Who wants to talk about my boobs with me? re: pump

[Deleted]

ing at work.

It's starting to get a little stressful. I'm a month and a half away from my 6 month goal and I want to reach that, at least, before I change how I'm doing things. I know Booby mentioned not pumping when I was first stressing out about how it'd all work.

But I'm also starting to think I can nurse for longer than the 6 months. So I'd just keep up with nursing them when I'm home, right? Will my supply adjust if I stop pumping at work? We'd have to adjust how we do things at home when I work from home, but I think I could nurse a kid and still be available for emails.

Is this a good idea? A dumb idea? Should I just suck up the stress and continue to pump 3x a day at work?

[eddy]

Are they STTN? I wasn't able to do this with Jack because he was STTN and there just wasn't enough stimulation in the day for me. It started to be that I would nurse then he would need a bottle right after that.

So in my experience yes you can do that if you are doing it more for comfort, but for nourishment it is going to dwindle. But maybe with twins you won't have this issue?

[ThirdandLong]

It's completely up to you, of course.

Your supply will adjust if you stop pumping at work. I'd recommend dropping one pumping session at a time and giving yourself at least a week to adjust (two would be more comfortable probably) before dropping another session.

When I was getting close to my year goal, I first dropped the morning and later the afternoon pumping, and I continued to nurse at home in the early morning, lunchtime, after work, and before bed for several more weeks. My supply adjusted, but the babies were eating solids too.

[Deleted]

They are STTN and my supply already took a bit of a hit from that, though I think we've bounced back b/c around that same time I was able to tandem nurse. We still need to supplement -- I can only provide about half of what they really need. When I'm home I'm able to tandem for their first feed b/c I'm so full, lol, but after that it's usually nurse 1, bottle feed 1.

Hmmm.....

Tamb how long was she able to do that?

And Third, that's a good idea, to drop slowly. That's why I want to start thinking about it now, so I have a sort of plan for when I hit my goal.

[eddy]

I say try it if you are ready to get rid of the pump. Don't be disappointed in yourself if you can't make it the full month. I bet in the very least you can get a couple weeks out of this process. And again maybe with two you will be fine to keep it up.

[Deleted]

I always got less from pumping, especially at work. I worked from home two days a week for quite awhile and I nursed him every chance I got. I was able to nurse and still answer emails.

I think nursing when I could definitely helped my supply when I was pumping at work.

[Deleted]

Thanks, guys!

I think part of the pressure on myself is that nursing is SO so so much better now. Being able to feed them together has taken a load off -- and they're better about latching, etc., now that they're bigger and more experienced. If I SAH I'd totally nurse up to a year now. So to me it's just now balancing the pumping, which I don't like, and the nursing.

Lots of good stuff to think about. I still don't think I'll change anything about how we do things unless I have to drop 1 of my work from home days.

Thanks again!!

[partiallysunny]

I hated pumping. It made me want to go "moo". I tried two different pumps and only got 2 oz at a time. It sucked. I gave up and BF when I was home and the kid got formula when I was at work.

Don't be so hard on yourself. I was so stressed the first couple months and I regret it.

[lilafowler]

I have no nursing advice (I hated it and gave up after a month) but I just need to say that I can't believe M and G are already 4.5 months old! I also think it's funny that the older they get the more identical they look, lol.

[Deleted]

I love that, Lila!! The time just flew. Talk about kids growing up, the fact that E is 2 is crazy!!

[bella427]

I did this with both of my kids (but not twins and my boobs adjusted quickly.