Exclusive pumping

Hi mommies How do you feel about doing exclusive pumping? I have flat nipples and it’s very hard and painful for baby to latch on so my LC recommended exclusive pumping. But baby seems to want to latch on me everytime.. it’s painful and I don’t enjoy it but I feel bad about not latching for my baby.. any mommies feel the same way? :(

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Hey mama, I hear you’re thinking of being an exclusive pumping mama. I personally think that it’s great you’re choosing to provide breastmilk for baby - way to go!!! I’d like to recommend using paced feeding when bottle feeding baby with EBM. This helps to mimic breastfeeding where you stop multiple times during a feed - this simulated letdowns if baby were to latch. You can read more about paced bottle feeding here: https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/feeding-tools/bottle-feeding/

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