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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP I pumped exclusively for 10 months starting from day 1 (my daughter could not physically breastfeed) and did not find it to be difficult. This website is a great resource:
https://exclusivepumping.com/

I worked towards dropping pumps so I only pumped 4x a day and got about 36-40 oz a day. Because I was in the office working it wasn't that different than being a mom who breastfeeds and pumps 2-3x a day at work. I had a schedule where I pumped 7am, 12pm, 4pm, and 9pm. I a rented Medela hospital grade pump, kept a free one at work and was lucky to have a great spot to pump.

Some thing to consider if you EP is the aspect of transporting breastmilk with you, some people find that annoying since it's more involved than carrying powdered formula. I used a small freezer bag/lunch bag and didn't mind. I also kept milk unfrozen in the fridge so I didn't have to defrost daily, and froze my backup. I also never warmed bottles, which made it easy to just grab milk and give it right to baby.

There are times I wonder if it would have been easier not to, but overall it worked for us and I didn't find it to be a burden.[/quote]

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