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May 2014 Moms
gutsysneakers
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BF/EP& STTN
gutsysneakers
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For those of you who BF and pump for a stash or EP, if your LO is sleeping a good chunk, do you wake up and pump? I typically would pump 4-5 oz in the morning, but DD was only giving me a 3-4 hour stretch. For the past 3 nights, she's slept anywhere from 6-9 hours at night. I've had to get up between hours 5-6 and pump because I'm so engorged. What should I be doing? I only pump one boob and do the other to relieve engorgement because I know she'll be up to eat eventually. I feel like this is a wash because I still have to pump even though she is sleeping longer stretches. Help!
M14 January Siggy Challenge: Resolution I have no intention of keeping...SHOPPING LESS!
TTC: 8/13; BFP: 9/11/13; EDD: 5/15/14
DD Born @ 40+4
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Re: BF/EP& STTN
Do you add formula at all or is lo only getting bm?
I will say that I can pump 4-5 oz in minutes so at least I'm not hooked up for 20+ on the machine.
1st BFP-8/17/12! Missed Miscarriage discovered @ 8 week US. D&C.
2nd BFP-2/13/13! Blighted Ovum discovered @ 8 week US. Natural miscarriage.
3rd BFP-5/22/13! By early June, progesterone plummeting. Another loss.
August 2013 - started Donor Egg process, but surprise BFP with my own eggs.
Dear Son born 5/28/14
Looks like they are letting us stock up on sleep before the 4 monther.
That being said her lo is going to day care and will require a stash. But maybe there is a better time to pump and get some sleep. Unless she wants to do it her supply would be fine.
But then again when lo goes to day care that's a whole different story as she won't bf all day. Or maybe she will switch to formula.
Maybe I should stop speculating and @Jcrewgirl85 can fill us in on her plans
We do have a freezer stash now of
105 oz. I go back to work Aug 18. Before she started sleeping longer, I would feed her one breast during MOTN feed and offer her the second. She would typically wake up again between 7-8 where I would feed her that same first breast. Other breast would be pumped and I'd get 4-5 oz. This was usually the only time I pumped and 9x out of 10, we'd freeze unless someone needed to feed DD and I wasn't there.
So now, I'm basically pumping one boob but it's 4 hours earlier. I don't pump again at 8am. When I go back to work, I'll need to leave the house at 6:30 so I'll need to feed her around 5am. DH will feed her before dropping her off at daycare between 8-9am. I'm sure I'll end up waking up around 5 to pump one breast and nurse her from the other. She never takes both breasts (draining both) for MOTN feed.
Sorry if this was long and confusing.
ETA: the plan is to use BM as long as possible. I don't plan on using formula.
Mrs. B's Ovulation Chart
TTC Baby B since 10/2012
BFP#1 12/27/12 II TWIN GIRLS II D&C 2/15/13 TRAP sequence
Clomid + TI + Acupuncture x 2 cycles
BFP#2 9/5/13 II EDD 5/16/14 II Beckett Ryan born May 10, 2014
It was painful for a few days but now I can go all night and not be in excruciating pain in the morning just normal engorgement. My supply is still great I've been stashing about 12-18oz a day in the freezer still and I'm down to pumping 7 times in 24 hours.