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Exclusive Pumpers - what to do when you're out?

Summer20Summer20
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I've been having pretty good luck with pumping, but as the weather is nicer and the baby is older, I'm finding myself out of the house a lot more.  I try to pump 5 times per day (6, 9, 1, 5, 9) and so far it's working.  However, if I'm out during the day that 1:00 pump is pretty impossible.

What do you do?  Can you train your body to pump just morning and night?  I'm ok with supplementing with formula starting at 3 months, but I don't want to lose my milk supply completely.  Any thoughts?


DD february 2010 | DS october 2011


*please excuse my typos, bumping from my iphone*
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Re: Exclusive Pumpers - what to do when you're out?

  • KaliBali04KaliBali04
    I typically pump right after I give DS a bottle (or as close to it).  I'm not an EPer, but when I have to pump when I'm out, I do it in the car.  We have a converter box that plugs into the lighter, so I put a nursing cover on and pump.  I know that my pump came with a battery pack thing, so I would use that if we were outside somewhere and HAD to pump.
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  • inlovewowinlovewow
    I'm curious about EP'ers...why do you not BF sometimes?  The only reason I pump is b/c I work full time.  But when I'm home with DD, I BF her.
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  • peztopperpeztopper
    imageinlovewow:
    I'm curious about EP'ers...why do you not BF sometimes?? The only reason I pump is b/c I work full time.? But when I'm home with DD, I BF her.
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    I only pumped for 2 months b/c LO wouldn't ever latch. She was 5 wks early and never got the hang of it and we both just got frustrated. There are many other reasons but that's just an example of why I exclusively pumped.?
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  • robinsokjrobinsokj member

    imageinlovewow:
    I'm curious about EP'ers...why do you not BF sometimes?  The only reason I pump is b/c I work full time.  But when I'm home with DD, I BF her.

    My boys were in the nicu with low birth weights and bfing takes about an hour each which I'm not too keen on.  

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  • norman25norman25 member

    imageinlovewow:
    I'm curious about EP'ers...why do you not BF sometimes?  The only reason I pump is b/c I work full time.  But when I'm home with DD, I BF her.

    some of us have babies who never take to the boob, plus i just simply like it. 

    OP, I have a manual pump that I use in my car. I am really used to my manual though, so it doesn't take me long to empty.

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  • Summer20Summer20

    imageinlovewow:
    I'm curious about EP'ers...why do you not BF sometimes?  The only reason I pump is b/c I work full time.  But when I'm home with DD, I BF her.

    I wish I could, DD pretty much won't BF anymore... I think its a combo of her reflux and getting "lazy".


    DD february 2010 | DS october 2011


    *please excuse my typos, bumping from my iphone*
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