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2x a day BFers

My pedi said that I should still pump once a day to keep up my supply in order to feed DD at night and am.  Do you do this?  I was really hoping to get off the pump.  Argh!

Re: 2x a day BFers

  • Well, thanks to DD waking up twice a night, I BF more than twice a day (but I go 8 hours a day without pumping).  I'm totally off the pump and no supply issues so far (it's been almost a month). 
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  • I never did, and my supply was fine for the few months I did 2x a day feedings.
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  • Nope.  I don't pump anymore, and DD has plenty of milk whenever she wants to nurse.  She's at usually 3x a day now, but sometimes it's as little as one or two.  I can still feel let down, and DD tells me she's drinking milk.  I stopped pumping during the day when she was 12 months old.  I nursed her at night until about 26 months when I night weaned her.  My supply has been fine the last 4 months with just the 2-3x a day.
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  • Heck no, I don't pump! LOL. 6+ months of 2x/day nursing and no supply issues. My supply is down (I can tell because I do pump when I travel) but I think that's just because DD is nursing less as she gets older.

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  • I feed 2... 2X a day and I do not have issues with my supply.

    I do not pump; I hate pumping.

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  • NO!  I stopped pumping at 11 months because I had enough milk stored up.  After 12 months we went down to am and pm feedings with no pumping.  Now she's only nursing in the am.
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