Today’s first question is about feeling overwhelmed by exclusively pumping, and dealing with feeling guilty for wanting to wean. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a purchase, I’ll be compensated at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I love! More info here. I’m almost four months postpartum and have… View Post
I have a few questions today – how to manage switching bottles when pumping if your bottles overflow, and how to get into an exclusive pumping routine. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a purchase, I’ll be compensated at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I love! More… View Post
The joke is that pumping “sucks,” right? Both literally and figuratively? Last weekend, I ran across this article about a project (a “hackathon,” actually) intended to vastly improve the breast pump (and make it only suck literally): The goals for the hackathon were to educate ourselves and our colleagues about the mechanics of breast pumping, discuss design challenges posed by current technologies… View Post
Today’s question is about engorgement and whether or not pumping too much can be a problem, particularly for exclusive pumpers. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a purchase, I’ll be compensated at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I love! More info here. My daughter had complications after birth and… View Post
My friend Nico, who was immeasurably helpful to me when I was trying to get and stay pregnant with my babies, exclusively pumped for her third son. She kept track of all of her output in an app, and was awesome enough to download the data so that I could play with it. I thought that I’d present the results… View Post
After being tied to your breast pump for weeks or months, it can be hard to know what to do when you’re ready to stop. I’ve written a step by step process for stopping pumping, and here’s my personal experience weaning from the pump. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a… View Post