Travelling w/o baby while breastfeeding....success!

KelleyA · December 2010

I just got back from a 5 day trip without my kids. I'm still exclusively breastfeeding my 5 month old DD so of course I was stressed. I pumped like crazy before I left and made sure my mom had enough milk for her. She wasn't the best bottle taker before I left, but after the first 2-3 bottles my mom said she became a pro and pretty much attacks the bottle.

I pumped every 3-4 hours (sometimes longer) while we were gone and didn't bring any of the milk back...yes, I dumped all of it. We were in Mexico and I had no way to properly sterilize/store all of the milk. Thankfully DD was ready to nurse as soon as we got back and she's latched on and happily nursed away since. I was so stressed that she would reject me, but she's as happy as can be.

I know that there have been a few posts about travelling without babies lately and thought I might share. I stressed a lot about it, but thankfully we're right back in the swing of things. We're leaving for another 8 days in May and I'm praying that things go as smoothly.

cori514 · December 2010

That is great! I hope I am that successful in 2 weeks when we go on a 4 day cruise without the baby...I will probably have to pump and dump too...

JamicanBride · December 2010

Glad to hear everything worked out. Hope you had a great time!!

M&M614 · December 2010

thanks for the update! glad it went well. your mom is a rockstar!

erica_kaspar · December 2010

Yay! I was going to ask you how it was and if you dumped the milk etc. We plan on going on vacation and if I am still BFing might ask you tons of questions!

Katieraye09 · December 2010

WOW!!! Thanks for sharing your success story! Very impressive and good motivation for all Mommies out there. Smile

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