Some time around this time last year I made a promise that I will revisit this page and do another posting if my breastfeeding journey has not come to an end. So here I am writing to assure I am still breastfeeding my newly turned 3yo. To bring everyone up to speed, heres a brief recap of my story. My lil chap was diagnosed with leukemia when he was a week short of 8mo. When diagnosed he was already in critical state thus he underwent treatment and surgery immediately and fought his way through. Days were tough. Then it turned into weeks and the months followed. But he remained a bubbly bub throughout chemo. His main source of nutrition was breastmilk. His main source of comfort was also breastmilk. He didnt want solids until he was 10mo. I made it a point to read and research like crazy on anti cancer diet and I made sure he was on it and he still is to date ;) There was no way anyone can tell that he was decaying inside as he was born at a very healthy weight (3.14kg). Every week he grew steadily and his growth chart was on a nice 45degree upward slope. I read many mommy postings on the keenness to associate weight with health. My story here have just proven it wrong. I had a good chubby baby but I didnt have a healthy baby. So mommies, focus on your bf journey rather than clocking in weekly on the weight chart :) My bf journey has been a really tiring one. Fulfilling nonetheless. I do not plan to wean until he is in the safe zone. Thats 5 years post chemo which means he needs another 3 years to fall into that zone. Why so? Well 5 years with no relapses will put him at a better spot and increase his survival rate substantially. Not cured per se as you can never bet your last buck on an evil disease. However, should he self wean before 5 years then my last buck will be bet on his smooth journey to recovery. Knock on wood but should the misfortune happen (that he relapses) at least I know while there is nothing much I can do except to keep the faith, I can still provide him the nutrition and the comfort he would very well require via breastfeeding. Until a posting again next year, merry breastfeeding.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 14:50:22 +0000
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