing very well munmy

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When my baby is around 2months old, he has a little blood in the stool and we were refer to kkh to see the pd in clinic k. The pd advice me to stop taking milk and soy products as my baby may be allergic to it (i breastfeed my baby) and have blood in the stool.s Now my baby is about 9month old already, but actually I on off taking milk product as it's hard to really avoid them. But since my baby started solid, i am not able to see whether there are blood in the stool since there are so many other stuff in the stool, just wonder any mum here can't take milk and soy products too? How u know ur bb already outgrowth the allergic already?

Typically, allergic reactions first appear in infants and children under 3, and most of them outgrow the allergy by age 10. Some experts believe that you can induce tolerance towards an allergent by gradually introducing it. Try introducing some soy product daily and monitor if baby still has any reactions to it.

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my bb has a preferred boob side. my guess is because the other with a faster letdown is not to her liking. i end up pumping and that side is getting further away from being in sync with baby. what to do? btw i defn tried latching her that side she doesnt like but she latch a few mouthful and start crying like im forcing her to eat awful things but switched sides, she latch peacefully.

My wife experiences the same with our baby. Our baby only prefers to latch from the left breast. My wife tries to have our baby latch from the right side when the baby's not super hungry. Because, when the baby's very hungry, she will obviously prefer the left breast where's she's more comfortable.

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i was latching on dd during my ML and boby started to sync with baby's feeding. after i go back to work and started pumping, my body seems no longer in sync with my baby's feeding. now she sometimes sleep thru the night yet my boobs are up for pumping in the middle of the night. any other mumies have similar issues? how do you resolve this?

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Before I went back to work, I direct latched the whole day. I never had a habit of waking up in the middle of the night to pump though. That could explain why my supply is quite low when I pump. There doesn't seem to be any difference when I latch though. I turn to my baby and latch her at night (dreamfeed) and she does suckle in her sleep. Maybe you can try that as well?

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To pump for 15 mins on 3 hourly schedule or to pump for 30 mins but 4 hourly?

Most experts agree that it is best to pump at least 15 minutes, and to avoid going much longer than 20 minutes. It is also encouraged tp pump about five minutes after the milk stops flowing. By doing so, a breastfeeding mommy will elicit another letdown, and at the very least will maintain production as well as encouraging an increase in supply.

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