Post by patches31709 on Sept 27, 2015 12:11:12 GMT -5
I pumped right around 14oz this morning, but I went from 10pm to 7:30am without pumping. At my peak I was pumping around 45 oz a day. I'm trying to wean now, as baby girl's tummy is doing better on Similac Sensitive than my milk.
My supply with DD1 sounds like yours Brie. The time I got so much I had recently switched to two pumps at work daily from three. My body quickly went back to producing 3-7 ounces a pump.
It's obnoxious. Like if I had low supply I would switch to formula and be done, but I basically just make exactly what he needs and no more. So without donor milk I would have no cushion. I feel like a hamster on a wheel.
I only pump once in the morning if I'm going to need to have someone give a bottle that day or if I want to store some I'll just pump opposite side that he feeds on. I only have a single pump which sucks for days that I'm actually pumping both side but I only pump 10 minutes on each side. If I do both sides first thing in the morning, I will usually get 8 ounces in that 20 minutes, 3 on the side I fed at night and 5 ounces on the other.
With Madison, I think I pumped 11 ounces between both sides.
But I rarely pump randomly during the day. The times I have, I definitely notice a difference in quantity and quality. During a daytime pump, I once pumped 5 ounces between two sides but 1 whole ounce was legitimate cream. I actually took a picture it was so ridiculous.
15 ounces, but that was an extreme case. I had left 3 month old DS with a babysitter, and foolishly gone to a movie AND dinner without bringing the hand pump. DS was eating every 2 hours and I was gone for 5ish hours. I thought I was going to DIE from the engorgement. I fed DS as soon as we got home and then immediately pumped off the excess, which was an 8-ounce bottle for EACH breast. It was insane. Needless to say I never did THAT again!!
But I rarely pump randomly during the day. The times I have, I definitely notice a difference in quantity and quality. During a daytime pump, I once pumped 5 ounces between two sides but 1 whole ounce was legitimate cream. I actually took a picture it was so ridiculous.
But I rarely pump randomly during the day. The times I have, I definitely notice a difference in quantity and quality. During a daytime pump, I once pumped 5 ounces between two sides but 1 whole ounce was legitimate cream. I actually took a picture it was so ridiculous.
Well that explains those delicious rolls he has!
I think it does! I texted the picture to a few people. lol
Post by badtzmaru22 on Sept 27, 2015 12:43:06 GMT -5
I don't remember, but I had a couple of record days of pumping 3x at work and getting like 26oz. I'm pretty sure I texted water*drop about it, because I needed to tell someone who would also be excited! Lol.
Post by pierogigirl on Sept 27, 2015 12:46:00 GMT -5
4 oz when I was on mat. leave and I called my husband at work to tell him about it. I was a poor responder to the pump. I ebf-ed and it used to take me at least 4 pumps to just get 4 oz to freeze. Then the little boogers wouldn't take a bottle anyway.
7.5 oz. that was the first time that DS slept 8 hours. my boobs woke me up before he did, and they woke me at the 7 hour mark. they hurt sooooo bad.
I'm very interested to see what they do when I go back to work. I'll be attempting to pump every 3-4 hours, but I know that on busier days, I'll have to pump only once or twice.
ETA: reading this thread makes me feel like I need to up my game.
I filled both 9-ounce bottles during my first work pump for a while. I definitely had an oversupply from starting pumping after every feeding from the beginning, so I was lucky to be able to donate a lot. That is one thing I feel really proud of myself for doing and the moms I met with to donate were so grateful. I was already an emotional wreck and that just made me cry happy tears every time.
I think 15-16? That's what I used to get every morning once I stoped pumping MOTN. I think my max was 54 oz a day which was exactly what my twins ate. Somehow my body seemed to always keep up with how much they ate.
5.5 ounces is my record this pregnancy. I write this as I'm sitting in the first aid station at Ravens stadium pumping with. The manual pump. Also I'm tipsy. yippee!