Pumping- How long do you plan on?

Re: Pumping- How long do you plan on?

• tanny05

  November 2008

  Same as you! 2 more months before I re-evaluate but I have a feeling I won't quit. 

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• JoshnEllen member

  November 2008

  I have the same goal.  I will be glad to make it to 6 months, but will be thrilled to go 1 year.

  

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• manders726 member

  November 2008

  As soon as we start introducing solids, I'm going to decrease the number of pumps each day (so at least 6 months?). 

  To tell you the truth, it's already starting to wear on me and if formula didn't cost so much $$, I would have considering stopping after she was 6w old.  But that's just me.
  

  m/c 9/22/07 at 8w5d...BFP 12/23/07! DD born 9/4/2008, BFP 2/14/13...DS born 10/22/2013

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• Stacyc625 member

  November 2008

  hey mrs m.

  i posted about this yesterday. i am pumping for another 19 days. that will be six months of pumping. but i have a deep freezer busting full of milk- about another 3 months (30 oz a day). i just want to be done with it. i could go longer but i am really done with pumping. i have a great supply and i haven't had any major problems but i am really mentally over pumping every three hours, washing the parts, all the extra bottles, buying freezer bags (i go through 50 a week or so)-

  i feel bad- i am a SAHM-- so i feel like i should be able to go longer but i am so over it. we will see how i feel in 19 days.

  

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• LumLisa

  November 2008

  I'm at 5 months already now but I haven't gone back to work yet.  We'll reevaluate once I'm back when he turns 6 months.  That was my goal to begin with but, now that I've been doing it, I love it and don't want to stop.  Realistically with work, it may not be possible to continue.

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• linzpinz14

  November 2008

  I'm going to give it another 2 weeks to see if my supply increases anymore.  Right now it takes me 4 sessions to make a 4oz. bottle - which sucks.  But that's up from 6-8 sessions.  We've had lots of BFing/EPing problems, but it's getting better.

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• Susan&Skip

  November 2008

  when i got back to work in a couple weeks.

   

  

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• spunkielexis196 member

  November 2008

  I plan on pumping until DS is a year, however I'm already having to supplement him with a bottle of formula periodically just to keep up.  So we will see.

  

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• JessesGirl21404

  November 2008

  Same as you!  I'll be thrilled to make it to 6 months, but would love to be able to go the full year!

  

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• fall-love

  November 2008

  My goal is for him to never have to have formula.... so a year, combined pumping and bfing.  I really enjoy bfing and don't mind pumping at all (work is very supportive of that) so I'm sure I'll be able to go at least a year.  I'm sure I probably won't pump anymore after 12 mos, but I might bf a little longer if he wants to.
  

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• SummerMama12 member

  November 2008

  I'm hoping for 6 months at least!

  
  
  

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• Nic&Steve

  November 2008

  6 months is my goal, I've recently had to start supplementing about 4 to 6 ounces of formula a day, I just can't seem to keep up anymore. ?I would really love to make a year but I'm just not sue it's realistic for me.?

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