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[quote=Anonymous]I EP'd for 7 months with DS. I would never do it again and would go right to formula if I have another child. My reasons are: - How much time EPing took. Sitting connected to the pump, washing pump parts and bottles (yes, I had multiples sets of parts and lots of bottles). During maternity leave and anytime DH wasn't around it got super difficult to tend to the baby's needs while pumping as much as I needed to to maintain supply. - So much time connected to a machine was an emotional drain for me. It felt clinical and gave me less time to actually connect with my baby. - Formula is great and I think a lot of us are too quick to sacrifice our own needs bc it's so "easy" to pump. I have several friends who have EP'd and we all say we would never do it again. Of course, there are also lots of people who don't mind it and would do it again, but that hasn't been my experience or that of most people I know who tried it.[/quote]
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