https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:21:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-230131 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:14:53 +0000 pastemoo 230131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: lol, that is one pound almost! But yes, sometimes I can only get an ounce! This week I was hand expressing, easily got 2 oz one day (I only brought 2 oz bottles) but later that week I tried to express milk and got less than 1/4 ounce! 2 hours later I got my 2oz so I could go shopping with grandma and leave LO with the guys.<br /> @c.sassy: Your LO must sleep a lot! I go to bed as soon as LO goes down for the night. No night time pumping or me unless LO is awake and won't go back to sleep.<br /> @cvbee: ditto, I tend to only pump when there's a lot in there and my little guy usually only takes one side per feeding.<br /> @Mrsdaredevil: How is she eating now? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-221120 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:31:23 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: yep, lately she doesn't go longer than 2.5 hours between feedings. And randomly the last couple days she has started eating on both sides! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-221043 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:49:22 +0000 cvbee 221043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PS. The once ounce per hour thing makes sense for what I get out. I only feed one boob at a session, and LO goes fairly long between sessions now, so that's why I get so much. </p> <p>MrsDaredevil, your LO probably just eats more frequently, so you don't end up filling up as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-221041 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:46:56 +0000 cvbee 221041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump until the bag or bottle is full, and for me that is more than 5 ounces....maybe 6. And that's just one boob. </p> <p>BUT I only pump when I've got a lot in there. Once recently I pumped when I had a medium amount in there (still felt 'full') and I only got 4 ounces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220980 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:21:07 +0000 sandy 220980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: I mixed rice cereal with breastmilk and I made my own purées for her and used breastmilk to thin them out so they weren't too thick for her to eat </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220970 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:10:22 +0000 Sammyfab 220970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sandy: just wondering why you started pumping again with the introduction of solids? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220966 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:55:51 +0000 sandy 220966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I first started pumping I would get so much - almost 5oz per boob. Then I stopped pumping around 3 months. Around this time LO was only nursing 5 times per day and not nursing at night. I started pumping again at 6 months when we introduced solids and I could barely get an ounce! Now I make sure to drink tons of water and drink the mother's milk tea. I pump once before I go to bed and I get about an ounce on my left side and 2-3 ounces on my right side even though I pump twice as long in my left side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220804 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:19:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 220804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: weird. Maybe it was someone who had a similar avatar lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220800 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:13:59 +0000 runsyellowlites 220800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Nope, wasn't me. Although I did go check to make sure I didn't accidentally end up there. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220792 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:11:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 220792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Oh, I thought for sure I saw you post in the exclusive pumping thread?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220785 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:08:55 +0000 runsyellowlites 220785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Nope.. I'd be more on the exclusively nursing side. DD has only had a handful of bottles &amp; most were b/c she stayed at grandma's for me to catch up on sleep. =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220756 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:56:11 +0000 Weagle 220756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to pump before LO wakes up in the morning, and an hour or so after she goes down for the night. I get 4-5 oz total both times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220732 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:38:05 +0000 pinkcupcake 220732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just went back to work last week, so I'm still getting used to pumping and figuring out the logistics of it. So far, I've been pumping at 9AM (I breastfeed her around 630AM), which usually yields around 10 OZ total. Then I'll breastfeed her anywhere between noon - 2PM (my husband brings her to me so I can feed her), and depending on what time I fed her, I'll usually pump again around 3 or 3:30PM (if I fed her late, I'll just skip the afternoon pump session since I get home by 5PM and feed her as soon as I get home). The afternoon session usually yields about 5 OZ total. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220723 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:31:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 220723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I thought you were exclusively pumping now?</p> <p>@Mrsdaredevil: hmm I wonder if the problem is because you only use a manual pump? I could never get anything out with those things! And it hurt like heck.</p> <p>I have both a medela double electric pump and a small $40 single electric pump - with both I can get anywhere from 2-5oz per side. I can usually count on at least 5 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220692 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:13:27 +0000 Freckles 220692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A doctor at the breastfeeding clinic told me that the average mom will pump out .5 oz per boob per hour since breastfeeding. So 1 oz for every hour. This woman told me that she sniffed her daughter's sleeper the entire time she pumped and got out an extra 2 oz!