At age do most stop breast feeding. I had a coworker whose wife was still doing it at age 3 or older. That seemed old to me.
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It was between 20 and 30 min for me. I did it as my "breaks" (which I never took before as a salary employee) and over my lunch. I had a crappy supply, so it was always sort of a struggle. I had to take lots of fenugreek and such, and still had to wait for my boobs to just start working whenever they decided to. I usually did 20, but there were a very few instances where I had to go to 30. I do think it depends on the woman and her body, though. It's hard to get letdown to occur without a baby around.
You are a damn hero. And you are right - it's easy to talk about how women should breastfeed, but heaven forbid a woman nurse in public in the US. That's a quick invitation to stares, comments, and people acting like their children are witnessing a burlesque, even when you're using a cover. "Can't she do that in the bathroom?!" Do YOU eat in the bathroom? Or is that disgusting? We are a country who, despite giving lip service to breastfeeding, actively make it difficult to accomplish without being a shut-in.
This is also a US vs the world thing. US shows that most babies are weaned before 6 months. The WHO recommends breastfeeding until at least 2, while worldwide the average weaning age is around 4 for those babies who continue nursing.
like mj said, it varies. Distance she has to walk to get to a pump room, set up time, letdown speed, whether she needs to pump longer to maintain or increase supply - some women are not 'pump-responsive' and require longer to pump - if it works at all. It was typically a 30 min break for me by the time I'd get to the fridge, get to another floor, get set up, get everything put away, back in fridge, and back to desk. Longer when booking for the single room was tight and I had to get coat and stuff to walk across a parking lot to another building.
There are so many variables. I would say anywhere between 10 to 45 minutes. You also want to thoroughly clean your pump unless that technology has improved in last 21 years.
My work had lull times and frequent times when you were so busy you couldn’t spare two minutes to pee. If you were delayed in pumping you could leak right through two pads and three layers of clothes and your breasts were so full it hurt. Those were times I would manually express a bit to relieve the pain before putting on the pump. Some times it was time to pump and hard to get it flowing. I was nursing before cell phones, I think actually seeing your baby would help but I would use pictures or bring a toy that smelled of my baby. Sometimes it was hard to get going because the stress of doing this at work in a not ideal location, like I have to hurry cause my boss needs his office back. And of course, I was then storing it in a mini fridge where everyone put their lunch.
Could you please provide us the medical research you have completed on this subject? I’d love to see your research papers. Where is your lab?
Reading BS on the internet isn’t research.
just reading through this thread…the demands we put on mothers as a society is insane.
It’s also ridiculous to claim that all professional jobs let you work from home and take breaks all day long to breastfeed or pump. This guy is a total moron with zero life experience.
I went between 11-12 months with four of the boys. The second giant baby that was over 9 pounds when he was born, he was eating so much solid food at eight months that the pediatrician said he could go to whole milk early if he could tolerate it as he was getting plenty of iron. He was walking unsupported at that age and his teeth came earlier too. (Good reason to stop right there). Pretty sure we could have taken him to a restaurant and let him point at what he wanted on the menu and he would have downed the whole thing.
There is no way I could have made it to three years for many reasons, but especially when I had three kids within four years. No way I could produce that much. These formula shortages must be hell for mothers of twins or more.
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Also definitely the kind to complain about women getting all these breaks to pump and expect her to use a bathroom if he gives a break at all.
Assuming tech has changed. The battery one my wife had only needed cups and cones cleaned, not tubes.
Closed system, that's what mine is but there are some medela I think that still aren't. Those are usually ones insurance covers of course.
I don't get people that do this. Formula has a shelf life, so no idea how people are actually getting through the amount they're buying. Our son would let us know if the formula had 'gone bad' by projectile vomiting everywhere, so no, it isn't like it was just a 'suggested by' date.
Well the powder does last quite a while. The container I have expires at the end of next year. Once it's opened though, it's only good for a month.
Have an almost 2 year old. nurses to bed every night. baby likes it and so does mom. i can't know exactly what happens but im sure there is a very powerful bond that helps both of them
no. let me pull something out of my ass.. and YOU have to prove its not true. the new american way
