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I'm Jennifer. I'm a new mom and my son will be 8 months old this week. Glad to meet and interact with more moms! I currently live in Rochester (renting) but we have purchased a house in Chatfield and will move there next month. I have been pumping 3x per day (once before work) and twice during the day. Previously I had done a 4th pumping session (after nursing baby and before I went to bed). Luckily I've been able to drop this 4th session as I hated having to stay up (usually by myself) and then wash up as well when I could be sleeping! Sometimes I just left the pumping parts to soak overnight in soapy water and my husband would get to them in the morning. I have two full sets of pumping parts so they don't have to be thoroughly washed after every use (they do get rinsed) and thoroughly cleaned at least once per day. I nurse my son after we get home from daycare and another time before bed. He used to sleep through the night for several months but now gets up 1-2 times and sometimes 3 times to nurse during the night. Initially I had planned to pump for 6 months and see how it would go. As it has been going fairly well and he's nearly 8 months I am still continuing with it for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we can continue breastfeeding and pumping until he turns a year.

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Hi Jennifer! Welcome to the group! Way to go for hanging in there for 8 months. I think it all gets easier with time. I think it is so funny that all of us hate the washing so much! Wish someone would come up with a better solution.

@jmreiman washing is the worst! I was so happy the first day didn't have to wash any parts when I was done pumping! I loved using the Kiinde system to pump into bags and then use those for bottles at daycare so I did have a lot less to wash. After a pumping session at work I just rinsed the parts and then reused for next session that day then washed with soap and water when got home that night. I think I should have put the parts into a refrigerator in between sessions but I never did. I probably should have been better about doing regular sterilizing of parts but also never did. Now I need to do that to store everything for hopeful baby #2 someday.

Keep up the great work! My breastfeeding journey just came to an end at 13 months. It was one of the most difficult but rewarding things I have ever done. Definitely stressful during the time but now I do miss those extra snuggles with my baby, or I should say toddler!