Choosing to breastfeed and express
My son is allergic to dairy so I really wanted to be able to breastfeed him for as long as he needed it, and as long as I could. Expressing meant that I was able to do that and still leave him and have some independence. I’m also a single parent, so it made it possible for him to be with his dad and spend time with other family members.
Feeling more cow than carefree
When I first started expressing I had two electric pumps, but I had to plug them in. So I would have to sit on a chair or sit on my bed, and I would just be tied down for so long.
If you look at our phones and all the technology we have, you just think why are people still tied down with all these wires! It’s crazy.