Pumping 🙄 JUST A VENT/RANT

My son is 8 months and I have been back to work for 3 months... I have to pump while at work and I am SO OVER IT!!! I love nursing and the bond i have with my son because of it but i absolutely despise pumping 😢 I want so badly to make it the full year so my son doesn't have to have formula but continuing to pump while at work is taking a tiny toll on my mental.... the pros still out weigh the cons but damn!!!!

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Honestly I completely feel you, I never had any success with breastfeeding so I've been exclusively pumping for nearly 6 months and it is tough🥴!! The noise the pumps make, the feeling of it on my nips, the whole overestimulating 30 minute sessions sometimes longer, all of it urks me right to my soul at this point 🤢 but 8 months wow mama you should already be so so proud already!! You're so close to your goal too🥰 6 months has always been my main goal so I'm currently in the process of weaning off the pumps, I am READY to be done with this life 😂

Sending love & positive thoughts your way ❤️

I get it.... I feel the same about pumping. I'm fortunate that I don't have to be in the office every day but I'm now counting down the days (literally!) until I don't have to pump in the office ever again. My little one is now 10 months old. I'm also aiming to go to one year.

thank you! I am actually VERY proud of myself making it this long and since I have made it this long, I feel like I'd be failing myself if I gave up now. It's only 4 more months, ya know? The whole process is so frustrating for me as well. Finding a place to pump, getting the pump out and assembled, getting my pump bra on and all hooked up, spending 20-30 minutes attached to the wall and then the disassembly 🥴🙄 and then the feeling like supervisors are annoyed that I have to go pump atleast twice a day. And then going home, making sure everything is out away and cleaned just to do it all again the next day!!!! So time consuming! But so worth it!
Good for you for reaching your goal! ❤ thank you for the love, thoughts and response! Makes me feel better and not alone

I would give anything to be a stay at home mom to be honest! You can make it, only a few more months ❤

so can you 😊 Whatever happens, do what you need to do for your little one to have a happy Mum

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.