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Lost my stash - can I rebuild it?

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I lost my frozen stash thanks to hurricane Sandy.  LO is 9 months now.  I would like to begin freezing BM again but in the past 2 months she's been waking at night (she used to STTN) and because of this I stopped pumping so that she could feed.  Now that she wakes at night I feel like I never have the opportunity to pump.  I am concerned that if I do pump, it will take away from her if she needs to nurse.

At 9 months, is it possible to increase my production so that I can begin building a stash again, or am I SOL?  If I decide to pump 1x/day, will that pumping session then take away from her daily feeding, or will my body adjust to accommodate her needs? 

TIA for any suggestions or advice, ladies.

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  • JKB1986JKB1986 member
    I'm sorry you lost your stash! I would be devastated! If it were me, I would start pumping immediately after a feed. You wouldn't get much but you could slowly build your stash that way and ensure that you wouldn't pump right before LO gets hungry. Your body will adjust to the amount of milk you demand as long as you are getting enough calories. Good luck!
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    I'm sorry you lost your stash! I would be devastated! If it were me, I would start pumping immediately after a feed. You wouldn't get much but you could slowly build your stash that way and ensure that you wouldn't pump right before LO gets hungry. Your body will adjust to the amount of milk you demand as long as you are getting enough calories. Good luck!

     

    Thanks for the tip - that is my main concern, pumping out her next meal!! :-)  I'll try this and hopefully in time I'll be able to build a nice stockpile...

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  • thebokitheboki member
    I used up my stash during a time of extreme duress when my supply tanked.  I'm not slowly building it back up.  It can be done!
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  • mylittlesunshinemylittlesunshine member

    What time does she go to bed vs when you go to bed? I ask because right now, DD2 last eats around 6:30pm. I don't go to bed until 10. I pump around 9:45. This has helped build it very nicely.

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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    imagebikitybinx:

    I lost my frozen stash thanks to hurricane Sandy.  LO is 9 months now.  I would like to begin freezing BM again but in the past 2 months she's been waking at night (she used to STTN) and because of this I stopped pumping so that she could feed.  Now that she wakes at night I feel like I never have the opportunity to pump.  I am concerned that if I do pump, it will take away from her if she needs to nurse.

    At 9 months, is it possible to increase my production so that I can begin building a stash again, or am I SOL?  If I decide to pump 1x/day, will that pumping session then take away from her daily feeding, or will my body adjust to accommodate her needs? 

    TIA for any suggestions or advice, ladies.

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    imagemylittlesunshine:

    What time does she go to bed vs when you go to bed? I ask because right now, DD2 last eats around 6:30pm. I don't go to bed until 10. I pump around 9:45. This has helped build it very nicely.

    She goes in at 6:30, but her wake up times at night are inconsistent.  Sometimes she's up at 8:30, sometimes not until 11 or even 1:30 - and this is with solid and BM feedings during the day.  Her schedule is never the same so I can't say with any certainty when it will happen and plan a pump session around it.  It's so frustrating, because she used to sleep through the night.  Crying

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    I agree with PPs, but I just have to post because our daughters have the same F & M names!  Beautiful!

    Oh wow, that's incredible! Great minds, Dizzy Wink

     

     

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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    If you pump at the same time every day your body will make more. Plus it's not like you can pump out the next meal, you'll have another letdown and be fine that's how you did all those growth spurts in lo life.

    I pump in the morning every once in awhile to freeze and by the time lo wants to eat I'm fine.
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  • yodacadillacyodacadillac
    Breast feeding is demand and supply...the more you demand the more you begin to produce. I'm so sorry to hear you lost your supply but consider how much you want stored and when you plan to stop breast feeding. I say this because you don't want to begin producing a lot more than baby eats just to build a supply if you're planning to stop breast feeding at 1 yr of age. I hope you have success!
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    I burnt through my freezer stash when my guy was in daycare because he was eating more in a day than I was producing.  On June 9, 2012 I had 16oz in the freezer.  I added in pumping sessions - on the weekends I would pump in the middle of the night after a feed, once in the morning, and once before bed.  During the week, I'd pump on the way to work, and before bed (in addition to pumping during work.)  By August 1, 2012 I had over 86 oz in the freezer, in addition to providing him his daily milk for work.

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