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I-Fed yeyona igqwesileyo- Ukuhlonipha iVeki yeHlabathi yokuNcancisa kunye nokuXhobisa zonke iiNdlela zokuKhetha

Namkelekile, bomama abathandekayo kunye nabanye, kule ngxelo yebhlog isuka entliziyweni apho sidibana khona ukuze sikhumbule iVeki yeHlabathi yokuncancisa. Le veki imalunga nokuqaphela kunye nokuxhasa iihambo ezahlukeneyo zoomama kunye nokubhiyozela uthando kunye nokuzinikela abakugalela ekondleni iintsana zabo. Njengomama onebhongo oncancise amakhwenkwe amabini amahle, ndinomnqweno wokwabelana ngohambo lwam lobuqu, ndikhanyisela iinyani zokuncancisa, ngelixa ndikhuthaza indlela yovelwano ngakumbi ekuxhaseni oomama abondla ubisi olungumgubo ngokukhetha okanye ngokuyimfuneko. Le veki ayikokubhiyozela ukuncancisa kuphela; imalunga nokwamkela iindlela ezahlukeneyo zobunina nokukhuthaza inkcubeko yothando nokuqondana kubo bonke oomama kungakhathaliseki ukuba bakhetha ukondla njani iintsana zabo eziswiti.

Ngethuba lokukhulelwa kwam kokuqala, ndandinethemba lokuncancisa unyana wam ubuncinane unyaka. Ngokungalindelekanga, wachitha iintsuku ezisibhozo kwigumbi labagula kakhulu abasandul’ ukuzalwa (NICU) emva kokuzalwa, kodwa oko kwazisa inkxaso yomcebisi wokuncancisa owandikhokela kwiintsuku zokuqala. Ngenxa yokuba ndingazange ndikwazi ukumbamba unyana wam kwiintsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala zobomi bakhe, ndaqala ndaqhelana nempompo yomgangatho wesibhedlele endandiyisebenzisa rhoqo emva kweeyure ezintathu. Ubisi lwam lwathatha iintsuku ukuba lungene kwaye iiseshini zam zokuqala zokumpompa zakhupha nje amathontsi obisi. Umyeni wam wayesebenzisa isirinji ukubamba ithontsi ngalinye aze ahambise le golide ixabisekileyo kwi-NICU apho wayeza kuyigalela emlonyeni wonyana wethu. Olu bisi longezwa ngobisi lwebele lomnikeli ukuqinisekisa ukuba unyana wam ufumana isondlo awayesidinga kwiintsuku zakhe zokuqala zobomi. Ekugqibeleni sakwazi ukonga, kodwa ngenxa yempilo yakhe, kwafuneka ndondle kathathu kangangeeveki ezimbalwa, nto leyo eyandishiya ndidiniwe. Ukubuyela kwam emsebenzini, kwakufuneka ndimpompe ngenkuthalo rhoqo emva kweeyure ezintathu, yaye iindleko ezinxulumene nokuncancisa zazinkulu. Phezu kwayo nje imiceli mngeni, ndaqhubeka nokuncancisa kuba kwasisebenzela, kodwa ndiyayiqonda intlungu enokubangelwa ngoomama ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo.

Xa unyana wam wesibini wazalwa, sakuphepha ukuhlala kwi-NICU, kodwa sachitha iintsuku ezintlanu esibhedlele, esaphinda sazisa inkxaso eyongezelelweyo ukuze uhambo lwethu lokuncancisa luqale kakuhle. Kangangeentsuku unyana wam ebencancisa phantse iyure nganye. Ndaziva ngathi andisoze ndiphinde ndilale. Xa unyana wam wayengaphezu kweenyanga ezimbini ubudala, safunda ukuba uneprotheyini yobisi yobisi nto leyo eyayithetha ukuba kufuneka ndisuse yonke imveliso yobisi ekudleni kwam - kungekhona nje ushizi kunye nobisi, kodwa nantoni na nge-whey kunye ne-casin. Ndafunda ukuba iprobiotic yam yayingekho kwimida! Kwangelo xesha linye, ilizwe lalinengxaki yokunqongophala kwefomula. Ngokunyanisekileyo, ukuba bekungenjalo ngesi siganeko ngenditshintshele ekutyiseni ubisi olungumgubo. Uxinzelelo lokufunda yonke ileyibhile kwaye ungatyi nantoni na ngaphandle kokuba ndiqinisekile nge-110% yento eyayikuyo kubangele uxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo oluhlala luziva lugqithise. Kuthe ngelixesha iindaba bezigcwele izihloko ezimalunga nokuncancisa “kusimahla” ndazibona ndicaphuka ndinomsindo kancinci wokuba ngelixa ndingade ndiswayiphe ikhadi lam letyala ngobisi ebendityisa unyana wam, iibhotile, iibhegi. , i-coolers, ipompo, iipompo zepompo, i-lanolin, i-lactation consults, i-antibiotics ukunyanga i-mastitis, ixesha lam kunye namandla am ngokuqinisekileyo ayeneendleko.

