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[quote=Anonymous]The "space, time, and support" I needed was a maternity leave longer than eight weeks so I did not have to hunch over a breast pump in a repurposed utility closet with my 20 minute pump break, sweating and praying that I could figure out how to make my boobs release more than 4 oz of milk at a time, knowing that with 2 20 minute breaks in my 8 hour work day I was only going to bring home 8 oz of milk, but my baby was going to drink 20 when I was away, and the way that breastfeeding (and hence pumping) works is via supply and demand, so I would need to find a way to make up the deficit. Either pump in the middle of the night, while driving (I tried!), or supplement with formula. In that sense, yes, it was a "convenience", one for which I felt a huge sense of gratitude and relief tinged with guilt and failure at the same time. What education would I have needed to fix this? I read all the bf books and ordered all the pumping things prime shipping on amazon. Read all the dcum threads. Lurked kellymom (ugh). To add, this was so long ago for me now and reading about the formula shortage brings it all rushing back - the desperation of trying to fulfill a basic need for your child.[/quote]

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