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Power pumping - purpose of breaks?

JJ1973JJ1973 member
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I have been trying to power pump. For those who have done this, is there a purpose to taking 10 minute breaks beyond comfort? Are there problems with simply pumping for a longer duration?
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Re: Power pumping - purpose of breaks?

  • BootsOrHeartsBootsOrHearts member
    It simulates your baby 'cluster feeding' like during a growth spurt. I think it would be really hard on your nipples for one thing, but also, you want to stimulate additional let downs. Just pumping without breaks it's hard to do that.
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
    cabusbey said:
    On a related note...is there any reason power pumping a couple times in a day would be a bad idea?

    Yes! You could end up giving yourself oversupply.
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