With my first son, my hubby was working crazy hours. I pumped some milk for him to give a bottle but with his work hours, he was "too tired" to give a bottle. I struggled to establish breastfeeding and didn't want to bother giving a bottle. We also had problems with some of the bottles we tried having too fast a flow rate. The end result was milk going sour and getting poured down the drain. I hated that! My body worked hard to produce that milk, I had to figure out time to pump it and I had to sit and manually pump it since as a SAHM I felt a manual pump was fine for my needs.
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Now expecting our second, my hubby thinks that getting an electric pump will solve this problem. He thinks that if it only takes a short time to pump the milk that it won't be such a big deal to pour it down the sink. I disagree. I think I would be peeved about tossing out milk regardless. I also switching to a different manual pump at some point and found that to quicker. I also reminded him that there is a mind element so pumping very rarely isn't the best way to go really. He is in a different job now and swearing he's going to be more help. I think the solution is for him to step up and do what he's claiming he will that way there's no need to toss out milk.
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Am I wrong in thinking that I will still feel attached to my milk even if the process of pumping is quicker?
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(Yesterday hubby informed me that he told his mom that I wanted an electric breast pump for my birthday. My feathers are all ruffled up because in the same conversation he mentioned that he wants a video game for his birthday. How fair is that: I get milked and he gets a toy.)
