EBF moms and bm stash

kneill01 · January 2012

Do you have a freezer storage? How many ounces and how old is your LO?

car_ramrod · January 2012

My little guy is 7 and half months old. I have probably 500 ounces in a deep freezer. I work full time and started with an oversupply due to my little one being in the NICU and I was pumping every two hours. It has tapered off quite a bit but I still freeze extra every day versus what we use.

The same thing happened with my DS1 so I donated a ton and also stopped pumping at 10 months and then used up my freezer stash for daycare bottles and just nursed morning, nights, and on the weekends for the next four months. It worked great.

jamima757@yahoo.com · January 2012

My LO is 6 months and I have 1400 oz froze! I had a huge oversupply in the begging and would pump before I fed- so that he established a good latch. Also when he started STTN, I still pump almost 10oz off every morning. I am kinda paranoid about drying up some day- and this way I know I can go at least another month or two and still give him BM.

lwsnake · January 2012

I don't have any frozen. I stay at home. Lipase was an issue and she wouldn't take bottles so it's all from the tap.

Fisherman'sWife · January 2012

I maintain about 100 ounces in the freezer. We don't have a deep freeze so this is about all we can stores. Its enough that I can go away for a day or two if needed and I don't have to worry if I don't pump enough one day at work. I built it up while on maternity leave by pumping in the morning and have just maintained now.

tokenhoser · January 2012

My LO is 8.5 months and I have 5 oz. Yes, five.

bumpuser2505903 · January 2012

My stash was as high as 700 oz but I just recently donated 350 oz. I hope to stop pumping three x a day at work soon and supplement with frozen. I feel like a slave to the pump!

pmpkn219 · January 2012

He's 7.5 months and I have about 500 right now. I've been dipping into it about 4-8 oz per day for the past month, instead of putting more away as I was doing before.

weebos8 · January 2012

My LO is almost 7 months. I have about 30 oz, but he won't take a bottle so it's kind of useless. Also we just found out he has a dairy allergy, so most of the milk he can't have. I will be donating it.

kuipogirl · January 2012

LO is 8 months old and I have about 150 oz. I used to have about 350oz but have started to taper off with pumping now. I built a good stash when I was on maternity leave. Now that I am working part time and have a hard time finding time to pump at work my stash is dwindling.

nfrtny · January 2012

DS is 7 and a half months old and I have no stored milk. We started supplementing about a month ago.

There were many occasions where I would go four hours at work til I got my break, and too many occasions where I wouldn't get a break a lot and didn't nurse or pump for 7+ hours. It totally killed my stash and made it super hard to pump.

kimmyberly26 · January 2012

jamima757@yahoo.com:
My LO is 6 months and I have 1400 oz froze! I had a huge oversupply in the begging and would pump before I fed- so that he established a good latch. Also when he started STTN, I still pump almost 10oz off every morning. I am kinda paranoid about drying up some day- and this way I know I can go at least another month or two and still give him BM.

This is me too. I plan on slowing down my sessions around 9 months and hopefully my stash can get me through the last three months or at least most of the way.

belladonna11307 · January 2012

I guess I'm weird because I can't tell you how many ounces I have stashed without doing some math. I can tell you I have about three full days worth, so I could go away for a weekend. I was building a stash early on and found that I wasn't using it fast enough and was running out of room in my freezer. Now I only add to it if I happen to have a day where either DD doesn't eat as much or I pump extra. If I know I'm going away I add a pump session every day for a week or so to get ahead. My job is awesome in supporting breast feeding, so, as much as I hate the pump, I'm going to take advantage of that perk until DD is at least a year old, so she'll have bm for quite some time. She's 8.5 months now.

aliska · January 2012

Probably about 10oz. How do you ladies build all of that up?? I work full time, so the milk I pump today goes to DD tomorrow. There isn't any extra.

clineak · January 2012

DD is 6 months old, and I currently have 155 oz. in the freezer. We don't use it very often, as I only work a couple days a month.

jmo866 · January 2012

I probably only have about 100 oz. stashed away, and I use some of it, so it won't last super long. I just stopped pumping though, so this is all there will be I guess, unless I try to start up again. I stay home so nurse throughout the day, I was just sick of pumping. I hope to BF for at least another couple of months, then see how it goes.

Jay_Cee · January 2012

Well, I had over 200 ounces before we realized I have a lipase issue. I had to throw it all out. So now I have 10 ounces at home, I think, and 12 ounces at daycare. My supply has really evened out over the last 6.5 months and I haven't made much of an effort to increase it.

bluejetta · January 2012

LO almost 5 months. I have 100oz in the freezer and none older than December. I've never had over supply and basically just manage to keep up with LO's daycare needs (9-12oz a day). I started at 6 weeks pumping once a day to up supply and build the stash. These days I pump after first am feeding on my 4 days home and then pump any other time she gets a bottle to replace that feeding. I can't imagine what I'll do if she needs more that 12 oz because I wouldn't be able to keep up.

nbbride06 · January 2012

I have about 150oz. LO won't take a bottle though so I stopped pumping and only use the frozen milk when I try to give her a sippy or straw cup once in awhile.

Tikat · January 2012

DD is 6 mths and I have about 300 ounces left in the Deep Freeze - I started having to dip into my humongous stash when she decided that she did not want to work for her food anymore

So now I EP (agaaaaaaain) and have to pull out the frozen goodies on the weekend - because no matter how hard I try to stay hydrated my intake is probably close to a 1/3 of what I drink during the week at work and my output really shows it. Come Monday it goes right back to some 32 ounces which is just enough to keep her chunky self happy

mari_gold · January 2012

I have about 600 ounces frozen in a deep freezer. DD will be 8 months Thursday. I keep forgetting to rotate it, but I'm going to be so ticked if I don't end up using it ...

gmc222 · February 2012

I have about twelve 4 oz. servings (less than 50 oz.). I actually thought that was pretty good until I started reading these responses! I pump just enough to feed DD, so its hard to get 'extra' to store. Over the weekends when I EBF the last thing I want to do is add a pump session, but I try to after her first morning feed since I typically have the most then.

rose1883 · February 2012

DD is just over 6 months and I have about 500oz in the freezer. I pump after she eats in the am and can usually freeze a feeding or two and then pump again at the end of the day.

bnicoledavis · February 2012

I have about 100 oz and my LO is 8 months and is ebf. I stopped pumping due to being a SAHM and not ever really using it.

LovelyLou23 · February 2012

LO is 8 months and I've got nothing. I had a ton, but when she was 4 months I had to supplement a bit and went through all of it. After that I just never built it back up.

indytara · February 2012

Maybe 40 oz. I only work 2 days a week so I don't need much of a freezer stash. I try to pump fresh stuff the day before I work so dh doesn't have to go through the freezer stash so quickly.

I should pump more, but it's a pita and I never seem to find the time

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