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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I’m going to give it until 6 weeks and then see his it goes. I may quit earlier than that though. I’m going to stick with breastfeeding because pumping is too much work. [/quote]

I want to be on your side, but with every response you get whinier and whinier. Yes. Pumping is work. Bottle feeding is work. Breastfeeding is work. So is feeding a toddler, and potty training, and math homework, and soccer practice...the work never goes away, it just changes and you can't avoid it.

You are two weeks in. Hormones are wild at this point. But you need to take a real step back and work on perspective. Parenting is going to be a long and painful road if you keep going with the attitude that you have. [/quote]

Your response is terrible.  You’re one of those women who wants to make new moms think that some aspect of parenting just has to be a certain way or life has to be hard.

No, breastfeeding is not the same (for most women) as math homework, feeding a toddler etc.  It is extremely time consuming and has potentially long lasting effects in terms of the division of family labor.  Breastfeeding can be such a burden that there are support groups focused on it.  There are even special rooms at work to engage in it.  Breastfeeding is very, very hard for many women.  I personally found it to be terrible.  I felt similar as OP and now have an older child.  Nothing has compared to how awful breastfeeding was.

Looking back, breastfeeding ruined my maternity leave and made it hard for me to bond with my child.  I wish I had quit much earlier than I did.  I started to enjoy my baby and life once I weaned.  Never again.  [/quote]

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