weaning from pump?

JM1226

So I was pumping 3x a day...am, lunchtime and evening.  I just dropped the lunchtime session today (sore) and next to go is the evening.  How many days should I wait until I drop the evening one and should I be pumping for less time too??   I usually pump for 15 min and 20 min for the am one.  So long my friend

 

 

fairychick77

I dropped a pumping session a week until they were phased out. I pumped 3x/day so the 1st week I did 2 sessions a day then the 2nd week I dropped down to 1 session. I pumped for the same amount of time. I didn't have any problems other than being slightly engorged the initial week with no pumping sessions. My body regulated itself within 3 days or so.

Cheekie4

Like PP stated, I dropped a pump a week.  The 3rd pump was easy, but dropping the 2nd & last pump was a different story.  The first few days, I was pretty uncomfortable. 

When I dropped the last pump, I spaced it out.  I pumped at 6am normally.  The week I was dropping it, I would pump later & later.  Instead of pumping right at 6am, I waited until lunch.  The next day, I waited until my students went home for the day (3pm).  You get the picture.  It helped a little bit.