Comments on: The Question is asked, “If breast is best, why are women bottling their milk?” http://www.mama-is.com/the-question-is-asked-if-breast-is-best-why-are-women-bottling-their-milk/ old comic archives... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Tiffany http://www.mama-is.com/the-question-is-asked-if-breast-is-best-why-are-women-bottling-their-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 Tiffany Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:45:04 +0000 http://www.mama-is.com/?p=349#comment-1193 I think that fathers are being left out of the equation a bit. Pumping when the mother returns to work also gives the father a chance to feed the baby. Yes, I'd rather be there breastfeeding, but when I can't it's a great opportunity for him to feed the baby. I don't understand why someone would exclusively pump, that seems very odd to me. I can understand pumping when returning to work, but what about at night? I got a very generous amount of PAID time off from work (6 months!) and when I did go back I pumped a bit. However, my husband also brought our son to work so I could breastfeed during lunch every day. I think that fathers are being left out of the equation a bit. Pumping when the mother returns to work also gives the father a chance to feed the baby. Yes, I’d rather be there breastfeeding, but when I can’t it’s a great opportunity for him to feed the baby.

I don’t understand why someone would exclusively pump, that seems very odd to me. I can understand pumping when returning to work, but what about at night?

I got a very generous amount of PAID time off from work (6 months!) and when I did go back I pumped a bit. However, my husband also brought our son to work so I could breastfeed during lunch every day.

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