https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:06:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1782588 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:35:51 +0000 lollipop 1782588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also EP with the occassional formula use. I dropped from 5-4x this week and my supplied dropped by 1-2 oz ish. I'm also slowly weaning myself off domperidone. I usually pump for 30 min for the first am pump then 20-25 min for the other 3 times. I'm going to attempt dropping to 3x in the next couple of weeks, we'll see how that'll affect my supply.</p> <p>Fyi- my LO is 6 weeks today </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1782469 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:04:50 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1782469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pumping 8-9 times a day when A was in the nicu. now I'm doing 6-7 times and get about 30-36oz a day. and we need a new freezer... sigh.. I'm thinking of going down to 5/6 times and not pumping thru the night. just hate getting clogged ducts. they stink!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781612 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:18:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1781612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 or 6 for me. I had a low supply until I started EPing and it would take me forever to pump each session, but after a month or so, I had an oversupply. It still took forever to empty each side... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781583 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:12:10 +0000 Mae 1781583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: sometimes, but not usually. It never seems to make a difference for me in output. And I hesitate to say this bc I don't want to jinx myself but I've not yet had a clogged duct.... *knock on all the wood....* lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781456 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:31:40 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1781456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: do you also massage while you pump? That helped me a lot to avoid clogged ducts and get as much milk as possible! Glad your first day was the same! Thats great news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781350 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:56:29 +0000 Mae 1781350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@leelee: 20 minutes usually unless I'm still dripping. Then I wait until I haven't seen milk for 2-3 min. Usually I only produce for like 15 min though, and I pump until 20 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781334 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:50:30 +0000 leelee 1781334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: can I ask how long each of your pumping sessions are? Currently at 6 pumps per day and would love to drop pumps soon. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1781178 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:59:42 +0000 Mae 1781178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So yesterday I pumped 4 times and got 17.75 oz... totally normal. Fingers crossed it continues! Pumping 4 times/day is so much better than 5! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1779473 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:58:18 +0000 beachbee 1779473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: just wanted to day good luck and I hope 4 pumps is your magic number!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1779405 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:33:14 +0000 Mae 1779405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies :) I"m going to try pumping 4 times today and see what happens. Fingers crossed I still get my 18oz... Only pumping 4x/day would rock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1778687 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:28:23 +0000 Charm54 1778687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 was also my magic number. It didn't matter if I pumped 8 times or 4 times - I always got around 24 oz. I dropped to 4 relatively early (6 weeks) and am so glad I did. I wouldn't have lasted at any more than that.</p> <p>When I went down to 3x a day my supply dropped to 20oz but I was okay with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1778674 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:25:26 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1778674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 was the magic number for me. Any more pumps and output didn't change. If I dropped to 3 for more than one day in a row I lost maybe 5 ounces or so, so I tried not to do that unless absolutely necessary...it would take a few days of 4-5 pumps per day to get it back to normal. I would say give it a try! You won't do permanent damage to your supply, and you may find you are able to drop one :) If your output goes down you can always add one back :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/epers-how-fast-did-your-supply-drop-when-you-dropped-pumps#post-1778665 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:22:08 +0000 Mae 1778665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm new to EP'ing and trying to figure out a balance between pumping and output. Basically I already have low supply so LO gets supplemented-- freezer stash is a pipe dream-- and I'm SAH so pumping can be really challenging. DH and I decided that I'll only EP so long as it doesn't stress me out too much with being home alone all the time... which is why we decided I'd pump just 5 times/day rather than 8 and just deal with the consequences of whatever that did to my supply. </p> <p>Surprisingly my supply didn't drop at all. I pump between 17 and 18 ounces every single day, and it has been 10 days since I dropped to 5 pumps. So it seems (I think?) like my supply is stable at 5 pumps. </p> <p>I'm curious to try dropping to 4 pumpings and seeing what that does. It seems that for me storage is not my supply issue, but rather how fast I make milk is. Because the longer I wait to pump the more I pump... so I wonder if I would then just pump a bit more at each session but stay around 17-18 oz. </p> <p>I'm worried about further dropping my supply though, and I'm curious how fast that happens and whether it is generally reversible? So the question is-- as you dropped pumpings (when you were weaning)... if your supply dropped was it immediate? Or did it take a few days at a certain number of pumps for your supply to drop? And if you ever tried to go back up, did you make more again? </p>