http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/are-you-all-pumped-up/ ...Contemplating the Core Elements of a Modern Breastfeeding Lifestyle Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/are-you-all-pumped-up/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Got Milk? Part 3: Let’s Pump and See — ConsciousBreastfeedingConnections.com Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:45:00 +0000 http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/?p=12#comment-291 [...] Mothers are literally buying into the idea that pumping is the magic ticket for breastfeeding success.   Thanks to the ‘pump pushers’  it is a rare woman who actually believes that she can only breastfeed.  I have written about this “Pump Mania” extensively in  Are You All Pumped Up?  [...] [...] Mothers are literally buying into the idea that pumping is the magic ticket for breastfeeding success.   Thanks to the ‘pump pushers’  it is a rare woman who actually believes that she can only breastfeed.  I have written about this “Pump Mania” extensively in  Are You All Pumped Up?  [...]

]]> http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/are-you-all-pumped-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Elita Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:03:22 +0000 http://consciousbreastfeedingconnections.com/?p=12#comment-5 I work out of the home and returned to work on June 9th after a wonderful 6 month maternity leave. I have a perfect nursing relationship with my son, but the pump is another story. I DETEST pumping. I can't seem to letdown, I never produce enough milk and my baby has to have some formula during the day in order to make up for what I can't pump. This has made me feel very guilty and stressed out. We co-sleep and he nurses frequently at night and on the weekends. I wish I could give him nothing but breast milk. Discussing pumping is incomplete without discussing the reasons that mothers need to pump so frequently. We really should have 1 year maternity leave, like Canada, so moms wouldn't even have to contend with the pump. On-site daycare or allowing moms to bring their babies to work would be great, too. Instead of looking at and discussing the real issue (lack of adequate family friendly policies) all of us just complain about how difficult it is to pump for our babies and try to come up with the best solutions possible. All the while the cash register goes cha ching for the formula companies, since most women quit breastfeeding once their maternity leave is up. I work out of the home and returned to work on June 9th after a wonderful 6 month maternity leave. I have a perfect nursing relationship with my son, but the pump is another story. I DETEST pumping. I can’t seem to letdown, I never produce enough milk and my baby has to have some formula during the day in order to make up for what I can’t pump. This has made me feel very guilty and stressed out. We co-sleep and he nurses frequently at night and on the weekends. I wish I could give him nothing but breast milk. Discussing pumping is incomplete without discussing the reasons that mothers need to pump so frequently. We really should have 1 year maternity leave, like Canada, so moms wouldn’t even have to contend with the pump. On-site daycare or allowing moms to bring their babies to work would be great, too. Instead of looking at and discussing the real issue (lack of adequate family friendly policies) all of us just complain about how difficult it is to pump for our babies and try to come up with the best solutions possible. All the while the cash register goes cha ching for the formula companies, since most women quit breastfeeding once their maternity leave is up.

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