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when did YOU start pumping... ??

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I want to hold off pumping as long as possible, as I want DS to control the supply/demand production.  i'm also afraid of engorgement after i start pumping.  what do you recommend?  do any of you have any regrets with pumping?

 

 

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Re: when did YOU start pumping... ??

  • KSimone619KSimone619 member
    I started the day I got home from the hospital b/c I was so engorged.  It didn't make me more engorged if I pumped, it definitely helped.  She took 1 bottle a day and I froze the rest.
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  • julia&adamjulia&adam

    I started pumping and introduced 1 pumped bottle a day when DD was 1 month old at the rec of our LC.  I pump in the morning following her first feeding from the boob that she did not eat from and then before bed when DH gives her the bottle I pump from both sides.  We've both adjusted nicely.

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  • ceg2483ceg2483

    I started pumping at 2.5 weeks and introducted the bottle at 3 weeks.

    At first I pumped when my LO had a "longer" sleep (3 or 4 hours).

    Now I pump once in the morning after the first feeding and twice at night, once around 8pm and once before I go to bed.  My DH takes care of the 8pm-midnight feedings.

    No regrets at all...It's working out for me so far!

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  • UrbanHippieMamaUrbanHippieMama
    I started pumping at day two because LO wouldn't latch and we wanted to make sure my milk would come in.  I had to EP for four weeks before she finally started to latch.
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  • Beccaboo0713Beccaboo0713 member
    12 hours after I gave birth, my supply is great but because LO was in NICU we never learned to latch, though we are still working on it. 
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  • relrosrelros
    imagejulia&adam:

    I started pumping and introduced 1 pumped bottle a day when DD was 1 month old at the rec of our LC.  I pump in the morning following her first feeding from the boob that she did not eat from and then before bed when DH gives her the bottle I pump from both sides.  We've both adjusted nicely.

    Julia

    This minus the before bed pump was what I did before returning to work.
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