Chapter 153
Teacher Liu smiled with relief: "It's good that you think so. Oh, by the way, don't say that I told you about this..."
Before she finished speaking, her face suddenly froze and she covered her chest in embarrassment.
Jiang Zhinian was puzzled: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Teacher Liu figured Jiang Zhinian was about to give birth anyway, so it wouldn't be a big deal to tell her. So, she said, "I was delayed a bit and didn't get to express milk, so it's a little overflowing now. It's okay, I'll just go and pump it. Hey, that's the downside of our school. We don't have a nursery or a refrigerator, so every time I have to pump milk, I have to find a place. It's such a hassle."
Although Jiang Zhinian was pregnant, she hadn't given birth yet. She felt a little embarrassed when she suddenly heard this topic.
"Then, then you should go quickly..."
"Okay, then we'll talk about it next time. Let's take the kids out to play together when we have the chance." After saying that, she covered her chest and left in a hurry.
Jiang Zhinian submitted the materials for the re-examination and returned to the office. Teacher Li came to her to ask about the re-examination, and she seemed a little absent-minded.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Jiang Zhinian thought about it and finally asked the question in her heart: "Can breastfeeding last until a child is over one year old?"
She always thought that her mother would have no milk after maternity leave, but she didn't expect that Teacher Liu was still breastfeeding just now.
Teacher Li laughed and said, "What kind of question is that? Of course you can breastfeed as long as you want. I've even heard of people breastfeeding until they start elementary school."
Going to elementary school? This, this is too much.
Teacher Li waved her hand and said, "But most people won't breastfeed for that long. Around me, some have breastfed their babies until they were one year old, and some until they were two. But nowadays, fewer people are breastfeeding until they are two years old. After all, breastfeeding is not that easy. Most people still breastfeed until they are one year old."
It is okay to breastfeed during maternity leave, but once you go back to work, many breastfeeding mothers are forced to express milk on their backs. Some foreign companies and private companies with better welfare benefits will have special mother-and-child rooms, which are convenient for mothers who express milk on their backs to express breast milk with a breast pump, put it in an insulated bag, and then store it in the refrigerator. However, if it is a company or enterprise that does not have a special mother-and-child room, you will need to find a place to express milk on your back. If there is no refrigerator in the workplace, or the refrigerator is not dedicated, it will be very troublesome and may even cause conflicts with other colleagues.
Teacher Li shook her head and sighed, "Your conditions are actually quite good now. Some shopping malls have nursing rooms for breastfeeding. Back then, we didn't even have the mind to bring a blanket with us when we went out. If the baby was hungry or cried, we would immediately pull up our clothes to feed him. We didn't have time to think about women's dignity. We just treated ourselves as feeding tools."
At that time, there was no social concept of respecting breastfeeding mothers or avoiding eye contact. Some men would even deliberately come over to take a look when they saw you breastfeeding, saying that your child was eating very happily, but in fact they were just trying to take advantage of you.
Another teacher, whose child was five, heard them discussing this topic and joined in, saying, "I think the hardest part about breastfeeding is blocked milk ducts. My child wouldn't suck at first, and I often had mastitis from blocked ducts. I ended up going to the hospital three times. His ducts were as hard as rocks, and he had a fever. I didn't want to feed him many times, so I just stopped him and put him on formula."
Jiang Zhinian asked her, "Then why don't you let the baby drink formula?"
The female teacher's face was a little pale and full of resentment. "Firstly, I can't bear to leave my child. I always think breast milk is the best for the child. Feeding with formula... is afraid that it will affect the child's health. Secondly, my child doesn't like formula. He spits out the bottle as soon as he takes it. He only drinks breast milk."
In fact, there was another reason she didn't mention, which was that her mother-in-law thought milk powder was too expensive and a waste of money. She said that she obviously had milk to feed the child, so why should she spend that money? Those women in their family were in poor health, and only women without milk would be so cruel as to feed their children milk powder. If they fed their children with milk powder, it would not sound good to tell others about it. People would think that she was sick, or that she didn't breastfeed because she loved beauty and was afraid of sagging breasts. In any case, she would not agree to her weaning no matter what.
She was repeatedly struggling between weaning and continuing to feed the baby, and it was not until the baby was almost two years old that she finally made up her mind to completely stop breastfeeding.
Teacher Li agreed, saying, "As mothers, we can't just think about ourselves. We have to think about our children. As long as it's good for them, the pain of breastfeeding is nothing. Some babies like to bite, and many have been bitten repeatedly, breaking their skin and bleeding. But they still persevere, right? It's only two years at most. Don't the experts online say that the good things in breast milk can't be compared to formula? Babies fed with formula are not healthy."
In fact, Jiang Zhinian had never thought about whether to feed with formula or breast milk. In her concept, breast milk must be fed, but she always thought that all mothers only fed their babies for 6 months and then gave them formula.
Otherwise, why are there so many milk powder advertisements? I didn’t expect that breastfeeding can last up to 2 years... I originally chatted with Teacher Li to clear my doubts and find an answer, but I didn’t expect that by the end of the conversation, she became more and more confused.
Teacher Li saw Jiang Zhinian's dazed look and knew that young people these days didn't like breastfeeding, let alone breastfeeding for so long, so she comforted her, "Don't think too much about it now. Once the baby is born, you'll naturally want to breastfeed. You'll feel happy and satisfied when you see your baby's full face, and you won't want to stop breastfeeding early."
Breast milk is another connection between mother and baby, besides the umbilical cord, which is full of tenderness and unforgettable.
Jiang Zhinian nodded, temporarily suppressing the inexplicable confusion in his heart.
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At night, when going to bed, Shi Ye half-lay on the bed and read to the baby, while Jiang Zhinian lay on his side and listened quietly.
Maybe his recent efforts in reading books have paid off, and the baby will give him a little face. Every time his father finishes reading a book, he will move slightly. He may be turning over because he is tired, or he may be dancing with joy.
Every time Jiang Zhinian felt it, she would immediately grab Shi Ye's hand, gently place it on her lower abdomen, and share this joy with him.
"Have you noticed that the baby has been moving around a lot lately?"
"for example."
"Sometimes I can feel my little hands and feet kicking, and sometimes my whole stomach is churning."
Shi Ye chuckled, put the finished book on the small table beside him, and put his arm around Jiang Zhinian's lower abdomen.
"It means the baby is becoming more and more lively and active."
Jiang Zhinian's fingers danced lightly on Shi Ye's arm, as if playing some musical note: "Shi Ye, what do you think is the best length of breastfeeding?"
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