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EPers--question about hospital

MrsMommyQMrsMommyQ member
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I'm thinking of EPing and I'm wondering what happens at the hospital after I give birth? Do I just bring bottles and start pumping right away? I'm a little worried the nurses will give me a hard time about EPing and try to force to me to put the baby to my breast. Any info would be great!
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Re: EPers--question about hospital

  • Flicker09Flicker09
    I would highly recommend nursing at least for the first few days.  The colostrum is liquid gold and is not easy to pump.  Plus nursing is much better at getting your milk to come in and getting your supply up.  It is important to feed whenever your baby wants to eat for the first week or more if you can stand it.  If you are totally against this then yes just pump as much as possible right away.  Good luck : )
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    Thanks so much for the info! I'm not against it doing it for the first few days--especially if it's good for all those reasons (for the baby and for my supply). This makes a lot of sense.  Big Smile
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  • Mrs.HusbandMrs.Husband

    imageFlicker09:
    I would highly recommend nursing at least for the first few days.  The colostrum is liquid gold and is not easy to pump.  Plus nursing is much better at getting your milk to come in and getting your supply up.  It is important to feed whenever your baby wants to eat for the first week or more if you can stand it.  If you are totally against this then yes just pump as much as possible right away.  Good luck : )

    This. I started EPing on day 5 after my milk had come in.

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  • MarriedBestFriendsMarriedBestFriends member
    Can I ask why you want to EP? If you'd like an honest opinion from someone who's done it for 10 months (to the day)- BFing is so. much. easier. Yes- it's painful and difficult at first, but so is pumping- and pumping never gets any easier. Babies get more efficient at eating and take just a few minutes (after a few months)- the pump always takes the same amount of time. NIP is much easier that finding a place to pump in public.  For the first 5 months I pumped a total of over 2.5 hours every day (at least 8X/day around the clock). And that's time I missed with my baby, husband, etc. It's so hard to have to pump while your baby sits and screams because you can't hold/entertain/feed at the same time. Cleaning pump parts and bottles is beyond tedious.  And you have to create an oversupply (unless you are OK with supplementing for formula) to have enough milk for the next feeding- and now that my baby hasn't naturally weaned me I'm looking at a severely long and painful weaning process. Sorry for the long tangent, I just know that people think pumping is easier because everyone can feed the baby- but your body has to still think that you are nursing so it's really really tough. 
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  • jenny1980jenny1980 member
    Can I ask why you want to ep? I had to pump after every feeding for the first week and it was so, so hard. Bfing is so much easier and you can always pump if you want someone to help with a feeding or need to be away from the babe.
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    imageMarriedBestFriends:
    Can I ask why you want to EP? If you'd like an honest opinion from someone who's done it for 10 months (to the day)- BFing is so. much. easier. Yes- it's painful and difficult at first, but so is pumping- and pumping never gets any easier. Babies get more efficient at eating and take just a few minutes (after a few months)- the pump always takes the same amount of time. NIP is much easier that finding a place to pump in public.  For the first 5 months I pumped a total of over 2.5 hours every day (at least 8X/day around the clock). And that's time I missed with my baby, husband, etc. It's so hard to have to pump while your baby sits and screams because you can't hold/entertain/feed at the same time. Cleaning pump parts and bottles is beyond tedious.  And you have to create an oversupply (unless you are OK with supplementing for formula) to have enough milk for the next feeding- and now that my baby hasn't naturally weaned me I'm looking at a severely long and painful weaning process. Sorry for the long tangent, I just know that people think pumping is easier because everyone can feed the baby- but your body has to still think that you are nursing so it's really really tough. 

     

    this.. i did not EP, but I worked A lot and it felt like it most days. I would have loved to just nurse all the time.

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  • MrsMommyQMrsMommyQ member

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    Can I ask why you want to ep? I had to pump after every feeding for the first week and it was so, so hard. Bfing is so much easier and you can always pump if you want someone to help with a feeding or need to be away from the babe.

    I actually don't want to BF at all, but I know how much better it is for LO so I'm planning on EPing for 6-8 weeks. It was the best compromise in my mind. I'll supplement with formula and then eventually switch to formula.

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  • innes1015innes1015 member
    To answer the original question, the hospital I was at had pumps.  My LO was in the NICU so direct feeding was not an option.  I just requested a pump and they had it set up in my room and gave me all the parts and such.
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