For various reasons I'm switching to EP now at 8m, and I don't know how long this will last. What was your EP schedule and output like at this age? How long were your sessions?
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Maybe I shouldn't post things at 9pm Friday night on the west coast
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My LO is 6 months, and I don't EBF, so I feel like I can't really answer this question. But I am part of a FB group called exclusively pumping mommas that would be great for this type of question. It's closed, and it takes a while to get in, but I've found it incredibly useful.
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At 8 months with my first I pumped 4-5x a day. I had really low output for my first and had to pump 30 mins each time for a total of 22oz a day. I supplemented with a bottle of formula.
This baby is almost 5 months. I pump 4-5x a day, 15-20 mins each session and make about 24oz a day. I give him one bottle of formula at bedtime and freeze the leftover BM to build my stash.
But I'm not a prolific producer of BM like some moms. With my first, he stopped drinking more than 20oz of milk a day at 9 months and slowly decreased to the point where he didn't drink more than 12oz by the time he was 1. He just wasn't into it.
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I don't EP, but when I am away from LO I pump 6 times a day (6, 9, 12, 3, 6, 10) for 10-12 minutes and get about 30 ounces.
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I EP and LO just turned 9 months. I pump 4-5 times a day and get 22-26 oz per day. I am pretty inconsistent, but I try pump for 15-18 min when I wake up around 7:30, then 13-15 min at 10:30, 2:30, 6, and 9:30. I usually get really busy and end up skipping one session a few days a week, but I don't see huge swings in my supply.
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I started EPing around 6 months. By 9 months I was pumping 3x/day. Morning, noon, night, probably producing about 24 ounces.. But I think around then I dropped to 2 pumps per day. once during her morning nap, the second one after she went to bed. I was probably producing about 20 ounces at that point. I stopped EP at about 11 months.
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