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Supply/Pump question

tanislynntanislynn
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I nurse when I'm home and I pump at work.  When I pump I'm only getting 10-14 oz total for the 3 times I pump at work.  I nurse DS in the morning before I leave for work, then I pump at 9, 12, and 3 and then nurse him when I get home around 5:30 and then again around 7:00 at bedtime.  DS is drinking 16 oz while I'm at work and obviously I'm not pumping that much, so I think I'm going to have to add a pumping session at home before I have gone through my whole freezer stash. 

My actual question though is on the weekends on EBF and don't pump at all.  DS nurses every 2 hours and seems satisfied.  So if he's getting enough to eat when I'm nursing, how come I'm not getting enough when I'm pumping?  Is my supply going down or is there something up with my pumping? 

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Re: Supply/Pump question

  • GPeterson24GPeterson24 member
    I've heard that babies are much more efficient at getting your milk than pumps so he's probably getting more out of you than the pump.

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  • cindyhowcindyhow

    how long is he apart from you ? 16 oz may be too much for the time you are apart. it is hard for DC providers, they are usually use to FF babies that drink bigger bottles and increase as they get older.  We send 4 bottles ranging 2.5 to 4 oz each, a total of 13.5 oz, the last one is the smallest it's a snack bottle that she has right before DH picks her up. I am usually able to get what I need each day, I do pump 1x on the weekends each morning for 10-12 mins to get a boost and extra milk

    check out hte milk calculator at kellymom, is he being fed every 2 hours at DC - then 4 oz bottles would seem too much for every 2 hours

    And baby is more efficient at nursing than the pump!

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  • yogisunamyogisunam member

    I am just transitioning back to work full time so what LO is eating vs. my pump output hasn't been really established. However, I have been pumping at night before bed since LO was ~8 weeks to build my freezer stash. I do not plan on dropping that session as it's my "saftey" if I have low output days.

    I have been leaving 3-4oz bottles and 1-2 oz bottle, and I am away for 8.5 hours.

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  • tanislynntanislynn
    I'm gone about 9.5 hours during the day.  DS stays home with DH during the day.  Some days he sucks down the 4 - 4oz bottles and other days he only drinks 3 of them.  It just dawned on me, I have been on my first PP period for almost 2 weeks now, that's probably why I'm not getting as much milk when I pump.  Today I only pumped 10oz in the 3 times I pumped. 
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  • ShoeFanatic614ShoeFanatic614 member
    We actually have the same problem.  Babies are more efficient than pumps and some women just don't respond as well to the pump as others.  Even though I have the milk supply for DD, I'm having to work really hard right now to pump enough for her each day at daycare.
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