| Hi, instead of stopping completely, perhaps you could consider taking a double breasted pump on your trip and then only expressing 3 times a day while you are away on the trip. You could spend like 20 minutes in the morning expressing and then again during the day (like a long loo stop while hubby goes off doing some shopping nearby) and then one more time before you retire the night. After you get back from the trip, you could express more often again to increase your milk supply should you decide to keep up with it.
I expressed breastmilk exclusively for my daughter for 10 months and it WAS NOT easy and I think I was a nightmare to live with constantly relying on others to help me out. I spent so much time expressing that I had little time with her. After I stopped, I felt guilty but I suddenly had all these extra time to cuddle her and I wasn't as exhausted.
Being a mother makes you feel guilty all the time regardless of what you do. But I've learnt one lesson. You can only do what you know best at the time, there's never a right or wrong thing to do.
Good luck with your decision.
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MayC
Baby girl born in Sept 2004 |