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BF/Pumping Q

racampbell1racampbell1
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DD is 8 1/2 months old, I pump while at work bc I really want to BF for a year.  When I am home she nurses every 4 hours in the daytime.  I have been pumping 2x a day at work as if she were nursing at those times.  I only work 3 days a week (yes, I am VERY lucky to have that!)  Can I go down to pumping 1x per day at this point? Or do you think that will affect my supply and I won't have enough for her when I am home.  Anybody have experience with this?  She gets solids 3x per day also, so I know she's not "dependent" on BM at this point.  TIA!

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Re: BF/Pumping Q

  • c&f2006c&f2006

    If you want to BF for at least another 3.5 months I would not drop to 1 pump yet. My DD is 15 months and I dropped to 1 pump during day 2 months ago and I have definitely noticed that it affected my supply.

    As many posted yesterday, around 9 months there is often a slump and I had a dip in supply at this time, too. 

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  • jenuinejenuine
    You can always try cutting back and seeing what happens. How upset would you be if your supply didn't return if you needed to go back to pumping 2x a day? You aer so close to a year, I'd say to give it a try. Can you squeeze in a pumping session at another time in the day, like right before you go to bed or ideally after DD's first nursing in the morning? You tend to have extra milk from the overnight then. GL and congratulations on making it this far into that year!!
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  • Banana44Banana44 member

    I continued to pump 2x a day until she was 12 months.  Everyone is different, but I found that the longer I was breastfeeding, the more a subtle change would affect me.

    You can try to drop a session ans see how you do, but you might not be able to pick your supply back up - so it could be a risk.  Do what you feel comfortable with. 

    Is there a reason you want to drop a session (don't get me wrong, I know how much of a pain pumping is)?    I still BF 3x a day and I don't pump at all - so you never know!

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  • racampbell1racampbell1
    imageBanana44:

    Is there a reason you want to drop a session (don't get me wrong, I know how much of a pain pumping is)?    I still BF 3x a day and I don't pump at all - so you never know!

    Just getting busier at work and its getting harder to be consistent with it, it feels like it takes a lot of time out of my day and makes it hard to keep up on my workload - worth it to keep BFing but a PITA all the same!  Thanks ladies, for your input.

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