Bachelorette parties are not conducive with pumping!

whirlygirl00 · April 2012

So I've been invited to two bachelorette parties in the upcomming weeks. It's a pain in the butt to figure out how to juggle them with pumping because they are going to bars where I wouldn't want to try and pump in.

So I've decided since the max amount of time I can go in between pumps is 6 hours and I live about 30 minutes from these places I'll stay for 5 1/2 hours (which will be dinner and a couple of hours after) and leave so I can pump at home.

I totally don't mind doing this, DS is the most important thing to me but I want to at least show up for as much as I can becuase I really like both of these girls. My other friends going do not understand, they keep asking can't I just skip pumping that night...or just pump in the bathroom. They think it's the end of the world that I can't stay all night and party but I really could care less. I'd rather be in bed earlier to get some sleep so I can enjoy the next day with LO. I'm just in such a different place than most of my friends and this definitly shows it!

Jen4033 · April 2012

Any bar I've been to there is always a line in the ladies room & only 2-3 stalls... I don't want to be the one holding up a stall cuz I need to pump. Would probably have to invest ina manual pump too so I can carry in my purse! Too much of a hassle! Last time I went out & didn't factor in pumping, I got so engorged, I ended up with Mastitis! I hadn't realized how full I had gotten til I got home!

whirlygirl00 · April 2012

Jen4033:
Any bar I've been to there is always a line in the ladies room & only 2-3 stalls... I don't want to be the one holding up a stall cuz I need to pump. Would probably have to invest ina manual pump too so I can carry in my purse! Too much of a hassle! Last time I went out & didn't factor in pumping, I got so engorged, I ended up with Mastitis! I hadn't realized how full I had gotten til I got home!

I've already had this twice and get clogged ducts all the time so a huge concern, I have enough milk frozen for him if we needed to use it but I cannot bear the thought of another round of mastitis!

scooterq · April 2012

I've found that people seriously don't understand how bfing and pumping works unless they been there. It's not like you can be like, oh, think I won't bf/pump today haha

emd2887 · April 2012

Yeah, most people really don't get it. It's not exactly fun to go out to a party and carrying around a pump instead of a cute clutch, or worry about what to do with the milk, or try to skip pumping (ouch- made that mistake once and never again!).

I'm going to a bachelorette party for my SIL and am only going for a couple of hours. I got asked why I couldn't stay out all night, why I needed to pump, why I couldn't pump in the bathroom, even why I am still breastfeeding (grrr!!!). It sounds lame, but I'd much rather be at home dancing to silly songs with my little girl than dancing at a club.

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brookie9 · April 2012

People who have never done it just don't get it. Isn't it interesting how our priorities are so different now? My MIL offered to bsit DS for an entire weekend or at least overnight so DH and I could have a nice break and DH had to explain the old' ball and chain that is pumping and said it just wouldn't be worth it right now. She has never directly said anything but I think she thinks that BFing is a nuisance (for her) and wouldn't it be better with formula so we could go out whenever we want for as long as we want and drink as much as we want? Well that's just not as important to me anymore.

bsugirljen · April 2012

I just went through this last weekend. It was a total hassle. None of my friends understood why I had to keep pumping (we had a hotel room in Chicago). Thank God we had a suite with two bathrooms! I pumped before we left for the night and then pumped when we got back (about 4.5 hours later). I left at 5 am so I could get home before LO woke up and took lots of grief for it. I pumped a total of 5 times, and i wanted to cry how much over how much I dumped.

I also had to put up with such comments as, "Can you take pills to dry that sh!t up?" and "He seriously eats every three hours?" "If you're just dumping it down the drain, why do you have to keep doing it?"

I am in the wedding in two weeks, so they're going to have to put up with me BFing all day so they can just GTHO. I really hope I wasn't judgemental like that pre-baby.

whirlygirl00 · April 2012

bsugirljen:

I just went through this last weekend. It was a total hassle. None of my friends understood why I had to keep pumping (we had a hotel room in Chicago). Thank God we had a suite with two bathrooms! I pumped before we left for the night and then pumped when we got back (about 4.5 hours later). I left at 5 am so I could get home before LO woke up and took lots of grief for it. I pumped a total of 5 times, and i wanted to cry how much over how much I dumped.

I also had to put up with such comments as, "Can you take pills to dry that sh!t up?" and "He seriously eats every three hours?" "If you're just dumping it down the drain, why do you have to keep doing it?"

I am in the wedding in two weeks, so they're going to have to put up with me BFing all day so they can just GTHO. I really hope I wasn't judgemental like that pre-baby.

Good for you! I can't believe those comments. That must have been so hard pouring it all down the drain! I hope they're nicer on the wedding day, you need to start thinking of a good come back!

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