Need reassurance

Baby is 10 weeks old tomorrow. My plan throughout pregnancy was to breastfeed him, I really tried but struggled and ultimately decided to formula feed. Last week my HV mentioned relactation, so I thought I’d give it a shot. They lent me a wall pump and I bought a wearable pump for the days I’m solo parenting baby and my 2yo. Today is day 4 and I cannot bring myself to put the pump on, I look at it and I feel rage. I’ve had small success already when some people are pumping dry for weeks but I just physically or mentally can’t cope with pumping again. It’s exhausting.

I feel like such a failure because on two occasions I’ve failed to do what I set out to do. Am I quitting too soon? I’ve felt so good mentally on the whole this postpartum compared to my first child but this whole relactation thing is making me spiral

Posted Jul 27, 2026, 7:18 AM UTC

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