Should we pump after breastfeeding baby?

imsoexcited915 · October 2015

I hear this a lot and if someone can clarify why - how soon after breastfeeding should we be pumping? If baby eats and emptied your breast does it make sense to pump right after? This is all so confusing!!!!!

AndieTessie · October 2015

If baby does a good job emptying your breasts and seems satisfied I wouldn't pump unless your trying to up your supply or start a stash.

Dot30324 · October 2015

They say if you pump 10 min later for 10 min it can help signal for another letdown and it trains body to produce more. It's working well for me

kanga915 · October 2015

I do not. I pump once a day to build a small freezer stash. Otherwise I just feed on demand. I feel having baby on the breast is better for your supply than pumping. BFing and pumping after every time is way too time consuming. I have two LOs, I don't have time for that. And as a SAHM I don't need a lot of milk stored.

jeninaz1221 · October 2015

I feed on demand, and pump after the first feeding of the day when DS usually takes a long nap. I generally get started 30-45 minutes after he falls asleep. Over the past 3 weeks or so I've built up almost 100 oz, and I'm hoping to have another 100 in my stash when I go back to work in 4 weeks. Other than that I don't pump unless I have been away from the baby for a few hours and he has gotten a bottle.

jen83mn · October 2015

I pump 1-3 times a day, enough to give baby one bottle a day of pumped milk and to start my freezer stash. I usually pump after the first feed of the morning (when I have the most milk), then again when DH feeds baby his one bottle for the day. Sometimes I'll pump again after baby has his final feed of the night.

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