I Took My Breast Pump To A Wedding...

Tonight, I took my breast-pump to a wedding and, instead of dancing... I snuck into the bathroom to pump milk.

I have 680 ounces of breast milk on my deck in a deep freeze.

I have a "lactation station" sitting on my kitchen table beside my computer. 

I have written down how much milk has been pumped by me and consumed by my son every single day since he was 2 weeks old. 

I recently came home from a trip out of town with a cooler filled with ice and breast milk, so that I could freeze it instead of dumping it. 

For support, I am part of a group on facebook, dedicated to moms who exclusively pump.

I know how long a bottle of breast milk can sit on the counter(4 hours), be in the fridge (4 days), or sit in a freezer (depends on the freezer - but 3 months to a year!).

I wash and dry 8 milk containers, 2 bottles and the parts to my pump twice a day. EVERY DAY. 

I bag breast milk, in 6 ounce bags every night and neatly store them in freezer bags before logging them in my notebook. 

I feel good because I am able to give my son the best food for him right now...

but I am exhausted. 

I dont know how long I can keep this up. The last 3 months have been long. 

My goal is to pump 2000 ounces. 

yes. 

2000.

That should be enough for me to roughly stop in 3-4 months, and be able to feed my baby breast milk until he is over a year old. 

I am blessed with a great supply. 

but sometimes I feel like im crazy for letting this consume my life!

what do you think? is 2000 too ambitious?

xx - r

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