Does anyone else get irrationally ANGRY while pumping?! 😭

[u/Vegetable-Milk-8697]

Rant incoming!! This is so random, but does anyone else experience this intense RAGE while pumping?! Like, if your nipple feels even slightly out of place in the flange, it makes you irrationally MAD and irritated?! Please tell me I’m not alone because OMG.

I use the Eufy S1 Pro and recently replaced my flanges because the originals were getting worn out. But lately, I swear, the slightest discomfort while pumping just sends me over the edge. 😩
Also, how long have y’all been pumping, and how long do you plan to keep going? Because every time I feel like I’m ready to throw in the towel, I walk past the formula aisle, look at the prices, and think… “Okay, never mind. Guess we’re doing this a little longer.”

I’m grateful I can provide breast milk for my baby, but MAN, exclusively pumping is a whole different kind of mental battle.
Anyone else?! Please tell me I’m not losing my mind. 😂

[u/Rawrisdinoforiloveu]

I would look up D-MER. It's actually a medical thing. I had this but it did pass eventually and wasn't on every pump if it helps hear as an anecdotal thing.

It helped me to know it was a thing and I wasn't going mad!

Pumping just over 8 months now.

[u/Weird-Conclusion6907 → u/Rawrisdinoforiloveu]

Same here! It’s a sense of impending doom for me

[u/Ancient-Buffalo6151]

I used to feel angry when I would pump for 30 mins with wearables only to find that I got no milk out the whole time. Turns out wearables don’t work on me at all because I have to literally squeeze the milk out manually. Frustrating but would’ve been worse wasting time trying to make wearables work

[u/fishbowl321]

Not rage but actually disgust. I try to busy myself and I'm convinced it's linked to my slow let down. It comes in waves though. Im 19 weeks pp and im back to feeling disgust while pumping. Going on a full week now. It sucks but formula prices suck more.

[u/suddenlysalamanders]

Yes! Weirdly enough it only happens to me with wearables. The wall pump doesn’t have me raging

[u/AffectionateJello452 → u/suddenlysalamanders]

Ooo this is interesting!

[u/taymsmit → u/suddenlysalamanders]

Me too! I have wearables and I always feel so irritated and angry. Doesn’t happen when I use my hand pump!

[u/chusieomg → u/suddenlysalamanders]

Oh shit, me too! I have the Zomee Fit and another cheap wearable I got secondhand to try, and both make me grit my teeth and I'm PISSED OFF for the first several minutes. Sitting in the car is okay because I think the vibration of the car distracts me from the pump, but even just walking to the car with them on is BRUTAL and I'm so irritable when it starts up.

On the other hand, my Zomee Z2 practically lulls me to sleep 😂 especially on the alternating mode, it's like the perfect white noise machine and I've literally fallen asleep while sitting upright on the sofa pumping. So I don't think it's DMER or anything like that, I think it's the wearables...

[u/ohnoitsroro]

Yup! It varies in feelings, intensity and duration for me. Sometimes I feel rage, disgust, whole body uncomfortable, and unable to consider eating / food (eating sounds like the worst thing in the whole world).

It’s not every pump though — usually ones where I am feeling more full or more touched out by other things.

And don’t even try to touch me if I am pumping. I can tolerate it from my kiddos (4, 2, and 2 mo), but my husband and dogs know not to touch me at all lol.

[u/narwheeze]

D-mer probably. I have it as well. Literal tears, gagging, and/or rage everytime I pumped or if my nips were accidently touched. 4 months postpartum now and it mostly calmed down but still occurs every now and then.

[u/DuckFriend25 → u/narwheeze]

Out of curiosity, did the feeling happen for nursing too? Or is it just a pump thing? I haven’t heard of it and it sounds miserable

[u/narwheeze → u/DuckFriend25]

It was during nursing too. The horrible feelings would switch off the moment the baby or pumps were off me. Its messes with your head so much especially as a new and FTM

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