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Pumpers...question for you.

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Do you pump enough in one day to send to send the following day?

If you do not, do you use a freezer stash or send formula?

I sent 5 4oz bottles to daycare today using freezer stash.  I think I pumped 10 oz in total today while at work.  I'm sure I sent an extra bottle today...but I'll still be 6 oz short for tomorrow. 

I don't have  freezer stash and LO has gotten formula before.  Just curious what everyone else does and if you actually pump enough on one day to cover the next day's feedings.

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  • aocain02@yahoo.comaocain02@yahoo.com member
    Typically I pump enough but when I have an off day I use my freezer stash. That is why I have it. I have read many posts about only send what you pump because of supply and demand, but I'm not going to have a hungry guy at home crying for more to eat because I didn't pump enough. Some days I will add a session when I get home from work.
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  • SugarhillHnASugarhillHnA

    Yes, I pump enough in two sessions (double pumping) to send with DD to my MIL's for the next day and I always leave one extra bottle (frozen) at MIL's just in case she ever needs it.  DD usually eats less as the day progresses, so I leave her one 5oz bottle, one 4.5-5 oz bottle (depending on my pump output), and a 3.5-4 oz. bottle.  Sometimes she takes all three in full, sometimes she leaves an ounce or two of the third bottle because she prefers to wait and nurse when I pick her up. 

    I'm actually in the process of starting to rotate my freezer stash now and use up all the milk I froze back in April that I didn't have in my deep freezer at first.  So, on Fridays I freeze what I pump and on Monday I bring three bags of BM out of the freezer to MIL.  I was so worried that my frozen milk wouldn't be good, but so far, so good.

    I haven't had to use any formula at all and I really hope to not have to.

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  • mrs. sagemrs. sage
    I usually pump enough but sometimes fall short.  On those days I just take from the freezer stash but I also try to add an extra pump to get up to the amount necessary.  I read two things someplace, 1. you only pump as much as your little one needs in any given day (not sure how true this is on days you don't produce as much) and 2. you should always try to pump as many times as necessary to make as much as your LO needs.  If you don't you are basically telling your body it doesn't need to continue to make that amount and your body will adjust accordingly which will make you coming up short a permenant thing. 
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  • sunshine_77sunshine_77

    sadly i couldn't provide enough. I can only get 2 oz a session. so, pumping three times, i only got 6 oz. obviously not enough. I blew through my freezer stash in less than a month and then had to send formula. i continued to pump just to get my one daily bottle til the LO was 6 months.

    i guess the only up side to having to combination feed is that i realized he does well getting BOTH breast milk and forumula. so, i am still nursing at 9 months at home, and he gets formula during the day. it's pretty convenient and easy.

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  • Sunsh1neSunsh1ne member
    My little guy only goes to dc 3 days/week, but I do pump enough to send the next day. I pump 3X at work (9:30-ish, 12:30-ish and 3:00-ish) and then also before bed (9:00-ish) and get about 5 oz. each time. I do worry about supply, though. I think as a nursing, working mom, it's only natural. DH watches little man on Saturdays so I can meet my running group. And he has told me he thinks I need to leave him bigger bottles. I leave him 4-5 oz bottles. I do the night pump (a) bc otherwise I will leak at night (little man is 5 mos and sleeps from 6:30-5 most nights) and (b) to build a small freezer stash.
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  • epphdepphd member

    I do pump enough for the next day, but at first it took 5 pumping sessions per day to keep up my supply - 1 first thing in the a.m. after feeding Sam, 3 while at work, and 1 after Sam went to bed.  I was able to drop the p.m. session but still need to pump the other 4 times if I want him to have EBM.  Now that he is on site at day care I can nurse him, so I can cut down on pumping as long as I make up for it by nursing him the next day.

     

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  • BeccaMarieBeccaMarie member
    imagevagirl06:

    Do you pump enough in one day to send to send the following day?

    If you do not, do you use a freezer stash or send formula?

    Some days I pumped enough, other days not.  On average, I probably sent 10 ounces of freezer stash a week in addition to my daily and weekend pumpings.

    My pump schedule (during the week) looked like this:

    5:00 am - pump (one side), 6:30 am -  nurse (one side), 10:00 am - pump at work, 1:00 pm - pump at work, 3:30 pm - pump at work, 6:00 pm - pump on one side while nursing dd on the other, 8:30 pm - nurse dd before bed, 10:30 pm - pump both sides before I go to bed, nurse dd throughout the need as needed, start over again

    On the weekend, I kept up with the 5:00 am, 6:00 pm and 10:30 pm pumps

    It was kind of an intense pumping schedule to keep up, but it was the only way to keep dd off formula (which I was hardcore committed too).  Next baby, I'm not sure if I'll be so opposed to formula.  It was such a relief when dd turned 1.  I didn't realize what a prisoner to the pump I was.

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  • cookingdudecookingdude
    I used to....but I no longer pump enough for an entire day. And, I have used up my entire freezer stash. I use whatever BM I have, and the for the rest of the day use formula to supplement. My LO is 6 months old. 
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  • BriAndSeanBriAndSean

    I pump more than I send right now. I usually send 12 - 14 oz and pump 15 - 18 oz on my workdays. On the days I do not work, I pump an extra 4-5 oz in the morning while feeding on the opposite side.

    If you want to avoid supplementing with formula, I would suggest adding another session to your day. Even if you had a freezer stash, you wouldn't want to use it to regularly or your body will just produce less. Otherwise, keep supplementing and sending whatever you can pump. Some EBM is better than none!

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  • financialdivafinancialdiva member

    DS takes 3-4oz bottles and I usually pump almost enough. I have my off days and then I use my freezer stash. But usually, I will sometimes pump over the weekend and then I am able to top off the bottles during the week when I fall a litte short.

    What makes you think you need to send 16oz? What if you try reducing the bottles to 3oz? When DS was that age, he took 4-3oz bottles. Just an idea. GL!

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  • jenn&Dave2005jenn&Dave2005

    imagevagirl06:

    5:00 am - pump (one side), 6:30 am -  nurse (one side), 10:00 am - pump at work, 1:00 pm - pump at work, 3:30 pm - pump at work, 6:00 pm - pump on one side while nursing dd on the other, 8:30 pm - nurse dd before bed, 10:30 pm - pump both sides before I go to bed, nurse dd throughout the need as needed, start over again

     

    Thats about how mine is :(  so far i've covered every day.  but it's been rough.  We now do formula for 'cooking'  cereal and purees

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