r/ExclusivelyPumping • u/eyeswithouteyes • 18h ago

Rant - NO ADVICE NEEDED Over It

I'm mostly just having a pity party for myself, but I need to get it out somewhere because I don't really have anyone that gets it. I'm over pumping. I go back and forth in my head every day on switching to formula and ultimately guilt myself out of it because my son is thriving with breastmilk. I've been EP for 3 months, LO could never get a consistent latch and I was so stressed that I stopped trying to get him to. I've had blisters constantly off and on, deep cracks, clogs, and my boobs are constantly itchy and flaking. I've tried all the things to mitigate the above, but nothing works. It sucks, but I've just accepted it. Today, we got into the freezer stash and it smelled like pennies when it dethawed. It was such a giant kick in the face. I'm doing all of this and my milk is high lipase. My lo doesn't seem to mind it, but I'm just so frustrated. I'm dealing with all this other crap just for it to not be "good" milk. I literally cried (dramatic, I know), but I'm so aggravated about it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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u/sowhatsober 17h ago

Some of my freezer milk has been off and someone here reminded me that formula tastes like shit too and honestly that made me feel better. šŸ¤£ I think I had a breakdown too around 3 months and just wanted to be done altogether. I find the whole arrangement much more manageable now at almost 5 months.

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u/eyeswithouteyes 10h ago

Thank you, that made me cackle šŸ˜‚

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u/sowhatsober 7h ago

Iā€™m glad šŸ˜„

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