#中文版在上一篇
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Me and breast pump life, 02:45 A.M.
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To those who have been breastfed, whether one month or many months...
Please give your mom the bigges...
#中文版在上一篇
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Me and breast pump life, 02:45 A.M.
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To those who have been breastfed, whether one month or many months...
Please give your mom the biggest hug ever or call her to show appreciation
This is the toughest thing I have done in my life, so far
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A handful of people keep telling me
“Just relax! Don’t give yourself too much pressure. The milk will increase when you have enough rest”
OBVIOUSLY we KNOW that
But when you are constantly feeding, burping, changing babies, pumping and putting them to sleep, there is no “rest”. You look at the clock and THEN another round of feeding, burping....is on the horizon
How can we get good rest ? How to relax?
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Dealing with swollen nipples, a stiff neck and back due to always looking down at the pumping machine. My "stretched out" look to the breasts is saddening , the wrist pain due to the hand expressing pump
When I see myself in the mirror with my messy hair, I ask myself,
“Who am I ? Where is Kayla”
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Once in a while, when the pumping results aren’t what you hoped for.
I just can’t help but to tear up when I see the empty pumping bottle
I have been trying so hard to drink all kinds of soups for lactose
I haven’t touched any fried, oily foods or any foods that can decrease lactose production
Spending money for variety teas and pills,
Where’s all the milk going?
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I can only dream of all the extra time I will have when I stop breastfeeding
I can focus on losing weight
I can eat the foods I like
I don’t have to suffer from backaches or neck stiffness
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But Only if I can just give up that easy
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Motherhood is maternal instinct
Every time when I’m about to give up, I see their faces and tell myself
“Maybe I’ll try one more month then...”
“Maybe I should go and buy more stuff for lactation ...”
“Maybe I should try to eat Blabla to lactose...”
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Only if I can just give up that easy
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Every drop of breast milk is mothers’ hard work
We only hope to give the best and the most nutritious food supply for our babies
Even though I keep saying I wanna stop but I catch myself still holding the pumping machine
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Because
only if I can just give up that easy
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This road is very tough but I’m still trying, how about you!?
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一早看到好文章一定要跟大家分享！催產素不只讓奶水流出來，還能調節皮膚溫度，所以哺乳媽媽們覺得自己的乳房溫度比平時高是正常生理現象呢！原來只要媽媽與孩子待在一起，身體就準備好「哺育與孵育」孩子了！
昨天諮詢時有不同家長提到：「在家裡一直google也不知道自己奶水到底夠不夠⋯⋯」「書上說要規則作息，可是寶寶一下猛長期一下厭奶期好奇怪⋯⋯」好希望媽媽們對自己的身體有信心，在大多數狀況下，媽媽都有能力餵飽自己的孩子，但是觀察寶寶與舒服哺乳這兩個基礎功課是需要時間適應的，這時全家人一起支持、身邊找到支持哺乳的夥伴與專業人員就會非常有幫忙！所以養一個孩子需要一個村莊的力量呢！
【助產師婉瑜的讀書會筆記—Oxytocin第八章】
雞孵蛋，人孵不孵蛋？
第八章的主題叫做“Milk Ejection and Giving Warmth: Role of Oxytocin"，在讀書會時，對於乳汁排出的部分其實大家都相當熟習了，但是在“ Giving of Warmth” 的部分就有相當逗趣深刻的討論。
Ting教練說「我發現在pi要長玫瑰疹那幾天，我胸部的溫度比較高，母奶比較熱一點」
昨天的媽媽安親班也有媽媽提到「我覺得有些時候餵奶，覺得母奶的溫度比較高，有時候又比較低」
在Algers等人的研究結果中澄明，母體的皮膚溫度可以幫助溫暖被哺育的子代，防止低體溫，因此在子代誕生後乳房部位體溫便會立刻的悄然上升，以正在乳養的豬仔做體溫測試，小豬仔會隨著溫度的引導移到母豬媽媽的乳房上，測量乳房溫度，是高於其他部位約0.5度，因此除了得到溫暖以外，還可以幫助他們找到乳房而開始第一次的進食，這正是產後肌膚接觸與哺餵之間，焦孟不離的關係。
也不只是新生兒（或所有新生哺乳類）都對溫度有極高的敏感性，可以察覺乳房皮膚溫度的不同，溫度也能幫助他們成熟。
大部分的生物種在乳房周圍的血管分佈高於其他部位，即便是下蛋的鳥類，也同樣會在下蛋後「胸部」有體溫上升的情形，因此他們會以溫暖的胸部，給新生的蛋加溫，幫助蛋孵化。
這正是我在讀這一個章節中最感有趣的部分，Oxytocin在產後持續釋放，除了幫助乳腺收縮排乳以外，Oxytocin可以使皮膚中的微血管擴張，促進循環也藉此提升體溫，除了在肌膚接觸時引導寶寶找到乳房外，在每一次的哺育中，也在醞釀著寶寶使之成熟。
原來！人跟雞也沒什麼不一樣(?)嘛！
除了吃奶以外，孩子喜歡賴在身上，正是在被孵化的過程呢！也還記得在玩寶可夢的時候，如果得到特殊的蛋，要孵化也是要把他帶在身邊走上好一段路呢！
原來，生命不只有誕生，還要孵化
而孵化，要抱在胸前擁著一段時間
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引用書《Oxytocin: The Biological Guide to Motherhood》簡略的翻成中文口語，並其中一手資料《Changes in Breast Skin Temperature During the Course of Breastfeeding》及《Maternal behaviour in pigs》兩篇文獻，文獻連結附在留言中，好書好文非常歡迎閱讀！
圖片除了畫，另一張是Pokemon Go
（顯示為討厭正式文獻引用格式的研究生）