Update--pumping 5 months! - 01/15/03 08:36 PM
Hi everyone,
Just checking in. I could use some feedback/encouragement--the pumping is getting old. I was on the protocol for 19 weeks, started pumping in Aug. when we thought we had a good chance of a baby coming. By the time that possibility fell through, I was well established with pumping and decided to continue. I pumped 6-7 times per day thru Nov., and was getting 20 ounces per day. After an exhausting Thanksgiving trip (pumping in airport restrooms, etc) and repeated plugged ducts I was ready to back off. Lenore recommended Lecithin supplements which cleared up the plugged duct problem and allowed me to reduce my pumping schedule. I also decided to back off on domperidone. I am taking 60mg/day, pumping just 3 times per day and still getting 15-17 ounces per day. Pumping less has helped but I am still pretty weary of it all, and we still don't have a match. Sometimes I think about quitting and just using my expressed milk in a lactaid when the baby comes, but my production has been so persistent that I think quitting would be a project in itself. Anyway the protocol has obviously been a success for me, but the wait is hard.
Thanks for listening.
Cindy
Just checking in. I could use some feedback/encouragement--the pumping is getting old. I was on the protocol for 19 weeks, started pumping in Aug. when we thought we had a good chance of a baby coming. By the time that possibility fell through, I was well established with pumping and decided to continue. I pumped 6-7 times per day thru Nov., and was getting 20 ounces per day. After an exhausting Thanksgiving trip (pumping in airport restrooms, etc) and repeated plugged ducts I was ready to back off. Lenore recommended Lecithin supplements which cleared up the plugged duct problem and allowed me to reduce my pumping schedule. I also decided to back off on domperidone. I am taking 60mg/day, pumping just 3 times per day and still getting 15-17 ounces per day. Pumping less has helped but I am still pretty weary of it all, and we still don't have a match. Sometimes I think about quitting and just using my expressed milk in a lactaid when the baby comes, but my production has been so persistent that I think quitting would be a project in itself. Anyway the protocol has obviously been a success for me, but the wait is hard.
Thanks for listening.
Cindy