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I EBFd my daughter for four only months and I had to work SO HARD for even that. I am a HUGE backer of natural BF and ebf but some times it IS NOT POSSIBLE to be exclusive. So please be considerate with your judgments about formula. When some people say it really was impossible that its not just an excuse made to fit a laziness. My daughter was in the NICU (not a preemie) for over a month in really unstable condition so I was an emotional wreck. To get anything out from the pump I had to take prozac or I wouldn't let down. They told me the prozac wasn't a big deal because she was already on so many sedatives that the 1% dose of prozac was worth having the breast milk to build her strength. Keep in mind that pumping exclusively is so much harder and so different than bf exclusively. You have to get it all out, pump, store , and clean up. The whole process takes about 45 mins. So pumping every 2 hrs means only 1hr and 15 mins in between each pumping. SO DRAINING. Especially when you have to wake up at night, with no baby in your arms, and make breast milk. When I brought her home I stopped using the pump and stayed home with her for four months, breast feeding exclusively. When she was four months I had to work part time and when I tried to use the pump again I wasn't getting more than half an ounce no matter what we tried. The Latation Consultant said that my daughter must have such a strong suction that even my hospital grade pump was too weak now, my body had adjusted. I had to supplement with formula when I was at work. I killed myself with guilt, I felt like I had failed. And when I went into all these types of forums to look for advice, I found some yes, but I stumbled across a lot of critical things. Not helpful. Sometimes its not "bull".

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