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Question about pumping one breast

LunaBug924LunaBug924 member
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I've read lot of recommendations to pump one breast while LO feeds from the other. DD will usually feed from both sides. Maybe 2 or 3 feedings a day she only eats from one side, but then she's usually hungry about 1.5 hours later. So in that case, should I still pump the breast she doesn't eat from if I know it'll be more than 3 hours since she ate from that side? For example: Today she ate at 12:30pm, only from the left. It had been about 2.5 hours since her previous feeding(both sides). Then at 1:45 she was hungry again so I fed her from the right. But by then it had been 4 hours since she last fed from that side. Should I have pumped at the 12:30 feeding, even just for 10 min? I don't want my supply to decrease, but I also don't want to deal with over supply. Any suggestions? FYI: DD is 3 weeks old and my goal right now is just to pump enough to have 1 bottle to feed her everyday (as per my pediatrician). I hope my question makes sense, thanks for any advice ladies! 
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Re: Question about pumping one breast

  • LunaBug924LunaBug924 member
    Thanks @theresat858! I wouldn't mind building a small stash to have on hand, but again, I don't want to start producing an over supply. I guess my fear about not pumping when she doesn't eat is that my supply will drop. I guess it is a little too soon to worry about this since supply isn't really established until about 6 weeks, right?
    BFP#1 8/3/12~EDD 4/1/13~Natural M/C 9/1/12-9w6d 
    BFP#2 5/30/13~EDD 2/3/14~Confirmed CP 5/31/13
    7/12/13 Hysteroscopy & Lap Lysis of Adhesions
    1st Cycle on Clomid Aug '13: BFP#3 8/24/13~EDD 5/3/14
    Hoping Third Time's a Charm!!- IT'S A GIRL!!!! 
    KAYLIE MARIE IS HERE! BORN 5/4/14

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    Lilypie Angel and Memorial tickers 

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  • Amores0121Amores0121 member
    Hi @Lunabug924!! Glad to see things are going good with your rainbow!!  I was actually going to post about this, so hope you don't mind if I piggyback off this...

    I also was wanting to pump whatever side baby did not feed on to 1) build a stash and 2) have a bottle a day for someone else to feed him.

    So my question is..in the beginning when I have nothing pumped, I would just start by pumping the other breast when he doesn't feed on both sides?  Then I would obviously pump at the feeding where he bottlefeeds.  But I do want to build up a stash, not just for the one feeding per day, so would one pump on one side be sufficient to start building a stash? 


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