https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 13:29:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231694 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:10:29 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 231694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only have a single manual....I guess I don't know what I am missing out on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231623 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:15:55 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 231623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a one pump gal too! It's not so bad, but then again I never tried the double. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231613 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:58:26 +0000 regberadaisy 231613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the pumping while nursing too but I pump regularly at work. PItA with one pump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231306 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:55:04 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 231306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since I only feed my baby from one side at a time, I pump the same way (single side). I'm still able to get at letdown without stimulating the other side. If I need to pump both sides and I only have one valve, I pump one side completely and then start again on the other side. A total PITA, but it's better than teasing both sides (aka, alternating back and forth). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231297 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:48:47 +0000 cvbee 231297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a single pump gal, but I only pump a couple times a week, so for me it is no big deal, and it also makes sense for me because when I BF LO, I only do one side at a time, so I pump the side that was not just emptied. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231218 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:49:31 +0000 mrstilly 231218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a double electric pump but never liked pumping both sides at once. I hated my pumping bra, and using it at work meant getting undressed from the waist up, so I always just pumped one side at a time so I had a free hand. </p> <p>I'm sure I lost some milk, but I think I was just used to it, so I'd have a separate let down from each breast. There was one time that I forgot my pump parts and had to run to the store to buy a manual pump. Ugl, that sucked, especially because I really needed bigger cups than come standard on pumps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231194 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:26:17 +0000 kokobee 231194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that happened to me once where i forgot one of my pump parts. i just pumped one side at a time. i know for sure some milk went to waste during letdown. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pump-with-a-single-pump#post-231186 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:21:51 +0000 regberadaisy 231186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I forgot one of my valves today -don't know how- so basically I was pumping single.<br /> It's hard!!!</p> <p>The double helps encourage letdown for the other boob. Now my left boob is a little engorged because I didn't have enough time to sit there and wait for a letdown so I just kept alternating. Only got half my normal output.</p> <p>Time to buy a spare part kit for the office... </p>