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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IS formula more convenient?? I breastfed 3 babies. It was so easy to just nurse any time I needed. No bringing bottles, no formula, no cleaning bottles. My diaper bag consisted of 2 diapers and a thing of wipes. It was particularly easy in the middle of the night with newborns. I never left my bed, just picked up baby, nursed and put them down. I really feel like I got more sleep that way than going to the kitchen to make formula, turning on lights, etc.

Pumping is harder than formula, yeah, but not totally. I pump 3x during my work day. I don't stop working and just pump at the computer. (I realize that not everyone has a job they can pump at)[/quote]

I have the perfect job for pumping and I found pumping to be hugely disruptive and exhausting. Not everyone finds breastfeeding as convenient as you did. I'm not saying you didn't find it easy, I'm saying I didn't. For many, many women, it is not easy, [b]but people like you insist only your experience is valid[/b].[/quote]

Sorry, I think no one hears from the experience of women who enjoyed it and find it easy. I don't talk about it in public. In mom's groups, people only talk about struggles. Why isn't my experience valid too? [/quote]

I SPECIFICALLY SAID IT WAS VALID. YOU were the one who said "IS formula more convienient?" As though your experience is the only truth.

I've been around long enough to recognize that in every area of life but especially online people tend to complain about their struggles more than they celebrate their difficulties. But when it comes to breastfeeding advocates, NEVER in my breastfeeding classes, with the lactation consultants or doulas did I ever hear anyone validate the fact that breastfeeding is hard for so many women. All you hear about is how great it is, how breastfed babies sh&t doesn't stink (that's quite the gem lol), never recognizing the sheer amount of time and literal energy it takes.[/quote]

They also love to talk about how it is free.  Like there is zero value to a woman’s time and autonomy.  [/quote]

And it's not even free in dollar terms.  I spent hundreds on pump parts/accessories, boppy pillows, nursing pads, nursing bras, pumping bras, mother's milk tea, etc etc.  [/quote]

NP. I pump while at work and EBF when I'm home and on weekends. Insurance covered all pump parts, didn't use a boppy,  [b]pumping bra[/b] or teas. I did buy a nursing bra, but it's the same I used while pregnant. I also had to buy nursing pads, but I bought washable ones.

I never say it's free or that my time has zero value. I would be feeding my baby regardless, so my time is already spent. And if dh were feeding the baby, I'd be with the other kid anyways. [/quote]

So you pumped at work with no pumping bra? You just held the flanges the entire time? Also, your time pumping isn't already spent - otherwise you would be working, not feeding your baby.  And most people want to have more than one nursing bra so they can wash it occasionally.

These breastfeeding/formula wars are so annoying[/quote]

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