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xp: pumping at work question

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I normally feed my baby on one side per feeding, rotating each breast at every feeding. I went back to work last week and I've been double pumping both sides when I am at work twice a day. I work three days a week, tues- thurs. now that I am home today I've gone back to feeding her one just one side. Do you see any potential issues with doing it this way? Should I be pumping the other side I don't feed her on since I started double pumping at work, or just let it go? Don't want to cause any supply issues.
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  • cmwithercmwither
    My lo only ever feeds on one side per feeding, and I double pumped two times a day for about 10 months with no problem at all.
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  • ssimon621ssimon621 member

    This is what I do and my LO only eats from one side at a time as well.  I pump twice a day, but if I were home I would be feeding her four times.  I usually just pump in four hour increments.  4 hours since I fed her at home and 4 hours after that.  My last pump is at 3 or 3:30 and she usually eats around 5:30pm.

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  • JJEM98JJEM98 member
    I pumped while at work for 8 months after my leave and nursed exclusively with my dd. I did exactly what you described, double pumped at work in the time when I normally would have fed the baby twice, once from each side.  I did have supply issues once or twice but don't think it was related to that and was always able to get my supply back to where I needed it by taking Fenugreek. DD never had to have formula.  Good luck!
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  • shannmshannm member
    I do what you describe, double pump at work but only BF her from one side when we are together.  So far, so good!  I actually have an over supply so the worst thing that has happened is that I have been engorged in the morning on one side after she eats and I have had to pump to relieve the pressure.  But that hasn't happened in a while.
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  • jtenebackjteneback member
    imagecmwither:
    My lo only ever feeds on one side per feeding, and I double pumped two times a day for about 10 months with no problem at all.
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  • SarahE22ndSarahE22nd member

    imagecmwither:
    My lo only ever feeds on one side per feeding, and I double pumped two times a day for about 10 months with no problem at all.

     

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  • momtoRaegan041008momtoRaegan041008 member
    I double pumped while at work, only once per day.  In the morning I would feed on one side and pump on the other, then when I got home I would do the same thing.  Then the rest of the evening I would just feed on one side.  I had to do this in order to have enough milk for the next day.

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