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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a deep freezer for your garage or basement and store milk there. You can get one on Facebook marketplace for like $25. And [b]your oversupply won’t last forever so in eight months when you can’t keep up [/b]with baby’s demand then you’ll have plenty of milk.

Alternatively there are fb groups like Eats on Feets and another I forget the name of that are very widely regarded and popular.[/quote]

Kindly, you don’t know what you are talking about. Some of us do have true oversupply and never have a problem “keeping up” with our babies’ needs. You hear about all the struggles women encounter breastfeeding, but some of us really have an easy time of it and maintain excellent supplies. In hunter gatherer society, I would have been the wet nurse of our tribe who helped feed your babies, lady. [/quote]

+1 I am like that too. I blockfed (where you only feed from one side at each feeding) the entire 16 months I breastfed; I could drastically cut down on pumping for a couple weeks, and then get my supply right back up within a few days. It's just how my body works. It's definitely possible that your oversupply will last throughout the whole time you breastfeed.

I agree that unless you have a reason to want a lot of extra milk, there's no need for you to pump as often as you have been - pumping is kind of a PITA. That said, if you do choose to there are plenty of worthy places to donate, and people who will be extremely appreciative. For me, that route felt rewarding and I chose to pump a few extra times a week, and donated hundreds of ounces over a year or so. (...for my first! About to have my second and somehow I doubt this will happen to the same extent) The main place I posted was on my local Human Milk 4 Human babies group (on fb) - there is always a long list of people looking for donors, and they are incredibly appreciative.

Re selling it...I hear you. For some reason this is apparently super looked down on, and I don't know that it should be on principle. I mean...men donate sperm for money, and I daresay that process is more enjoyable than a pumping session (or 10!). I guess one practical consideration is that if people are selling it for a profit, you have to start worrying about harmful solutions/substitutions/etc[/quote]

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