"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message
I haven't anything to add to what the others have said on the actual
question, but since you *haven't* in fact had a lot of people giving
reasons for not stopping... I wonder whether you would at least consider
taking two or three weeks to have a(nother) serious try at getting your
PPD
treated, before you give up? I'd hate you to give up pumping and then find
you feel no better, because the pumping wasn't actually the problem. (You
should not have to stop feeding to take PPD meds: if your doctor tells you
to do this, you need a new doctor, IMHO.)

Also, I saw that elsewhere you asked questions about burning calories by
exercising. If that's a concern, giving up pumping makes no sense - with a
new baby, there's no way you'll get enough exercising time to burn
remotely
as many calories as you're currently burning to make milk. I think it's
also possible that having this concern so early is itself because of the
PPD, so to me it's another red flag. (Of course, I accept that exercising
has many benefits besides burning calories - but then so does
breastfeeding, or pumping milk for your baby!)

Sidheag, I wanted to say something, but thought this time it was probably
better to bite my tongue, it's exactly the expectation of this post occuring
that I have in the past encouraged Betsy to feed straight from the breast,
but I understand that his is difficult for her. But what you say about PPD
is very true, I had friend who stopped breastfeeding at a similar time, she
was breastfeeding with a nipple shield and what she said was she felt she
couldn't feed when she was out, so she couldn't go out, so I guess there are
some similarities with being tied to a pump, she seemed to link this with
the fact she was feeling low and decided to stop, which she did, gradually,
but in the long term it really didn't make a difference, she still became
fairly badly depressed and also had the guilt that she hadn't continued to
breastfeed. I think it is very easy when you are feeling low to attach your
feelings to one issue, I know myself my mood is slipping at the moment and I
tend to say and feel if my pelvis was fine my mood would be fine, but I know
if I woke up tomorrow with a perfect pelvis life wouldn't suddenly be hunky
dory, because there are so many factors involved, though the pelvis could
well be the cause of this lower mood taking it away isn't the solution
because mood is a much longer term thing. Betsy, are you going to go back
and see about getting a different drug? I think even if you do decide you
are going to stop pumping, you really need to get looked after for this PPD.

Cheers

Anne