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Increasing pumping at work

doglover31doglover31 member
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Today is my second day back at work. Yesterday while at work DS had (3) 4oz bottle every 3 hours and I was able to pump enough to keep up with that. Today I am also on track to keep up with it, however I have noticed when I pump at 1:30 I only get about 2 oz. But when I pumped at 10:30 this morning I got 5 oz. I don't understand why there is such a difference between the two times. And would like to know any tips to try and increase my output at different times of the day. Any tips would be appreciated!
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Re: Increasing pumping at work

  • clwheelclwheel member

    Your body usually makes more in the morning and then decreases during the day so don't get too concerned with not having a consistent output. I usually get more during the first pump then pretty equal the second and third pump. If you feel you are "running low" during low times I have pumped until I slowed, stopped, wiped everything off and started again and ended up getting an extra ounce or so with a second let down. Obviously this means you are pumping an extra 5 minutes or so.

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  • kwitt22kwitt22 member
    It's very normal to have different out puts throughout the day. I pump 3 times. 

    9:30am- I get 6-8oz
    12:30 I get 4-5oz 
    3:30 I get 3-4oz

    Your afternoon pump will typically be your lowest yielding pump. 
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  • jenn43jenn43 member
    My pumping output also changes throughout the day, but very inconsistently.  Some days my first pump has the highest output, sometimes it's the last pump of the day.  I only pay attention to total pump output- if it's low for the day I sneak in another session. 
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  • Ju111310Ju111310 member
    My afternoon pump (3 o'clock) always sucks. My LO takes 4.5 oz bottles every 3-4 hours while I'm at work. I almost never get a whole feeding in the afternoon pump session. Luckily my morning (6-8 oz) and lunch (5-6oz) sessions make up for it. I make sure to drink 3 liters of water at work every day too. Sometimes I'll have a really crappy output day for no reason at all & sometimes I'll get way more than usual...I've learned that the boobs, they do what they want.
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  • doglover31doglover31 member
    Thanks for the advice, yesterday I was able to pump a little more than I have been. I'm starting to focus on the total overall instead of just one seesion. MIL is watching DS so I have her tell me everytime she feeds him so I know how many ounces I need to aim to pump.
    BFP #1 7/23/12: EDD 4/1/13.  MMC discovered on 9/4/12 @ 10w1d
    BFP# 2 3/9/13:  EDD 11/12/13 m/c 3/15/13 @ 5w3d
    RPL testing shows one copy of MTHFR gene mutation. 
     BFP#3 12/24/13: EDD 9/5/14 Beta #1 13 DPO 168! Beta #2 16 DPO 895!
     First US 1/9/14 @ 5w6d Strong HB!
    2nd US 1/23/14 @ 7w6d baby is still doing great! 3rd US 1/31/14  9w0d: Beautiful wiggly baby! Keep growing baby!
    3/17/14 US @ 15w3d:Its a BOY!

     

    My rainbow baby Isaac has arrived! Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
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  • clwheelclwheel member
    Ju111310 said:
    My afternoon pump (3 o'clock) always sucks. My LO takes 4.5 oz bottles every 3-4 hours while I'm at work. I almost never get a whole feeding in the afternoon pump session. Luckily my morning (6-8 oz) and lunch (5-6oz) sessions make up for it. I make sure to drink 3 liters of water at work every day too. Sometimes I'll have a really crappy output day for no reason at all & sometimes I'll get way more than usual...I've learned that the boobs, they do what they want.
    Ain't that the truth!!

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