Kuyadanisa ukubona indlela abafazi abanokujongana ngayo nehlazo kunye nomgwebo nokuba bakhetha ukuncancisa. Kwelinye icala, oomama abangakwaziyo ukuncancisa okanye abakhetha ukungancancisi badla ngokugxekwa ngenxa yezigqibo abazenzayo, nto leyo ebenza bazive benetyala okanye bengafaneleki. Kwelinye icala, abasetyhini abancancisayo ngaphaya koko kulindelwe luluntu banokudibana nezimvo ezingalunganga, zibenze bazive bengakhululekanga okanye bagwetywe. Kungekudala emva kokuba unyana wam omdala eguqule unyaka omnye, ndahamba kwigumbi lokuphumla ndiphethe ibhegi yam emnyama emnyama egxalabeni lam. Ndibe nethamsanqa lokufumana ubisi lokunikela kwakhona kwibhanki yobisi eyayibalulekile kum emva kwamava ethu eNICU. Ndakhetha ukumpompa emva kokuba unyana wam elunyulwe ukuze ndikwazi ukufikelela usukelo lwam lomnikelo. Andisokuze ndiyilibale inkangeleko yokwenyanya njengoko omnye endisebenza naye wabuza, “Uneminyaka emingaphi unyana wakho kwakhona? Usayenza LONTO?!”

Njengoko sibhiyozela iVeki yeSizwe yokuncancisa, ndiyathemba ukuba singakuthatha oku njengethuba lokuzikhwebula kwezi zimo zengqondo ziyingozi kwaye sixhase bonke oomama kuhambo lwabo ngabanye. Wonke umama ufanelwe yintlonipho nokuqonda, njengoko ukhetho esilwenzayo lunobuntu ngokunzulu kwaye kufuneka lubhiyozelwe kunokuba sibekwe ibala. Ukuxhobisa abasetyhini ukuba benze izigqibo ezizizo kwaye bamkele iyantlukwano yobumama yeyona nto iphambili ekukhuthazeni indawo enovelwano nebandakanya wonke umntu. Kuyinkolelo yam ukuba bonke oomama kufuneka babe nenkxaso kunye nokhuseleko lokukhetha ukondla iintsana zabo ngendlela enengqiqo ngaphandle kokubeka esichengeni impilo-ntle yomzimba kunye / okanye yeemvakalelo.

Ndandinethamsanqa elimangalisayo lokuba neeyure ezingenakubalwa zenkxaso yokuncancisa, umsebenzi owawuvumela ishedyuli eyayifuna ukuba ndihambe imizuzu engama-30 rhoqo kwiiyure ezintathu, iqabane elalihlamba iinxalenye zempompo amaxesha amaninzi ngemini, i-inshurensi eyayigubungela iindleko ezipheleleyo. impompo yam, ugqirha wabantwana owayeqeqeshe abacebisi bokuncancisa kubasebenzi; iintsana ezikwazi ukulungelelanisa ukufunxa, ukuginya kunye nokuphefumla; nomzimba owawuvelisa ubisi olwaneleyo olwalugcina usana lwam londlekile. Akukho nanye kwezi ekhululekile, kwaye nganye iza nesixa esikhulu samalungelo. Ngeli xesha mhlawumbi siyayazi izibonelelo zempilo zokuncancisa, kodwa azibalulekanga ngakumbi kunokuba umama enze ukhetho olungcono malunga nendlela yokondla umntwana wakhe. Uhambo lukamama ngamnye lwahlukile, ngoko ke kule veki singabonisa inkxaso eyongezelelweyo kukhetho lomnye lo gama sijonge injongo enye: usana olusempilweni, olondleke kakuhle kunye nomama owonwabileyo.