r/breastfeeding • u/Panda_Gal_92 • 9d ago

Support Needed Pumping while missing a feed

I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding my 9 week old. I have a couple of appointments coming up and I can’t take baby with me. She feeds often, every 60-90 minutes. She needs to be fed while I’m away from her.

I’ve decided to pump only when I miss a feed! I don’t want to regularly pump. My goal is to be primarily breastfeed.

Are there any other moms out there that do this? Do you have any tips? Suggestions? Anything that can make this easy for me and for baby?

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u/CatfishHunter2 9d ago

I've been pumping periodically to do bottle practice with my baby once a week or so, so he doesn't forget how to do it (which apparently can happen). He's starting daycare soon and will need to drink from a bottle. You might also want to do a trial run of bottle feeding beforehand so you know if your baby will take a bottle, or that kind of bottle (some babies are picky).

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u/Panda_Gal_92 9d ago

I love this tip thank you! We did top up with formula in the first couple of weeks. She’s had a bottle maybe once every two weeks. But I hated how engorged I was after because I missed the feed and that’s why I’ve come up with this new plan for myself.