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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. I'll go ahead and offer an alternative view from other PPs.

I went the EP route and it was absolutely the right decision for our family. I was an overproducer (it sounds like you are too) and was able to go down to about 3 or 4 pumps a day for most of that first year (after the 3rd month or so). I worked from home so I pumped in the morning, once at lunch and then in the evening after baby went down. It was more than enough and I built a freezer stash.

In my experience, I liked being able to see how much baby was getting, the freedom of being able to have a looser schedule (because he didn't need the breast to feed so if I was out on an errand it was alright), and the bonding experience I was able to share with my husband who also got to feed our baby often. Also, I have to travel a lot for work and I liked knowing that baby was already used to a bottle and had enough stash to tide him over.

It's not for everyone and lots of people either said I was crazy or I was a champ for going the EP route but it was the right decision for our family. [/quote]

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