EP Weekly Check-In

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• gymrat

  March 2009

  I'll be EPing for 10 mos on the 8th!!!!

  to celebrate meeting my goal I'm going to sleep for 9 hours straight. I haven't had a full night's sleep in forever!!

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• gymrat

  March 2009

  Oh and I sorry to hear that your little one is sick.

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• Stacyc625 member

  March 2009

  Hope Charlie feels better. poor little guy- sick babies are not fun.

  I met my nine month milestone.

  i am having serious motivation issues. I really don't want to pump anymore. I know i have more than three months of milk in my deep freezer. but i swear i feel like i am giving up- with stopping now. Ugh- i am just really hating EPing these days. For some strange reason, pumping three times a day for me is harder than when i was pumping 10x. Pumping with a very mobile baby is hard. She doesn't like to be in the PNP for long. And now our other battle is she is now snubbing the spoon. She is showing signs that she is more than ready to self feed. And that takes FOOOOOREVER! i can't even sneak spoonfuls in when she is feeding herself. the spoon is now evil.

  Everything above plus tax season (i am a WAH accountant) has me pretty stressed. *blah*

  sorry gals- i know i am usually the cheerleader of the check-ins but i am pretty cheered out right now.

  Regardless- congrats all on another week and happy pumping.

   

  

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• purplepuggles

  March 2009

   EPing for 4 months today!

  to celebrate i am dropping down to 6 pumps a day!! WOOT! i plan on dropping another when i reach 5 months, assuming my supply stays okay. 
  

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• kel716 member

  March 2009

  Hope baby C feels better soon!!! 

  I'M AT 6 MONTHS!!!!  Which was my only real goal.  Now I think I'll go until just before a year, provided my motivation stays with me.

  I'm celebrating with the stomach bug... I thought it was gone, and I came home sick from school today.  I immediately fell asleep and woke up 4 hours later.  DH made me some chicken noodle soup, and I feel somewhat better now.  As a result of all of this, my supply has taken a beating.  I'm hoping it comes back.  I got 5 this morning (normally get 8), and 9 when I got up from long nap.  I'll pump again in an hour or so, and that will be the sign as to where we're at.  I think it's starting to come back and I can only hope so...

   

  Stacy.. it's tax season... that has to add a huge stress to your life.  Take a breath, and be proud of how far you've come!

   

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• flamencogal

  March 2009

  Sounds like we all need some cheerleading!! ?We've got sick babies, sick moms, stressed out moms, and add to the list a clogged up mom! ?I'm in the process of dropping a pump (going from 4 to 3 per day) and while I'm of course enjoying not pumping as much during the day, I am fighting with clogged ducts big time. ?I tried to drop gradually but my body isn't having it! ?I've always been super susceptible to clogs so it's not that big of a surprise but I didn't have any of these issues when going from 5 to 4 pumps. ?I think as we pump fewer and fewer times per day, dropping one is a bigger adjustment for the body to make. ?Here's hoping I'm on my way to clear, free milk flowing ducts!

  Sending everyone some get well and destress vibes!!! ?We've done it another week ladies-hang in there!?

  Kim
  
  

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• AB&TB

  March 2009

  I am done with pumping!  I made it 7.5 months!  1.5 months past my BIG goal.  Yay!!  Keep up the good work ladies, and you will make all of your goals! 

  9/07 m/c baby boy @ 18wks, 4/09 m/c @ 4.5wks

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• miko2224 member

  March 2009

  I will have made it to 3 months tomorrow! WOW! Nobody, myself included, can believe that I have made it this long. My new goal is to make it to 4 months, and then hopefully with my freezer stash can make it to 6 months.

  To celebrate my BIG milestone I would like to take my pump and throw it in the river! But I won't because this thing was too expensive and I might need it next baby. So maybe I'll buy myself a spa day or something like that. 

   Congrats to everyone on making it another week!!! 
  

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• saraheg77

  March 2009

  sorry you have a sick one!  Hope he's all better!

   I'm down to one pump/day at night when DD is in bed.  I feel like a new woman   I still have plenty of milk in the freezer and hoping we'll last til a year!

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