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Building stash

chemily8chemily8 member
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My LO is EBF and 4 months old. The few times I have given her formula she vomits quite violently. I suspect she may have a dairy sensitivity. It's not the bottle because she takes breast milk from a bottle just fine. I would like to build a stash so I can get out every now and then. Is it too late to start this? Can I still increase my supply this late in the game? I was thinking I will pump after her morning feed. But am scared that will take away from what she eats during the day and she will be hungry. I had issues BF DD1 and am always terrified of starving her:/ TIA
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Re: Building stash

  • OntheWaterOntheWater member
    Nope,. go for it. Your body will adjust.  Specially now as she is getting older, she probably wakes less at night. early moring pumps are great. When my DD started STTN (those were the days! she's up all night now), I started waking at 5 am each morning (about 2 hours before she woke up) and pump, then go baclk to sleep or get ready for work. That 5 am pump netted 9-12 oz. I have an oversupply and her last feed was always at 7:30--7:45 p.m., but it's still a great time to pump because of your hormone levels at that time of day.
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  • ChichigoChichigo member
    Worse case scenario would be bottle feeding her the milk you expressed earlier in the day, right? Its not like you are giving the milk away or pouring it down the drain.

    But your body will adjust. Stay hydrated and eat well.
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  • tisunge602tisunge602 member
    You can totally do it! I'm a SAHM so it's only occasionally that my LO needs a bottle, but he takes it like a champ and it gives me the freedom to get away from him once in awhile, and my husband and I to get date nights from time to time!  

    I only pump once a day, in the mornings about an hour after his first feed. It doesn't seem to affect my supply, and if I skip it it's no big deal. My body doesn't respond that well to the pump -- I usually only get an ounce or two -- but it's allowed me to slowly build up a little stash. 
      


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