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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Why are people so obsessed with breastfeeding?

 
 
 
The experience of breastfeeding is special for so many reasons – the joyful bonding with your baby, the cost savings, and the health benefits for both mother and baby.



Why breastfeeding is important?????

 Breastfeeding protects babies

Mothers benefit from breastfeeding

Breastfeeding benefits society

Breastfeeding during an emergency





Breastfeeding protects babies


1.Early breast milk is liquid gold – Known as liquid gold, colostrum (coh-LOSS-trum) is the thick yellow first breast milk that you make during pregnancy and just after birth. This milk is very rich in nutrients and antibodies to protect your baby. Although your baby only gets a small amount of colostrum at each feeding, it matches the amount his or her tiny stomach can hold. (Visit How to know your baby is getting enough milk to see just how small your newborn’s tummy is!)


2.Your breast milk changes as your baby grows – Colostrum changes into what is called mature milk. By the third to fifth day after birth, this mature breast milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein to help your baby continue to grow. It is a thinner type of milk than colostrum, but it provides all of the nutrients and antibodies your baby needs.


3.Breast milk is easier to digest – For most babies — especially premature babies — breast milk is easier to digest than formula. The proteins in formula are made from cow’s milk and it takes time for babies’ stomachs to adjust to digesting them.


4.Breast milk fights disease – The cells, hormones, and antibodies in breast milk protect babies from illness. This protection is unique; formula cannot match the chemical makeup of human breast milk. In fact, among formula-fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common. Formula-fed babies also have higher risks of:


◦Necrotizing (nek-roh-TEYE-zing) enterocolitis (en-TUR-oh-coh-lyt-iss), a disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract in preterm infants.


◦Lower respiratory infections


◦Asthma


◦Obesity


◦Type 2 diabetes


Some research shows that breastfeeding can also reduce the risk of Type 1 diabetes, childhood leukemia, and atopic dermatitis (a type of skin rash) in babies. Breastfeeding has also been shown to lower the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome).

Mothers benefit from breastfeeding


1.Life can be easier when you breastfeed – Breastfeeding may take a little more effort than formula feeding at first. But it can make life easier once you and your baby settle into a good routine. Plus, when you breastfeed, there are no bottles and nipples to sterilize. You do not have to buy, measure, and mix formula. And there are no bottles to warm in the middle of the night! You can satisfy your baby’s hunger right away when breastfeeding.


2.Breastfeeding can save money – Formula and feeding supplies can cost well over $1,500 each year, depending on how much your baby eats. Breastfed babies are also sick less often, which can lower health care costs.


3.Breastfeeding can feel great – Physical contact is important to newborns. It can help them feel more secure, warm, and comforted. Mothers can benefit from this closeness, as well. Breastfeeding requires a mother to take some quiet relaxed time to bond. The skin-to-skin contact can boost the mother’s oxytocin (OKS-ee-TOH-suhn) levels. Oxytocin is a hormone that helps milk flow and can calm the mother.


4.Breastfeeding can be good for the mother’s health, too – Breastfeeding is linked to a lower risk of these health problems in women:


1.Type 2 diabetes


2.Breast cancer


3.Ovarian cancer


4.Postpartum depression


Experts are still looking at the effects of breastfeeding on osteoporosis and weight loss after birth. Many studies have reported greater weight loss for breastfeeding mothers than for those who don’t. But more research is needed to understand if a strong link exists.


5.Mothers miss less work – Breastfeeding mothers miss fewer days from work because their infants are sick less often.

Breastfeeding benefits society


The nation benefits overall when mothers breastfeed. Recent research shows that if 90 percent of families breastfed exclusively for 6 months, nearly 1,000 deaths among infants could be prevented. The United States would also save $13 billion per year — medical care costs are lower for fully breastfed infants than never-breastfed infants. Breastfed infants typically need fewer sick care visits, prescriptions, and hospitalizations.


Breastfeeding also contributes to a more productive workforce since mothers miss less work to care for sick infants. Employer medical costs are also lower.


Breastfeeding is also better for the environment. There is less trash and plastic waste compared to that produced by formula cans and bottle supplies.

 
Breastfeeding during an emergency

When an emergency occurs, breastfeeding can save lives:

Breastfeeding protects babies from the risks of a contaminated water supply.


•Breastfeeding can help protect against respiratory illnesses and diarrhea. These diseases can be fatal in populations displaced by disaster.


•Breast milk is the right temperature for babies and helps to prevent hypothermia, when the body temperature drops too low.


•Breast milk is readily available without needing other supplies.




* Semoga mama dpt breastfeed anak mama sampai umur Harith 2 thn.. Aminnn....














