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« on: April 07, 2005, 07:02:27 AM » |
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Well, I'm finally cutting down to one pumping session a day at work. I've been telling myself I'd do it, or I'd do it for a day or two then go back to two pumping sessions. But I"m getting sick of it. She's one now and she doesn't feed a lot during the day when I *am* home, and isn't that interested in what she gets during the day when she's at daycare. I'd also like her to eat more solid food.
I'm a bit nervous my supply will drop and she'll give up, but if that starts to happen I guess I can always up the pumping again. I pump about nine - ten ounces at the one pumping session.
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« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2005, 03:44:13 PM » |
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I say go for it. I'm sure your supply will be fine. I heard other moms that just will quit pumping and let them nurse at night and in morning and still keep their supply.
I wish I could get that much in one pump session. Lucky you! I still pump 3x a day. I am so looking forward to be done with the pump. Hopefully just a few more months DS will be 10 mos. next week.
Good luck!
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2005, 09:12:33 PM » |
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Sounds like your supply is still fine. When I slowed down pumping with DS1 I didn't really notice a change in supply going from 2 pumping sessions to 1. As long as you are pumping as much as you think she needs there shouldn't be a problem.
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2005, 01:52:48 PM » |
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I'm going through the same thing!
Elke is one so I'm not giving her bottles anymore. She basically won't drink my milk from a sippy, just juice. All this pumping I'm doing is really going to waste.
She nurses in the morning and at night. The days I am home (I work from home 2x a week) she does nurse during the day, but she eats plenty of food as well. I went down to two pumping sessions, then one. And today I haven't pumped yet and am thinking of not pumping.
Scary! I worry about her having so much less milk, but I bet she gets ~10 ounces nursing AM and PM, just guessing there.
Does this all sound ok?
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2005, 01:59:50 PM » |
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Holy crap! 10 oz at a pumping? Are you kidding?
I pumped for a little over a year. I cut down on the number of
minutes pumped in both pumpings for a couple of days, then just
pumped 1x during the workday. I did fine. Of course, I never reacted
to the pump like you did.
My dd is still nursing lots of times a day; and she is 21 mos. She nurses
around 6pm, then to sleep around 8:30. She nurses at least 1-2x a night and then when I get up in the morning. And on the weekend, I nurse her to sleep for her naps.
My supply hasn't suffered. In fact, I never enjoyed nursing as much until I QUIT that stupid pump. I cannot tell you how stressed I was trying to get x # of oz a day for the kid to drink. I hated pumping and nursing got so stressfree the day I tossed the old horns aside.
Happy freedom to you!
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2005, 05:35:27 AM » |
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Well now I'm getting between six and eight ounces at a time  I didn't get much of a chance to try it out this week as Clare had hand foot and mouth and I had to take two days off work to look after her! Thanks for all the support - it's always good to hear the success stories! I just worry because she doesn't eat a lot of solid food - although when she is home with dh and only drinking a little from the bottles, she does eat a lot more. I've stopped feeding her overnight (that is, I don't feed her between eleven at night and five in the morning) but she nurses first thing in the morning, as soon as I get home from work, before bedtime, and then late at night. On the days I'm not working, she gets three more feeds than that during the day. pax Jane |
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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2005, 06:04:39 AM » |
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I am glad it is working out and I have to say I am down right jealous of the amount you pump. I pump 3xs at work for a total of 8-9 ounces.
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2005, 08:01:21 AM » |
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It's funny, when I was b'fing dd#4, I could never pump more than two or three ounces. My midwife told me that the more used your breasts are, the better the output! I notice it really drops off if I forget to drink water, though.
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2005, 02:47:49 PM » |
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Nypples, how old is your baby?
DS is 9.5 months and I have recently cut my third pumping session out while at work. So now I pump once in the morning and twice while at work.
I get about 18oz a day, with the third pumping session i was getting about 24oz a day, and ds still only between 8-12 oz at my MIL's, so I was freezing waay too much.
I have been doing this for about a week now. Hopefully my body will adjusted and it will keep producing the way it has. I have to say it does feel good to cut that session out durring the day.
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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2005, 07:43:23 PM » |
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Carmen, she's now nearly eighteen months old  Where did the time go? I'm not pumping any more - she feeds in the morning before I go to work, when I get home from work, just before her bedtime, and then just before my bed time. On the weekends, she'd have about six feeds a day. I don't know how much I can pump now as I haven't done it for a couple of months! pax Jane |
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2005, 04:55:20 PM » |
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Damn, 18 oz total in a day???
I pump every 5 hours for my twins and make about 80 ounces a day for them and sometimes more. I actually have more than they need and am considering selling some of my excess. I had no idea I was such a prolific pumper. I thought this was normal! Holy shit.
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