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do i take the pump?
DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week.
DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 DS 20th August 2004 |
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do i take the pump?
i dont knwo about you, but if i didnt feed for that long i would be in agony
and get mastitis... c "A&G&K&H" wrote in message ... DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 DS 20th August 2004 |
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do i take the pump?
A&G&K&H wrote:
DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 DS 20th August 2004 I'd pop if I went that long without nursing. Take the pump. What would you do if you found you needed it and it was not around? Jacqueline |
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A&G&K&H wrote: .. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Have you practiced hand-expressing? If you haven't, give it a try before you leave. If you can get it to work, I wouldn't bother bringing the pump. If it's a no-go, I'd bring it just in case - I'd hate for you to get mastititis! Irene |
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When DS1 was 16 months old I went away for the first time
over night ... to Vienna (I live in the US). I was gone three nights total, I think. I brought my Avent Isis and pumped a few times, but never got very much nor felt any great need to pump. I was mostly concerned with keeping some supply, since I wasn't ready to wean yet (didn't leave any EBM for DS while I was away though). YMMV of course. Are you any good at hand expressing? If so, that would do if you were feeling engorged. -- Emily DS1 5/02 - nursed to 20m DS2 9/05 - still nursing, of course |
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do i take the pump?
I'd take it, I wouldn't want to risk getting full, then hand expressing and
having to let it all run away down the sink Anne |
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do i take the pump?
A&G&K&H wrote:
DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 DS 20th August 2004 I'd just hand express if you feel you need it at the time. Is that an option? Bring a bottle or two to store it though. Jo |
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do i take the pump?
A&G&K&H wrote: DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party Fun! DD 2 and your DS are pretty much the same age and nursing the same amount. I just had a 4 day conference that I left DD for. I actually brought my PIS and pumped two times a day. I probably could have gone about 24 hours but then it would have started to get uncomfortable. Mostly, I was concerned about plugged ducts, since I get them every now and again. The isis is small enough, that I would bring it just in case. Have a lovely time. Mary |
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do i take the pump?
"A&G&K&H" wrote in message ... DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to Sydney for their Christmas party I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. Help me decide. Amanda -- DD 15th August 2002 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 DS 20th August 2004 Thanks all ... of course you are all right - I should take the pump as I'd be really stuck if I didn't have it (I'm hopeless at hand expressing). I'm not thet concerned about the milk (I'll pump and dump), but I am concerned about my supply while I'm away. Thanks for helping me to see the right decision. Amanda |
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If you are gone for a day and a half, your supply will probably suffer a little unless you take a pump or get DH to 'help out' a couple of times. Have fun away, Larry A&G&K&H writes: : DH and I will spend 36 hours away from the kids next week. : DS (15 months) feeds 3-4 times a day and I've expressed enough for him for : the duration, but I'm wondering if I should take my Avent Isis with me on : our 1 night holiday (DH's work's supplier has paid for us to fly down to : Sydney for their Christmas party : I have never leaked with DS, and I don't seem to get super "full" anymore, : but it will probably be a full day and a half between BF. : I can't decide if its worth the hassle of bringing my pump, or whether I can : put up with it and give extra feeds when I get back and boost my supply. : Help me decide. : Amanda : -- : DD 15th August 2002 : 1 tiny angel Nov 2003 : DS 20th August 2004 |
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