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Mamas! Help me with pumping issues please!

CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
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I work 3 days/week (sort of, I'm per diem, so sometimes I don't get scheduled). My girls take 6oz at daycare (so 12oz total). Depending on which hospital I'm working at, I either use a Symphony or a PISA. With the Symphony, I usually get 15-17oz in 2 pumps. Today, I used my PISA and only got 11oz! What gives? I tried compressions with minimal improvement. I'm mostly concerned with keeping up supply, not so much with covering their sippy cups since I have a good freezer stash and the girls are 15 mos old.
Natural m/c Oct. 2005

Dx: balanced translocation and LPD

TTC since Oct 2011

BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)

IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)

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Re: Mamas! Help me with pumping issues please!

  • opheliainwadersopheliainwaders member
    I can't speak to the PISA, but I got WAY better output with the symphony than with the freestyle. That said, are the 3 days all in a block? Or spaced out across the week? I wonder if supply would be much of an issue at this point, particularly if the girls are nursing frequently in between? (I had to pump recently on a business trip, and go basically nothing for a week, but DD went right back to nursing and didn't seem to notice a difference)
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
    The days are in a block - I work Wed-Fri, so my output is generally lower on Friday than Wed, but not that much! My girls nurse a ton, so you're probably right about my supply being ok :). Thanks!
    Natural m/c Oct. 2005

    Dx: balanced translocation and LPD

    TTC since Oct 2011

    BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)

    IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
    BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
    Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
    Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
    So @AmyG*‌ , any recommendations since I don't always have access to the Symphony and I'm sure as shit not renting one again at 15 mos :)
    Natural m/c Oct. 2005

    Dx: balanced translocation and LPD

    TTC since Oct 2011

    BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)

    IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
    BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
    Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
    Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
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