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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In your situation, I would talk to a few doctors or other professionals (pediatrician? Lactation consultant? midwife?) and get a reasonable estimate for when your baby will be able to breast feed on her own, if she’s going to. By six weeks? Eight? 10? Certainly by then any baby that’s going to nurse will be strong enough to do so exclusively by then.

Then I would think about - assuming that baby is able to nurse by then, would it be worth it to have pumped? If yes, go to that point and not a moment longer. Exclusively pumping can be useful tool to get over an issue but it is NOT worth it long term. And you don’t want to get into a “well may next week, well maybe one more week” mindset that could linger for months.

However, I would immediately give up pumping and switch to formula if I felt stressed by it, if my mental health seemed to be decreasing, if the pumping was making it harder to enjoy this stage of parenthood in a significant way, or if nursing for the year no longer seems worth it. 
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The lactation consultant said by 1 month but the pediatrician said it can take several months. Her baby didn’t latch until almost 3 months.

I asked more so if by say 4 months he doesn’t latch if it’s worth it to continue to pump. I’m fine pumping until I go back to work. I pump when I feeding baby or he sleeps so it’s pretty easy right now. I only pump 7-8 times a day and often use a wearable pump so I can do things while pumping. I have a great supply. [/quote]

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