</p> <p>I will usually get out more if i pump during the day as opposed to the evening when supply is usually lower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220675 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:02:15 +0000 Mrsbells 220675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get a lot even if i dont nurse or pump for the whole night, I usually get 4-5 oz, per side sometimes as much as 6oz per side </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220671 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:58:39 +0000 runsyellowlites 220671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Sheesh! I need to wake up and pump in the middle of the night! lol I could pump enough for a whole day at one time! That is AMAZING! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220589 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:09:25 +0000 autumnlove 220589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Dang! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220560 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:56:48 +0000 runsyellowlites 220560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have tendency to have oversupply so I really try not to pump. Last time I pumped though, probably 10wks pp, I got around 5-9oz each breast right after her morning feeding (my L is always way less than my right). I imagine if I pumped now it would be less but then I'd end up engorged again consider I was feel kinda low so I drank a cup of mmt yesterday &amp; bam was full again this morning :-/. I really want to pump so DD can spend some time with grandma but I get engorged for days from just one session &amp; that hurts :(</p> <p>I'm not the norm though &amp; I've heard it can take upwards of 6 months for oversupply issues to really, completely, level out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220555 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:54:41 +0000 cyndistar3 220555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have only pumped a few times and got 3oz total each time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220548 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:52:39 +0000 Sammyfab 220548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: 15oz from one boob!?!?! Holy moly. That is insane!!!! I am in total shock and awe. Go boobies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220517 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:43:51 +0000 pastemoo 220517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It totally depends. I get from 1-15 oz per boob. If I pump at 4am when LO is up and being a fussy pants, I get a LOT. If I pump during the day, I get almost nothing. Sometimes I pump and actually get nothing (or just drops). I pump about once every 3 days to once a day.</p> <p>ETA: One to fifteen oz... not a typo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220458 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:18:36 +0000 Sammyfab 220458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I EBF all day and LO gets a bottle before bed so I pump about an hour after he goes to bed. That's usually 3-4 hours from his last nursing session and I get 2-4 oz. </p> <p>I've tried pumping an hour after his morning feed and I got less than 10ml!!! I felt like it was such a waste of my time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220455 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:16:18 +0000 autumnlove 220455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work FT and only pump early in the morning (when LO is asleep)before work and while I'm at work. My first pump is usually 10-12 ounces and I usually pump 2-3 times at work and get 4-6 ounces. I usually wake up before her on the weekends and pump but I nurse her the rest of the day!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220449 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:14:10 +0000 mrsjazz 220449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babynumber1: Yep. That darn lazy boob. I've been able to increase the supply in that breast a bit by doing 2 morning feedings from that breast--so I feed LO at 6 am, pump the left side, and then feed her again at 7:45/8 before I leave for work. It still makes much less than the left side, though.</p> <p>@Mrsdaredevil: Ha! I didn't think it was a lot, but I'm realizing that it is now. I had oversupply issues with LO in the beginning. She also eats often! She'll only eat 2-3 times while I'm away at work and 7-8 times with me, so she's keeping my supply up. I pump more than she eats without me (she eats 12 oz. total while I'm at work) so my freezer stash is growing a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220441 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:09:25 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 220441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: WOw, that's a lot!!!</p> <p>I only use a manual and pretty much only pump to replace bottle feedings and I usually get 2 oz on each size.</p> <p>Before my supply "regulated" (the first 6 weeks of LO's life) I could get 6 oz from only one side and still have more!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220440 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:09:09 +0000 babynumber1 220440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsJazz- My right breast does that also! I call it my lazy boob. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220432 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:05:13 +0000 mrsjazz 220432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably pump more than occasionally but here goes. I pump the side she doesn't feed on in the a.m., twice at work, and sometimes once before I go to bed. (This is only during the work week, right now I work 4 days a week).</p> <p>I get anywhere from 3 oz. to 9 oz. a session. My first double pump of the day at work at 10:30 a.m. normally produces the largest amount of the day, between 6 and 9 oz. And my left breast produces more than my right breast, so I'll have 4 oz. on one side and 2 on the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220423 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:01:40 +0000 babynumber1 220423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started back at work this week and pump four times a day, every 2 hours. I start in the morning getting 3oz between both, then by my last session at 3p I was getting 1-1.5oz. I started taking fenugreek 2 days ago and now that is up to 4oz my first session and 2-3 for each other session. </p> <p>Thats a little more than you asked I guess. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ebfing-moms-who-pump-occasionally#post-220409 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:57:11 +0000 jennylynn 220409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only pump when I'm at work, and I usually get about 1 -2 oz per breast per session. </p>