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[quote=Anonymous]Breastfeeding has a lot of immunity benefits as well as it being very good for babies' mouth and jaw development, which seem to be the biggest benefits past about 6 months of breastfeeding.  So, no, I don't think exclusively pumping is actually beneficial to a baby past a certain point.  Definitely try for the first 6 weeks but if you can't make it do not spend a minute worrying.

Agreed that the only point of pumping is if you'll be away from the baby for a bit and want to preserve your ability to breastfeed.  Otherwise it doesn't really matter much besides being able to save money of formula.  I say this as a mom that breastfed for six months besides a bottle of expressed milk here or there, then pumped and breastfed until baby was a year old.  Looking back I should have just given her formula instead of worrying so much about the pump and just breastfed her when we were together.  That would have made the first year postpartum so much better.  Happier mom=happier and healthier baby.  [/quote]

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