Lately my daycare has been telling me my 4.5 month old LO has been extra hungry. I am currently giving him 3 3 oz bottles and one 2-2.5 oz bottle (the last one of the day since he will be able to nurse an hour and a half after that) for nine hours apart so that's 11-11.5 oz, but the last couple days I've been pumping like a madwoman and put an extra half ounce in each bottle (so 13.5 oz or so total). To get the original 11 oz I am pumping every 2 to 2 1/2 hours for like 45 mins! To get the extra I pump on the weekends. I'm lucky enough to work from home so I can stay hooked up to the pump all day but I'd really rather not. My boobs hurt and my laptop is sticky because it's covered in breastmilk! I have tried Mother's Milk Tea, brewers yeast, oatmeal, cookies, fenugreek, extra nursing sessions (baby is just too distracted, he's usually quick with the nursing these days). LO is only in the 5th percentile and I know he's fine, plenty of diapers, doctor says he isn't worried, etc but I am still stressed. Plus I don't have a backup stash anymore so it's really hard for me to get away for more than a couple of hours without lots of extra pumping and it really just isn't worth it. I guess I am just looking for someone to tell me this is normal or something to take the pressure off! I feel like post partum anxiety plus being cooped up because of winter is really causing me to over analyze. Thanks for listening to this rant...
Re: Barely pumping enough
5 DIUI - BFN
IVF#1 - BFP - AJ 7/12
FET#1 - BFP Due 7/24/14
**DD1 - 7/9/98**
**DS - 11/9/00**
**DD2 - 4/30/13**