Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" like I said before.. my breast were emptied every time with my pump. if you have a GREAT pump and ... [snip!] ... never worked so hard in my life... besides labor of course.. we were sucessful for a whole year then he went to cows milk"

Great, but like we all said, it's medically proven that breastfeeding gets more milk..... if you want to argue with medical science.. be my guest. Maybe you're some weird super woman, but MOST women are more successful breastfeeding.

Quoting Man. Bear. Pig.:" Great, but like we all said, it's medically proven that breastfeeding gets more milk..... if you want ... [snip!] ... with medical science.. be my guest. Maybe you're some weird super woman, but MOST women are more successful breastfeeding."

it may be Medically proven but they didnt check th 80% of the ladies in my class who all had the same result as me.. but whatever im done talken about it i am not going to argue with you or anyone else online it is stupid and pontless..

i hope you choose to bf op or at least try and try and have the pump as a last resort.. pumping is a pain in the ass.. i hope this time i will get to bf and not have to use a pump.. GOOD LUCK

I haven't read the other posts, I just wanted to tell you my experience.

The idea of breastfeeding kind of weirded me out too, but I must have gotten used to it, I've been breastfeeding for close to 4 years now.

I had problems breastfeeding when my first was born (my nipples were flat, she was tongue tied and it hurt). I needed to pump to help with my nipples, supply and supplementing her with the pumped milk. Eventually I just gave up trying to nurse her and exclusively pumped after a couple of weeks.

I didn't like it at all. I didn't like the sensations. I would get up to hour and a half sleep at a time, my daughter would need milk every 3 hours and would cry while I heated up a bottle of expressed milk. I would feed her, get her to sleep and then pump. It took me 45 minutes to pump. I would have to chose between pumping and letting her cry or picking her up and risking not have enough milk for her next feeding.

I was very emotional and would be so happy if I pumped 8 oz, devastated if I only pumped 1 oz. I cried every time she had formula (maybe a half a dozen times) because it meant that I couldn't provide for her.

I wasn't able to go out very often, and it was a lot of work to heat up the expressed milk (some babies don't need it to be heated, I didn't know that was an option at the time).

After a couple of months of this, I was ready to give up. I was giving myself one more week before I start eliminating pumping sessions when she latched on. I had been offering her my breast at least every second day but she wasn't interested until then. Suddenly it didn't hurt. Two days later, I stopped pumping, it was fantastic. Night time was the best, I was able to sleep longer periods of time and my daughter cried a lot less because I was able to meet her needs faster.

I also had lots of time off (a year).

I know a lot of women have a much easier time with it then I do. I wish I had known more about pumping or tried harder to get her latched initially. I decided that with my second, I would do it again, but only if my husband took 3 months off. He took 4 months off and I didn't have to pump (things were not perfect, but they were so much better).

I really suggest trying your baby to your breast. It is possible to do a combination of pumping and breastfeeding. In the early weeks, you may want to avoid a bottle by using a cup or finger feeding so you keep your options open (so it is less likely that your baby will develop a preference for bottles).

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" it may be Medically proven but they didnt check th 80% of the ladies in my class who all had the same ... [snip!] ... pump as a last resort.. pumping is a pain in the ass.. i hope this time i will get to bf and not have to use a pump.. GOOD LUCK"

Sorry. I didn't realize that the results of a few women in your class overthrows years and tons of research by actual medical professional. My bad!

OP, bottom line is, breastfeed if you can..... It's much better than pumping and you will have better results. If you have to pump, make sure you get help and find ways to keep your supply going.

Quoting Man. Bear. Pig.:" Sorry. I didn't realize that the results of a few women in your class overthrows years and tons of ... [snip!] ... pumping and you will have better results. If you have to pump, make sure you get help and find ways to keep your supply going."

childish

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" childish"

And you're giving out incorrect information. You are not a doctor, or a scientist, and I want OP to rely on the studies of many many medical professionals rather than the opinion of one know it all person who had good luck pumping. That's all. Im over you. ;) Have a great day.

Quoting Man. Bear. Pig.:" And you're giving out incorrect information. You are not a doctor, or a scientist, and I want OP to ... [snip!] ... rather than the opinion of one know it all person who had good luck pumping. That's all. Im over you. ;) Have a great day."

telling her that it IS possiable to be successful at pumping just as good as bf is false information... ok... then i guess the past year of my life was "false information" then lol
and you tryen to fuss back and forth on the internet is not going to solve anything. nor will it chnge my mind on anything at all you have a very GREAT DAY

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" telling her that it IS possiable to be successful at pumping just as good as bf is false information... ... [snip!] ... forth on the internet is not going to solve anything. nor will it chnge my mind on anything at all you have a very GREAT DAY"

Nobody here is saying that it is impossible to be successful at pumping. Only that pumping doesn't get out as much as a baby on the breast would

Stop spouting off incorrect information.

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" telling her that it IS possiable to be successful at pumping just as good as bf is false information... ... [snip!] ... forth on the internet is not going to solve anything. nor will it chnge my mind on anything at all you have a very GREAT DAY"

You're the one that started the fussing by calling Kelly&Coralie's medical facts incorrect  
Noone said it couldn't be successful. Just that baby is better than pumping when it comes to supply.

k

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" k"

Childish.

Quoting Man. Bear. Pig.:" Childish."

k

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" k"

Thought you were done responding?

Saying "K" is extrememly childish and shows your intelligence level, or lack thereof

<blockquote><b>Quoting Kelly&Coralie:</b>" Thought you were done responding? Saying "K" is extrememly childish and shows your intelligence level, or lack thereof"</blockquote>




Ok

Quoting Connor'smom{7wks}:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Kelly&Coralie:</b>" Thought you were done responding? ... [snip!] ... Saying "K" is extrememly childish and shows your intelligence level, or lack thereof"</blockquote> Ok"

lol.. you're not helping your case here