It's been a long time since I breast fed - my youngest is 24. It is so nice to know that you are breast feeding your baby AND going taking the time and effort to pump milk so that your little one will have your milk. Way to go, mom! Caution about pumping, though, if you pump too much your milk supply will be more than your little one can handle and you will have the painful issue of readjusting your milk production.. My first son was a preemie who spent 21 days in the neonatal ICU. I pumped and froze breast milk. I had a freezer full of milk, the hospital's freezer was full - you would have thought I was a cow I was giving so much! Until we got everything figured out I was very uncomfortable - I had to quit pumping so much so that my supply would adjust to just what my baby needed. |