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BF moms with oversupply

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I am currently on ML and pump once a day for my freezer stash. I am getting an extra 6 to 8 oz a day! I am very engorged in the am, and if i dont pump before DS2's first am feeding, he practically drowns and gets very fussy bc i think it comes out too fast. So I pump.

If you had this issue, did your supply regulate when you went back to work? Or did it get worse? I struggled to EBF DS1 for over a year; I barely pumped enough to keep up with him and had less than 100 oz in my stash. I currently have 250oz in my stash! I know how to fix an oversupply, but I am wondering if I should just take advantage of it now if it will maybe fix itself when I go back to work. Thoughts? Advice?

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Re: BF moms with oversupply

  • shannmshannm member
    I stopped pumping while on leave and focused on reducing my oversupply. It was just too painful and messy to encourage. I still was able to pump extra a work for my stash for about the first six months and am happy to report that it is going to last me
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  • iluvmylabiluvmylab member

    The more you pump, the more your body will produce.  Try to pump just enough to relieve the pressure and make it more comfortable for DS to eat.  

    My supply dropped some when I went back to work.  He ate 3 times at DC, but I only h

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  • sadie+wsadie+w member
    I had this same issue and also took advantage of it to build up a freezer stash. It kind of fixed itself when I returned to work. I started out pumping while getting ready at 7, then pumped at work at 10:30 and 2:30. I was pumpin way more than LO was e
    BFP #1: 2/14/11. EDD: 10/20/11. Missed m/c discovered in April at 12 weeks, d&c. BFP #2: 12/27/11. EDD: 9/9/2012.
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    imagesadiew:
    I had this same issue and also took advantage of it to build up a freezer stash. It kind of fixed itself when I returned t
    BFP #1: 2/14/11. EDD: 10/20/11. Missed m/c discovered in April at 12 weeks, d&c. BFP #2: 12/27/11. EDD: 9/9/2012.
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  • legalbeagle1legalbeagle1 member
    I've only been back for a month, but I think pumping at work has helped regulate my supply.  I pump 15 ounces a day and it doesn't matter if I pump twice or three times at work, I get about the same amount.  L only eats 12 ounces so that is perf
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  • sadie+wsadie+w member
    imageiluvmylab:
    The more you pump, the more your body will produce. nbsp;Try to pump just enough to relieve the pressure and make it mor
    BFP #1: 2/14/11. EDD: 10/20/11. Missed m/c discovered in April at 12 weeks, d&c. BFP #2: 12/27/11. EDD: 9/9/2012.
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  • cmsdouglascmsdouglas member

    I was pumping 30 oz at work in addition to nursing 5 or 6 times at home each day. I did it because I was so worried about losing my supply that it was hard to take a step back and really asses the realities of the situation.

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  • shouldbworkinshouldbworkin
    I did block feeding and it resolved within a couple days.
    DS1 age 7, DD age 5 and DS2 born 4/3/12
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