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@daniellemybelle: @Adira: @jetsa: I'm in a country where mat leave is 6w prior to EDD & 8w after birth and there are a combined 14m of parental leave at 65% of your average income of the 12m prior to mat leave (mat leave is full pay). In my mommy and me group all moms tried bf. Two went to formula, one for convenience reasons, one because milk never came in. An additional mom had to switch at 6m because she had to take unsafe medication and was really sick. One LO didn't like nursing after 6m, all other 9 bf to at least a year.
So I guess extended mat/parental leave may really help achieve bf goals.
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@Pumuckl: I definitely think that's true! If I could have mostly breastfed Xander and not had to pump for most of his feedings, it would have made it a LOT easier! We had such an easy time of it on the weekends, except that I ALSO had to pump after every feeding in order to have enough milk to last me the week! I would've loved to MOSTLY breastfeed and pump occasionally as needed, instead of basically the other way around!
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@Pumuckl: I agree with everything @Adira: said. I love the weekends so I that don't have to pump.
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@Adira: @jetsa: oh, I totally understand that. I only WOH for one day so I pumped only once a day to have enough milk (and plenty for my freezer stash) for the feedings. And I was the odd one out because there were only 2 of us working at all. So people looked at us all weird. And that's when other stupid things happen as in what I mentioned in one of the previous posts. So you can't win
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