it's OK to skip a pump, right?

Melanie2003 · August 2011

say Yes, please!

I pump every single morning, 7 days a week, on the side the baby does not nurse on. If I'm with her the rest of the day, I do not need to pump again.

We're going on a quick family overnight. The last thing I want to do is pack the pump and parts and deal with keeping the milk all day as we will be checking out of the hotel, heading to a family's house for b-fast and then off to the aquarium and then a 4+ hour drive home.

Is it OK to skip the morning pump on the one morning we are gone? My supply is just OK -I took a hit since my period returned, and I usually make just enough to send daycare bottles so long as I pump over the weekends too. I do have a small freezer stash that I can use on Monday if I am short.

PinkJellyBean · August 2011

You will be fine. You might just leak on the side you normally pump though so make sure you have a breast pad in.

Melanie2003 · August 2011

i think i can likely get the baby to nurse again on that side in a hour or so - afetr she eats something. she's a go with the flow sort of baby - 9.5mos old.

thanks!

lindsay.lou · August 2011

I only pump once a day (in the morning) and I've had to skip it a few times. It's definitely uncomfortable, but do-able.

If I have to skip it again, I'll probably try to hand express a little or bring my manual single pump just to take the edge off.

But yeah, not the end of the world. Never noticed a dip in supply when I did this. But like I said, it was just a few random times, and never two mornings in a row (or even two mornings in one week, for that matter)

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