No one ever told me it would be this hard to find time to pump or that my baby would hate me “stealing” milk. I exclusively breastfeed my baby. I want to be able to pump for when someone else is watching her, but I have a particularly fussy baby so that rarely happens.
I’ve tried using the Haakaa pump while feeding her but she just won’t latch and cries till I remove it. After I manage to get time to pump, using my Medela electric pump. My little one will want to feed right away. She will throw a huge crying tantrum and refuse to latch for longer than a minute at a time. As there is still milk but she has to do more work to get it.
My only hope is to calm her enough to sleep. Sometimes her soother helps. For any other parents with a similar issue, I feel for you. It is very frustrating when a baby just won’t feed. It personally makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong by pumping. When all I want is to have a stock pile so she always has food.
It is very discouraging to the point I can be in tears over it. I know I don’t make time as often as I should to pump. Even though it’s hard, don’t give up on finding time to pump momma’s. Get one of your support people to watch your baby even if you only pump for ten minutes once a day. Eventually it adds up.
Adding breast milk from different sessions together and then freezing it seems to work best for me as I don’t have a lot of out put. As long as I can get 2oz. to freeze in a week I feel like less of a failure. I know it isn’t a lot but it gives me peace of mind that I can have someone else watch my child and feed her.
I hope knowing someone else is struggling with the same issues helps other mothers not feel alone. Hopefully this post helps some momma’s to keep trying. We shouldn’t feel bad for being dishearten. Being a parent is f**king hard.
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