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Who EPs?

AB&TBAB&TB
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Hi girls.  Anyone EP?  How is it going?  How long do you hope to EP for?

I am getting pretty tired of it, but I think I am going to stick it out until 2009.

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

    I EP (but Kate gets >50% formula because of my crappy supply).  I'm going to keep it up at least until January--I extended my rental contract on the breast pump until then. 

    I've had to cut back on pumping sessions...used to do it 8 times a day but with working from home, a baby that doesn't like to nap (and starts to fuss the minute I sit down to pump), and one that needs to be kept upright after feedings for an hour, I can't get 8 in.  My supply is taking a hit as a result, but something had to slip.   

    P.S.  Linc is so cute!!

     

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  • jennuncjennunc member
    I don't know how you guys do it. I hate, and I mean hate, pumping. I should be doing it more to up my supply (especially on one side), but I detest it. It takes so much time. 
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  • LovelifeinthesouthLovelifeinthesouth
    I'm with you, jenn.  I pumped after every feeding for the first 2.5 weeks, and I really hated it.  I love what it did to my supply, but I don't think I could do it all the time and for a long time!
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  • AB&TBAB&TB
    Oh trust me.  I hate it with a passion.  I would have quit long ago if it were not for Linc's condition.  I figure that any extra help his little brain can get is well worth my short-term discomfort.  I am going to try to make it to his 6 month b-day.  Then I am going to wean him, and use the freezer stash up.  We are going to start TTC for baby #2 in the beginning of the year.  I really hope the BFing works the next time around, because I don't think that I could EP again.  It does suck majorly!
    imageimageimageimageimage 9/07 m/c baby boy @ 18wks, 4/09 m/c @ 4.5wks
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  • Melissa0703Melissa0703
    just wanted to say you ladies deserve a medal.  We were doing this initially for a couple of weeks so I could get my supply up and it was horrible.  Between feeding him and then trying to pump, I was always doing something to get him fed.  I was so tired.  No way I could have kept doing that...
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  • mrparsley07mrparsley07 member
    I EP and I'm beginning to HATE it! It's very draining, not to mention I've had problems with mastitis and clogged ducts. I'm trying to stick it out as long as I can.
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  • CJinMDCJinMD
    i EP. i go back and forth as to when i am going to stop. i started to try and wean this week, but then i think that i should keep with it. i will def stop all together by mid dec because pumping at work would be really hard with my job.
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  • ourlittlebeanourlittlebean

    i had hoped EP for my 13weeks of ML.  pumping and teaching 1st grade would NOT go well together.

    but we only made it about 3 weeks.  with all his feeding issues, i just couldn't pump enough and my supply was very weak anyway.  i wish i could have done it longer but i know that we are doing what is best for all of us (physically AND emotionally!!)

    EPers need a gold star!

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