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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]

So how many feedings per day are you nursing? How many bottles per day? Are you pumping after every feed? It sounds like you are pumping too much and unnecessarily.  You really don’t need a whole chest freezer full of milk if you are nursing.  A somewhat separate issue from you DH, but related as you are overly invested in pumping and storing. [/quote]

I’m the original poster.

It’s hard to fully say because he sometimes feeds every hour or feeds every 3 hours. We average 10-12 feeds a day. He gets a bottle for all feedings. I nurse before 2-3 feedings but he doesn’t get enough and needs a bottle.

I pump every 3-4 hours. About 6-8 times a day. That’s pretty average at 5 weeks. I get anywhere from 3-8oz per pump. I average 40-48oz a day. He’s eating roughly 28oz a day. I can’t go past 4 hours or I will get a clogged duct and it becomes very painful. I’ve had this kind of supply since my milk came in. I don’t take supplements or eat anything special. I’ve pumped every 3 hours at first for the first 3 weeks and my supply just came in like this. Now I go every 3-4 hours.

My intention wasn’t to build a freezer stash. Now I see it as a waste to not store the milk I spend my hard time making.

We might make breastfeeding work so I’m going to keep pumping until I know if that’s possible. If not, I will most likely quit pumping around 4 months when I go back to work.

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