I saved this post a while back to come back to read! I'm so glad you mentioned a few weeks ago that you wrote this. Your experience sounds SO SIMILAR to mine and I'm so glad you felt empowered to share your story (and I'm sorry you dealt with so much frustration at the outset of your journey). 6 months of exclusive pumping is WILDLY impressive, you are a fabulous mom 💌
I pump when I’m at work for my part time job so only a few times a day and a few times a week- i breastfeed when I’m home with my baby girl. When I started my small amount of pumping, I thought of what an amazing sacrifice and labor of love exclusively pumping must be. Feeding babies is no easy task. And exclusively pumping moms are superheroes in my book.
Thanks for sharing your experience! My baby girl is home for a few more weeks before starting daycare, and I’m currently working to build up a stash, pumping very part time. The thing that makes me nervous is I hear that your supply can drop with pumping while baby is away when you normally nurse. Fingers crossed it stays up! Curious your experience with the combo approach. It sounds so silly that I feel like a newbie again after having spent so much time pumping, but here we are.
My daughter only has bottles of my milk when I’m away from her. Whenever we are together, I nurse on demand. I’ve only noticed a supply drop now at 12 months as my baby is eating more food and nursing less. But I’m still pumping around an ounce more everyday than what she consumes when I’m gone. It’s been a good experience for us overall. Best of luck to y’all!!
I saved this post a while back to come back to read! I'm so glad you mentioned a few weeks ago that you wrote this. Your experience sounds SO SIMILAR to mine and I'm so glad you felt empowered to share your story (and I'm sorry you dealt with so much frustration at the outset of your journey). 6 months of exclusive pumping is WILDLY impressive, you are a fabulous mom 💌
I pump when I’m at work for my part time job so only a few times a day and a few times a week- i breastfeed when I’m home with my baby girl. When I started my small amount of pumping, I thought of what an amazing sacrifice and labor of love exclusively pumping must be. Feeding babies is no easy task. And exclusively pumping moms are superheroes in my book.
Thanks for sharing your experience! My baby girl is home for a few more weeks before starting daycare, and I’m currently working to build up a stash, pumping very part time. The thing that makes me nervous is I hear that your supply can drop with pumping while baby is away when you normally nurse. Fingers crossed it stays up! Curious your experience with the combo approach. It sounds so silly that I feel like a newbie again after having spent so much time pumping, but here we are.
My daughter only has bottles of my milk when I’m away from her. Whenever we are together, I nurse on demand. I’ve only noticed a supply drop now at 12 months as my baby is eating more food and nursing less. But I’m still pumping around an ounce more everyday than what she consumes when I’m gone. It’s been a good experience for us overall. Best of luck to y’all!!