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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not certain how many of the benefits of breast milk are actually observed in exclusive pumping, so I would switch to formula.[/quote]
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This is common knowledge. [/quote]

:roll: No it’s not. I only have a guess at what you’re referring to because I’m the PP who exclusively pumped with my first and I did a maniacal amount of research.

To try to answer the question, I think there’s some literature that says pumping doesn’t capture all of the benefits of traditional breastfeeding because the baby’s needs are communicated by contact through saliva- so the feedback loop with the baby is lost when pumping.

Not sure if that’s what this person is referring to. Either way, I personally believe the benefits of breastfeeding are extremely oversold to new moms especially after the first 6 weeks or so. 
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Another exclusive pumping mom here who did a maniacal amount of research here: everyone parrots this "saliva feedback" hypothesis, but I could not find a shred of empirical evidence that it is true. Sure it's discussed in "summaries of research" or discussions of studies, but I was never able to trace it back to the actual study and finding. I did go on to ep "just in case", but wish I had just switched to formula.[/quote]

I’m the PP who said it’s not certain— the salivary feedback one isn’t what I was referring to, it’s the difficulty in parsing mechanical vs. milk benefits. For example everyone talks about how breastfed babies may get fewer ear infections BUT no one compares children who spend as much time bottle feeding (sucking and swallowing which clears the eustracean tubes) with breastfeeding which everyone agrees can take longer. There’s also benefits which may be accruing from the time spent skin to skin with mother which correlates to many of the posited emotional outcomes. Since it’s not clear those benefits happen from pumping and bottle I definitely wouldn’t invest the time.[/quote]

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