Sunday, March 11, 2012

Ketentuan Yang Maha Esa

Hi all,

Actually nak update blog nie smlm tp x sempat.. ;) Last friday ekin cuti semata mata nak gi Interview dekat IBM tu.. ikutkan hati mcm malas tp memandangkan ini stage yg ketiga so pergi jugaklah kan.. bygkan utk position yg ekin apply nie ada 4 stage yg kita kena lepas ok.. first stage online test (soalan susah gilerrr), second stage ( group discussion ala-ala mcm muet), third stage (Interview) & last stage (Interview jugak).. emm, syukur sgt sgt sebab x sangka ekin blh lepas dan sampai ke 3rd stage... ekin gi la interview.. boss yg sepatutnnya interview ekin tu stuck in traffic jammed so dia kata collegue dia yg akan conduct interview tu.. then, sgt mengejutkan org yg interview ekin tu adalah orang yg cukup cukup ekin x suka... kenapa ekin ckp ekin x suka??? sblm nie ekin pernah keje kat IBM, under agency pekerjaan.. long time ago.. masa tu br abis study diploma kalau x silap ekin...  dan "dia" juga bekerja di tempat yg sama.. kiranya dia nie lead budak budak junior yg br masuklah kan.. ekin adalah staff yg terakhir bekerja under agency tu sblm company tu tutup.. PADAN MUKA!!!! kat company tu.. sebab dia amik duit kitaorg byk kot.. staff under agency tu yg keje kat ibm adalah dlm 8org.. so memang ekin paling paling junior.. memang kena buli, memang kena buat keje yg bukan keje ekin... masa time tu memang x reti nak marah org lain.. diam je.. simpan dlm hati.. yelah org br kan.. yg jd team lead nie "dia" dgn beberapa kwnnya yg lain. & perangai diorang mcm hape je.. ekin pernah ckp kat mak ekin, ekin x mau dah ingat blk kenangan masa keje kat sana.. almost 4 years kot ekin dah x jumpa dgn diorang diorang tu.. TUP TUP TUP jumpa jugak.. Semuanya kuasa Allah kan.. & nak tau apa perasaan ekin masa dia interview ekin??? I'm so so so HAPPY!! bukan sebab ekin suka jumpa dia.. tp sebab ekin dpt show off yg ekin lebih bagus daripada dia.. masa keje dulu dia konon konon mcm bagus la speaking semua, then bodek boss.. & yg paling menyakitkan hati ekin dia ckp dekat boss ekin terhegeh-hegeh nak keje IBM.. tp yg sebenarnya dia yg nak sgt keje kat IBM.. bodek boss sampai boss tu convert dia jd IBM staff... & sampai skrg dia still lagi bekerja kat IBM, department yg sama cuma sebab dia dah lama keje naik la pangkat bukan jd manager tp TEAM LEAD!!! BERLAGAK mcm manager... tulah dia kan ORG MELAYU kita punye perangai... so annoying...

So kesimpulannya ekin dh tau resultnya.. Hubby ekin pun nampaknya x berapa setuju ANDAIKATA ekin dpt keje kat situ... yelah kan confirm nanti ekin keje x happy sebab "dia" dari dulu sampai skrg dok la jeolous dgn ekin.. agak frustrated sebab dah sampai stage ke-3.. Namun ekin bersyukur sgt sgt sebab semua yg berlaku nie ada hikmahnya.. bg ekin hikmahnya terlalu besar.. mungkin lebih byk keburukkan jika ekin berkerja kat sana kan.. siapa tahu.. sekarang nie pun ekin dah ada keje.. syukur sgt sgt.. moral of the story: jgn sekali kali kita menjatuhkan org lain kerana suatu hari nanti pasti kita akan dijatuhkan pula... :)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Alhamdulillah...

Hi all,  Assalamualaikum & good afternoon.. lama jugak x update blog nie susah sebab x ada laptop kat umah.. nak kene beli nie.. guna ipad nak upload picture x blh.. emm, x user friendly betul.. sukahati je ekin komen mcm tu.. :) oklah hari nie nak story pasal keje kat tempat baru.. new environment, new jobscope, new colleague.. semua NEW la.. :) first time keje dlm education field.. sblm nie 4 thn keje dgn telco company.. akhirnya berjaya jugak ekin keluar dr kepompong.. hehe.. excited sangat sebab nak belajar bidang baru.. ini mungkin juga sebagai batu loncatan kalau nak keje jd lecturer nanti.. amin.. lambat lagi kot nak capai cita cita tu sebab entah bila nak furter master.. hopefully by end of this year.. tp tulah kan faktor kewangan tu amat perlu dititik beratkan.. byr sendiri ok.. huhu.. insyaallah kalau ada rezeki lebih PASTI ekin akan furter jugak. ok, berbalik kepada cerita kita td seronok jugak keje dlm bidang education nie.. ekin keje kat department academic services (examination).. so memang kena hafal courses yg IMU offer kat students, kena liase dengan lecturer.. lect kebanyakkannya mat salleh, chinese & india.. Melayu emmmmmmmm ada la srg dua kot yg mengajar pendidikan islam & bahasa kebangsaan.. See semua dimonopoli oleh bangsa lain.. dimanakah anak anak melayu kita???? emotional sekejap sebab rasa tension bila tgk org. chart..


Hopefully anak anak kita nanti la yg akan memonopoli bidang bidang yg hebat ini... hari nie hari ke-4 bekerja di sini.. alhamdulillah colleague pun semua baik baik je.. nampak team work diorang.. alhamdulillah.. walaupun keje nie gajinya agak kurang sikit dr company yg lama takpelah.. yg penting keje ok.. kalau kita x happy dgn keje gaji byk pun x guna jugak kan.. cuma kat sini kena lunch srg srg.. sebab semua org busy.. diorang lunch bila diorang free.. so terpaksa la lunch srg srg.. nasib baik dah biasa.. :) hari esok ekin ada interview dgn IBM.. setelah melepasi beberapa stage.. Syukur Ya Allah...  1st stage online test, 2nd stage group discussion-(mcm muet tu.. fuhh soalan mencabar.. masa nie memang dah buat yg terbaik pastu redho je.. sebab ramai ok yg terel terel.. ) 3rd stage interview.. kalau lepas stage nie ada final interview.. dahsyat betul la IBM.. walau apa pun ekin akan cuba yg terbaik. mana tau kan ada rezeki.. nampak gayanya esok ekin amik MC la jwbnya.. dahlah br start keje.. :( kebetulan harith pun nak kene inject esok.. so amik MC la jwbnya... ok, nanti kita citer lagi ye.. lunch time dah nie...  wish me luck ya for tomorrow interview...