Pumping Question

AZAmy77

So it seems that pumping for me has been going really well and I have a lot of milk so far.  I was up to about 70-80 cc's/ml's at each session.  The last 2 times now though, I've dropped down to 60.  I'm guessing that this is a usual amount of variance between sessions, but was just looking for reassurance.

 Thanks!

bdobrinsky

May be a better question to ask on the BF board :

ilovemarfa

Are you pumping 100 percent or nursing too? If you are pumping exclusively, are you making sure you are doing so at least every 3 hours?

llbta85

It will certainly vary by session but you might try drinking more water in between and upping your caloric intake. 

jennkg3

I found that I would pump most at like 6 or so in the morning and it would go down during the day after that. Make sure you are drinking a lot of water and don't stress too much. I got so crazy with it I would write everything down and I was pumping like 40 ozs a day and then when dd did latch I had an oversupply.

AZAmy77

I did cross post on the BF board after here, didn't think of it first. We are trying breastfeeding, but mostly pumping. So far only breastfed in one session yesterday. Yup, been pumping about every 3 hours, getting 8 times in a day. I'll make sure I get lots of water in today.

ilovemarfa

AZAmy77:

I did cross post on the BF board after here, : didn't think of it first.

We are trying breastfeeding, but mostly pumping. So far only breastfed in one session yesterday.

Yup, been pumping about every 3 hours, getting 8 times in a day. I'll make sure I get lots of water in today.

I produced the most milk in the early am. I produced the least amount at night before I went to bed. If you are drinking enough and making sure you are pumping at night, especially between 12 and 5 am when prolactin is the highest, I'd talk to a lactation consultant. I exclusively pumped and my lacatation consultant recommended that I take a calcium magnesium supplement to help with my supply. I also did make sure I ate real oatmeal or granola everyday. Good luck!

needanustart

SouthSideDrea:

I produce the most overnight, then in the morning and then the least in the afternoon and evening.

This was how it went for me. I used to set an alarm to pump at 2 am when G started sleeping through the night to make up for the short supply I would produce during the day on work days. I used to get a ton overnight.