Pumping is not breastfeeding 🙃

Took baby to the specialist for his reflux, female physician asks a million questions about ME (how many pregnancies, what do I do for work, etc.) felt very weird as if she was trying to gauge socioeconomic status or the like but fine I’ll answer.

She has full access to his medical records and proceeds to ask how he is fed, I indicate breastfed and she asks “oh so he’s on the breast?” I tell her “i exclusively pump” and she stares at me to ask “ have you tried breastfeeding?” …

I am breastfeeding. If she paid attention to my baby’s chart she could see he was in the NICU right after he was born for 10 days and latching wasn’t an option for him while he was on a CPAP..

UGHH. Just wish I had the guts to say this to her face and not just take the disrespect. Needless to say I won’t be taking him back to that office.

Hate that people so easily put pumping down as if this isn’t one of the hardest things to do both physically and mentally.