Is anyone exclusively pumping?

Question

Why did you decide to pump? How are you maintaining supply? I think for my sanity, this is my best option. But I'm scared my breasts won't keep up.

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My girl was in the NICU and with feeding tube it was the best option to pump. Then the nurses started bottle feeding when we weren't there and we needed her to eat x amount to take her home so we stuck with the bottle. I do bring her to the breast once a day, and she enjoys it I just worry about her eating enough. The NICU gets you paranoid about quantity. My supply has heen good you need to be consistant with the number of pumps per day, but I'm 3 weeks PP and I get 4-6 oz per pump (and the first two days I was having a nervous breakdown and didn't really pump).

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My baby had latch issues and really preferred a bottle. But I can almost guarantee that pumping will be worse. You have to wash your parts after every use..pumping every two hours...that’s a lot of washing. 
I did it for three weeks but was supplementing with formula because I could only find the time to pump 3-4 times per 24 hours. Even doing it that little was too stressful. All I thought about was pumping. “I should be pumping right now” “please go to sleep so I can pump”. Last week I stopped and have just been using formula and I feel so much better. I’m still stressed some because obv have a young baby, but it’s soooo much better. I feel like I have so much more time.

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My little guy would not latch so it was this or formula. It's twice the work of any other method, so if you have any other choice I'd try to avoid it, personally. I wish I'd been able to BF. EP is definitely doable, it's just a lot of work. :)

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I actually been pumping since the hospital while baby was on light therapy for jaundice. Also because the jaundice we had trouble latching and feeding. After she was better kept trying but she still had trouble sucking from breast so stopped trying just give the bottle. I pump every 3-4 hours usually get 5-6 oz I make 2 bottles with it keep trying to pump when one bottle left. Over night however I don’t pump. 12am-6am In the morning usually about 8ozpumped

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My son had a shallow latch which left me bloody and in pain. I cried everytime I had to feed him and I wasn't bonding with him. I was afraid I was on my way to PPD. I started to pump and it helped me mentally.  He's still getting the nutrients of breast milk and my husband can help with feeds. I pump about 20-30 mins every 2-3 hours around the clock. He is almost 5wks old.

Is anyone exclusively pumping?

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