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Old Feb 27th, 2010, 07:08 AM   #1
Xinola
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hand expressing... am I insane? should I just pump?


I've been happily breastfeeding Sini for over 8wks now. Me and my oh want him to feed her as well, since that is a part of this experience that he hasn't had a share of (well, sort of ).

I didn't want to buy a pump as I thought, well we can just start with one bottle feed per day and see how it goes. So for what I've been told, it would be approx 4oz a feed. So I'm planning to express by hand. Has anyone done this and could they tell me if I'm mad? Does it take forever???? I was thinking that it may be time consuming...


 
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Old Feb 27th, 2010, 07:13 AM   #2
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expressing by hand can take a while, certainly longer than with a pump. However its not impossible and you become more effective in how you hand express the more you do it.


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Old Feb 27th, 2010, 07:24 AM   #3
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thanks for the encouragement! I will give it a go and see how it goes.


 
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