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I finally managed to get down to the WiC office on Friday, and as of this morning, am now a proud owner (renter? idk, it's mine for at least another 8 months or so while I still breastfeed) of a shiny new automatic double Medela breastpump. Rawr.
I've been really frustrated with nursing for a while now, and it seems when most people hear that I have a single manual hand pump, they immediately tell me that they're surprised I still do it at all! When he was first born, I was able to produce so much milk that I could nurse all day long but still have at least two full 10-oz bottles sitting in the fridge, if not more that I could freeze for later. We've since depleted the entire freezer stock and it's gotten to the point that I'm lucky to make enough for him to have more than one bottle of breastmilk a day. Yeah. Frustrating. Not to mention that of course, this makes me feel like I'm inadequate as a mother because I can't provide the nourishment that I've always sworn to give my child. Fortunately, he seems to like his formula, and doesn't have any sensitivities or allergies that we've seen yet, but that still doesn't relieve me mentally.
So with any luck this will not only make breastfeeding less time consuming, but more productive again.
I can't wait.
And I can't believe I'm this damned excited over a freaking breast pump.
I've been really frustrated with nursing for a while now, and it seems when most people hear that I have a single manual hand pump, they immediately tell me that they're surprised I still do it at all! When he was first born, I was able to produce so much milk that I could nurse all day long but still have at least two full 10-oz bottles sitting in the fridge, if not more that I could freeze for later. We've since depleted the entire freezer stock and it's gotten to the point that I'm lucky to make enough for him to have more than one bottle of breastmilk a day. Yeah. Frustrating. Not to mention that of course, this makes me feel like I'm inadequate as a mother because I can't provide the nourishment that I've always sworn to give my child. Fortunately, he seems to like his formula, and doesn't have any sensitivities or allergies that we've seen yet, but that still doesn't relieve me mentally.
So with any luck this will not only make breastfeeding less time consuming, but more productive again.
I can't wait.
And I can't believe I'm this damned excited over a freaking breast pump.