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moocow motherinferior quits the pump and grind!

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motherinferior · 12/06/2004 13:43

Hurrah!

As dd2 is now just coming up for a year, and the twice-daily encounters with my trusty Lactaline have become increasingly unproductive, I've decided that's it; on the days she's with me she gets b/fed mid-morning, and on the four days she's at her childminder she gets organic cow's milk. Tried a mixture of expressed/cow's milks on Thursday (she's had cow's milk on her cereal for months anyway) and apparently she slugged it down like Nicolas Cage swigging vodka in Leaving Las Vegas, so no worries there. And I'm quite heady with the thought of giving up those two half-hour sessions...might even start cooking the dinner in advance again.

Thank you, seriously, to everyone who's been so incredibly supportive while I wibbled and wurbled and worried about expressing. Especially Mears, Pidge and Aloha. I'm very very glad I stuck with it. And, of course, it enabled me to test 11 breast pumps over the course of two weeks, which was obviously one of the high points of my maternal and professional career.

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elliott · 12/06/2004 14:09

Well done and congratulations....can't believe she's nearly a year old already!

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SoupDragon · 12/06/2004 14:17

Well done for lasting this long!

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Bron · 12/06/2004 16:12

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Lisa78 · 12/06/2004 16:13

You go girl! And well done for feeding her so long

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Pidge · 14/06/2004 13:00

motherinferior - you're a superstar for doing this for your dd. I remember clearly the enormous relief I felt when I finally put that pump away. Enjoy that extra hour a day when you're not pumping!

pidge

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bunnyrabbit · 14/06/2004 14:57

Well done MI....

BR

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suzywong · 14/06/2004 15:03

Good for you MI,
I know it is a big decision to make, You have been a stalwart milker and now you can roam free in the pasture and not be tethered to the pumps anylonger.

How things btw, ? long time no chat

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Marina · 14/06/2004 15:03

You lucky woman! I'm counting the days to August 5th and then I think I will take a nail file to my battered old Medela...
A fab achievement, well done you.

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Blu · 14/06/2004 15:04

Oh No! What will keep the gasmen amused when they come to mend your boiler?

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Kaz33 · 14/06/2004 15:39

Well done MI for a year of breastmilk

I feel I know you and DD2 - have a great birthday party. I just bought DS2 his first pair of shoes on Saturday !

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mears · 15/06/2004 12:22

Well done motherinferior - who would have thought you would have lasted this long . Glad you found support from us useful (and not as nagging).
Can't believe how quickly the year has passed. You are a star

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karen99 · 15/06/2004 17:00

Well done MI! Hats off for expressing for sooooooooooooooooooooooo long!

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Yorkiegirl · 15/06/2004 19:33

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motherinferior · 16/06/2004 09:16

Oooh, thanks everyone - been offline as computer packed up! Yes, it's sooo liberating - I'm going to go on with breastfeeding, actually, but oh the joy of no more pumping!

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