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Pumping At night- foremilk or hind milk?

kaitlynn_kkaitlynn_k member
in May 2015 Moms
my daughter has recently started sleeping through the night (!!!!!) and so my boobs are really engorged around 3 or 4 and then again around 7. I am pumping just enough for relief so I can go back to sleep, but my production is very high and I usually get about 2 oz per breast. is that all foremilk because they are so full? Would it be bad to store it and use it later if it doesn't have hind milk? How can you tell? I don't like pumping and dumping-it seems like such a waste.
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Re: Pumping At night- foremilk or hind milk?

  • CanadaMom17CanadaMom17 member
    The only way I can think to tell is to refrigerate it, and see if the cream rises to the top, so to speak.
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  • erin79erin79 member
    Don't dump it!  It is probably mostly foremilk, but there is nothing wrong with that.  You can usually tell by the color - the more clear milk is foremilk, and the thicker, creamier milk is hindmilk.  If I pump a batch that is heavy on foremilk, I just mix it with milk that I've pumped at a later time of day that has more hindmilk.
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  • justkeeptryingjustkeeptrying member
    Nothing wrong with LO getting foremilk. Especially if it's only occasionally in a bottle. I was concerned about my LO getting too much foremilk as he never empties my breasts and his poop is quite frequently green. My pediatrician was not concerned at all and said she hears so many moms worried about too much foremilk and it's really not as concerning as people think it is. Don't dump that milk!!!
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  • jennygirlmtjennygirlmt member
    I plan to start weaning from the MOTN pump and this occurred to me while thinking about pumping for relief. My theory is that either I can mix it with other milk, or 2-4 extra ounces of fore milk a day wont affect them if they get a good balance the rest of the day.
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  • kaitlynn_kkaitlynn_k member
    Thank you everyone!!!!!
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  • HeatherC21HeatherC21 member
    This is what all my pumped milk looks like once it seperates, is that a normal amount of hind milk? It doesn't seem like that much
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  • justkeeptryingjustkeeptrying member
    HeatherC21 said:

    This is what all my pumped milk looks like once it seperates, is that a normal amount of hind milk? It doesn't seem like that much

    That's exactly what mine looks like too.
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  • TBsquaredTBsquared member
    Mine has that much hind milk on 3oz

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  • ashtownyeahashtownyeah member
    chambersbaby2015 said:

    HeatherC21 said:

    This is what all my pumped milk looks like once it seperates, is that a normal amount of hind milk? It doesn't seem like that much

    That's exactly what mine looks like too.
    Same here.
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  • HeatherC21HeatherC21 member
    ashtownyeah said:

    chambersbaby2015 said:

    HeatherC21 said:

    This is what all my pumped milk looks like once it seperates, is that a normal amount of hind milk? It doesn't seem like that much

    That's exactly what mine looks like too.
    Same here.
    Makes me feel better, thanks ladies!
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