Anxiety and pressure to do many things (some self imposed). Pumping is
something they can control and I believe many people find storing that much
milk empowering.

Fear of BF not working out and/or low supply.

Outdated info - many people are pumping to get out the plugged ducts they
read about. Lumps are interpreted as plugged ducts and they want to get
them out and avoid mastitis.

They really feel the fullness - some people find the fullness very
uncomfortable so they pump and then they make more - a vicious cycle. I
find many are not open to working on reducing volume so they will be more
comfortable. This may be related to the all too common anxiety I am seeing.

There is also a trend of attempting to pump enough milk that they can stop
pumping and feed the baby from the freezer for the rest of the BF journey.

Allison Laverty
Wisconsin

-- 

Nurturing yourself is not selfish

It's *essential* to your survival and your well-being

-Renee Peterson Trudeau-










*“Remember we are one in this We breathe one air We drink from one water We
rise from one ocean And we live under one sky Our hearts beat the same song
Our children cry the same And the colour of our blood is red We are all
brothers and sisters.”  — Anwar Fazal*
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by
fearing to attempt."
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure

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