do you pump every day if you bf?

tootlebug

ive been doing it every morning so i have some reserves...they get a bottle at night and if i need to leave during the day, the nanny will give a bottle as well .  but i dont remember what i did with my son..(.i dont think i pumped every single day and it didnt decrease my supply when i stopped doing it every day if i remember correctly).  ...ive just been pumping out about 8-10 ounces every morning.  i was thinking of switching to every other morning...do you think this would really decrease my supply though?  it just gets time consuming and the mornings are hectic...

schoolsoutbride

No, but I didn't have to give them a bottle every day either, just when I was out of the house.  If you drop that session, your supply will probably drop that much.  I guess it depends on how often you give a bottle. 

Nmschultz

With my daughter I pumped every day after she would nurse. By the time I went back to work, my deep freezer was almost full. I needed the supply, as after I went back to work, I only pumped about 4 times per day.