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Formula will not hurt your baby. It's a great backup to have when you go out. The only thing is once I had to go on medication and they at first told me I couldn't b___stfeed for a week. It would have been nice to have back up b___stmilk in the freezer. Couldn't you pump 1 x per day instead of pumping like a mad women for a week? That way your supply would not increase that much. I've never had a plugged duct. What is that like? Does it go away on it's own?

I was pumping 1x/day when that happened. The plugged duct sucked-lol-pun intended. I had a painful red lump on my right b___st. The pain radiated throughout the b___st. I was achy, tired, and hurting all over. Luckily I had no fever b/c I think that would have been mast_tis. I nursed tht side a lot, applied heat and ma__sage to that b___st often and it went away on its own.

I keep single packs of formula in my diaper bag just in case I am somewhere without expressed milk. I do htis because Blake will not nurse with distractions. Only at home or in a dark quiet place. Just a suggestion for you though - have you tried pumping one side while he feeds the other, during just the first morning feeding. This is a great way to store some milk without taking what he will need. It is the time of day when your supply is the highest so you should have plenty to feed baby from just one side.

You can try formula but some babies (like mine) won't take it. I would suggest that you pump one side while nursing on the other and be careful not to pump more than 4 oz on any one day.

I have thought about it. It sounds tricky do, as I have a manual pump. Any suggestions on how to do it?

Nurse on whatever side is most comfortable for you to have a free hand. Get the pump ready before you sit down and nurse. You will find that you express more milk in a short amount of time while nursing because your let down is more active. Like I said earlier you are prbably best doing this the first morning feeding as you milk supply will be at its peak. Good luck :)

I also have a manual pump - the Avent Isis...my biggest issue is that my daughter tends to kick the pump away; so I generally pump at her bedtime nursing session; I wait until she's half asleep, and then start pumping, making sure the bottle is tilted away from her, so she can't kick it.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give it try soon. :) Jamie- do you use the VIA adapter and container with your Avent? I find that I sometimes need two hands to use it bc the adapter has a tendency to become unscrewed. If you don't use the VIA stuff, what do you use?

Or you could nurse him in the a.m. and then when he lays down for his nap pump the side he did not nurse on. My son nurses from both sides in the a.m. and I still have some left over if I pump.

I dunno, I just screw a bottle onto it (the small 4 oz one so I don't overpump by accident)...then I squeeze the handle and put the funnel on my b___b, release the handle to create suction, and then pump...sometimes it takes a while to get 4 oz, some times I get it really quick...what's the VIA adapter?

Jamie- The VIA containers are storage containers that can be converted to a bottle by an adapter. I bought them as part of a set with my pump.

BTW- How long does it take you to get 4 oz? I can only get a total of 2.5 oz after 7-10 minutes of pumping on each side- almost 20 minutes of pumpig total..

Sometimes, it'll take 10 minutes on one side...the milk just gushes out...other times, it can take days. I recently had a panic where I was only able to pump 1 oz in 2 days, with constant pumping...the only reason I didn't question my supply is cause my baby didn't act hungry or fussy at all.