Is it easier to breast pump or breast feed?

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FTM and just wanted to see different opinions from those who have tried both or one of these.
Any tips would be appreciated too! 😊

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I hated pumping, it was time consuming and annoying to wash everything after. Baby to breast is wayyyy easier. Comes out the perfect temp, they eat what they want and there’s no clean up 🤣

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Breastfeeding is WAY easier than pumping.  Baby is faster and more efficient at emptying your breast (so less blocked ducts and less mastitis) and you never have to warm it sterilize bottles.  I pumped so I would have extra but it really is a pain 😂

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Pumping is all the work of breastfeeding and bottle feeding put together. I exclusively pumped for my boy and it sucked so much.

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I did both and both were hard af for me! I didn't have an abundant supply and by four months I was dried up unfortunately. Did everything I could but I just couldn't maintain a good supply

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I do both. It’s much easier to just stick her in the boob.  Plus I really enjoy my time feeding her.  I’m pumping to get my supply up, so it’s a necessary evil.

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I did both. I nursed him anytime I was around. I always pumped after nursing to get extra milk and build my supply. When I went back to work I pumped more to keep up my supply. It's so much easier to just whip out the boob (lol) when baby is hungry, especially when out of the house and can't heat up a bottle. At night my husband would feed him a bottle while I pumped

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Pumping is so annoying and inconvenient to me lol! My baby is 6 months and I just went back to work. I’ve been breastfeeding this whole time but started pumping to build a stash. And now I pump at work. But as soon as I get home I breastfeed instead of pumping

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I exclusively pumped for a daughter for a year. It was hard, time consuming and lonely at times, but well worth it for me to give her my milk. The upside being my husband got to help with feedings.
My second I was able to breastfeed and holy cow is it a lot easier! No bottles and parts to wash, no waking and going downstairs at all hours to pump alone, just roll over in bed and stick baby on boob!

Is it easier to breast pump or breast feed?

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