To pump, or not to pump?

I find myself wondering if I should still pump now that I'm not working anymore. The answer I mostly find myself leading to is yes. I still wake up at about 2 am with an uncomfortably full feeling. Sure, she could sleep longer, but my chest says no more. So as a compromise I decide to dream feed her and pump afterwards. It won't hurt, as I don't have as large of a freezer supply as others I know.

I don't know about other's significant others, but mine seems to complain about the need to warm up such food for their child. I find this funny, as he has the least amount of work between the two of us. I could go on further and complain but I won't. I do love the man and his silly, but sometimes nasty, habits. Men should be thankful for those of us who do decide to continue to breastfeed! It's not only good for the child, but they have less work to do. Isn't that every man's goal, to have less work to do? Or women's for that matter, but we always like to take the hard way it seems. Perhaps this is my own findings and not true for others.

Breastfeeding Updates

Breastfeeding is going well, although it was extremely painful to start out with. No one ever tells you that it will hurt, they say it shouldn't hurt, but for some women that isn't the case. For me it was toe curling pain every time that little girl would get hungry. The latch was determined good by my lactation consultant, so there was nothing to do but sit through the pain till the girls toughened up. We're finally at the point where it's comfortable. Now if she would space out her feedings to every 3 hours I would be extremely thankful. I'm always willing to help other FTM's (first time mom's) with what I've learned. Honestly, if I wasn't such a frugal person I probably wouldn't have continued breastfeeding due to the pain I experienced. Now that we've got through the hard part, the first 6-8 weeks, things are going better. My advice to others trying to BF, keep going through the pain and do not supplement like we did! The pain will end, and supplementing will not help even though it may seem like it does. Kellymom.com is a life saver.