I am clearly a FTM with this question but I am only pumping two or three times per day as I feel like I can't keep up with two week olds hunger to have enough time to feed and pump! Is there a good rule of thumb on this or shouldn't just be trying to figure out a schedule that works for her as she grows and pump around that? I feel like I should be pumping more and that maybe my baby is addicted to boob!
Re: How many times per day do you pump?
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What is your goal? That's the only way to assess if you're pumping enough or not.
I pump once a day because I'm home for several more weeks and just trying to get accustomed to the pump and get a freezer stash started, plus milk for day 1 back at the office. Other than that I put baby to boob on demand, and haven't offered a bottle. If/when we offer a bottle I'll pump to replace that feeding.
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And I agree that what your LC told you is nuts. You could end up with a crazy painful oversupply pumping that much, unless you had low supply to start with.
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This exactly. I pump in place of a night feeding where DH gives the bottle (before bed, around 10 - puts her to sleep for loger). If I have time, I'll squeeze one in during a long night during the day.
Pumping is nice! Wouldn't it be nice to sleep the whole night too? I miss sleep. Thanks for all the advice ladies I kept thinking I was so behind not pumping enough, was really stressing!