https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:58:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goodbye-to-the-pump-surprised-to-feel-a-little-sad#post-1734101 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:53:36 +0000 Adira 1734101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations on providing BM to your little one for so long and for being FREE of the pump!!! I definitely felt the same! It was so nice to have that time back, but it was also sad to be done with that phase of our lives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goodbye-to-the-pump-surprised-to-feel-a-little-sad#post-1734089 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:49:53 +0000 maybebaby 1734089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congrats on pumping and congrats on finishing! It is a bittersweet milestone. I felt similarly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goodbye-to-the-pump-surprised-to-feel-a-little-sad#post-1732530 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:38:31 +0000 autumnlove 1732530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me too! I stopped pumping last week and I was a little sad about it. LO is 14 months old and she is drinking lactose free whole milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/goodbye-to-the-pump-surprised-to-feel-a-little-sad#post-1732516 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:35:19 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1732516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Today is my last day of pumping and I'm surprising myself by feeling a little sad. I went back to work part-time when my now 9 month old daughter was 3 months old. I managed to pump enough for her to be exclusively breastfed until 6 months, but when she started on solids my period came back and my supply took a serious hit. Since then, I kept pumping but was getting less and less. Since I was already supplementing with formula, I dropped a pumping session which really tanked my supply. Last week, I only pumped enough for half a bottle every day. I decided the stress and effort of pumping just was not worth getting a max of three ounces a day, so today I pumped once at 2 pm but I know I could have gone the rest of the day and been OK, so I'm going to pack up the pump and just keep nursing her in the morning and at bedtime.</p> <p>I thought I would feel AMAZING to be free of the pump and in most ways I do, but I find myself being kind of sad to be done with this era of babyhood. It's such an unexpected feeling since I hate pumping. Anyone else feel like that? </p>