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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And this is why I think pumping and so much about breastfeeding are a nightmare, and I will never do it again. Formula is a miracle.

OP, I pumped exclusively for 6 weeks with my first because she couldn’t latch, had an oversupply like you and saved a bunch of milk. Then for various reasons I combo fed, and long story short breastfed that baby for 2.5 years. So please don’t dismiss what I’m saying as coming from someone who doesn’t get it.

It’s just milk. It is 10000% not worth stressing over. I agree that pumping takes so much physical effort and time so your husband’s actions seem callous and maddening. But instead of getting mad I think you should stop subjecting yourself to the totally unnecessary torture of pumping. Don’t do this to yourself. There’s no benefit. I’m combo feeding my second and pumping zero.[/quote]

I’m the original poster. I nurse and pump. We are actively working on nursing with an expert. I still have excess milk I would pump if I were 100% nursing. [/quote]

What “expert”? If you stop pumping, you will produce less. That’s how you control and reduce oversupply. You do NOT need to pump. You are pumping because you want to store milk. You do not need to do that. Stop doing that.[/quote]

I’m the original poster.

You don’t know my situation. You’re making a lot of assumptions. I have to pump because my son doesn’t breastfeed. We are working on it with a lactation consultant and an oral surgeon.  I don’t purposely create an oversupply. I’ve had a lot of milk since it came in. The lactation consultant said some women just make more milk than other women.

You will probably just again say “ stop pumping and nurse”. He would literally starve if he didn’t get a bottle.

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