https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:10:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297796 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:34:22 +0000 Anya 2297796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NavyRN2012: what! that is awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297793 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:26:32 +0000 Kbee 2297793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4.5 more months, when DS will turn 1. Counting them down... Although depending on my freezer stash I may be able to stop pumping at work a little bit early. That would be fabulous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297788 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:22:09 +0000 NavyRN2012 2297788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 months :grin: I go back on maternity leave (thank you US Navy and your new maternity leave policy) and that will take me to a year old. I will NOT be pumping while back on mat leave unless I have something planned for being away from the baby. I also have NO freezer stash, I'm definitely a just enough pumper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297718 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:14:01 +0000 Mrs. J 2297718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Until June. I probably won't pump when school is out, and he turns 1 in Aug. I pumped til a year with LO1, and nursed until 14.5 months, so I'd like to do similar this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297705 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:46:26 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2297705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave up pumping a few weeks ago when I got an ounce in an 30 minutes after missing two nursing sessions. He will use up the stash on Wednesday and have milk when I can't nurse. He will be one in two weeks. I only miss a couple of nursing sessions a week, so he will still be mostly nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297617 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:41:50 +0000 winniebee 2297617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably another 6 weeks. I pump 1-2x a day (2 if it's a work day 1 if it's not) and R is 9.5 months. I'll stop the day pump at 10 months and probably stop pumping altogether at 11 months. I have 60 oz in the freezer and haven't touched it in months. Even when I work he just usually gets one bottle a day (2-3x a week) so I could probably last a month on the freezer stash. He has very little interest in nursing right now except MOTN and before naps and bed. Lucky me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297592 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:29:23 +0000 mfa_lady 2297592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 months! That's when DD will be 1. I hope I can make it that far. If I do, I'll start dropping pump sessions (she gets a bottle of pumped milk before bed, so I pump 4x/day on the week days) and see what happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297544 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:24:19 +0000 Miss Ariel 2297544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I actually wind up passing out on the couch most nights, which isn't much better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297491 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:18:19 +0000 regberadaisy 2297491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Miss Ariel: yes!!!!! It sucked when I was dead tired and both kids were asleep and I had to stay up to pump. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297489 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:14:31 +0000 TiredmommaMD 2297489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 more months. I pumped a year for LO1 so I would feel guilty if LO2 didn't get the same. I actually don't mind because I don't get any breaks a work normally, so if I quit pumping it will just mean more work. :) I like having the 15 minutes to think about my kiddos twice a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297477 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:11:50 +0000 Miss Ariel 2297477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2.5 more months. I pump twice at work and around 10pm. I can't wait to cut out my night one so I can actually go to sleep early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297430 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:49:25 +0000 autumnlove 2297430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will pump til LO 3 is 1 so I have a long ways to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297340 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:17:59 +0000 PawPrints 2297340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go back to work in two weeks when LO turns 6 months, and that will be the beginning of my pumping. I plan to make it to at least 1 year so that will be a minimum of 6 months of pumping. Ugh. I do have a 200-oz freezer stash but that won't last all that long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297333 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:11:59 +0000 MenagerieMama 2297333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe only a week! LO is one this weekend and that was my pumping goal so it depends on how pumping weaning goes. I WOH 3d/wk and pump once each work day so it shouldn't be too bad. Then using up my freezer stash and nursing while I'm home. So close! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297302 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:52:52 +0000 jape14 2297302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: fellow underachiever here! I quit around 7.5 months - it was my birthday present to myself :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297293 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:47:51 +0000 MarieJ 2297293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 will be 1 in 6 weeks. Hopefully, I will be done in 5 weeks. I have enough milk to last maybe 3-4 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297290 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:43:07 +0000 Ms.Badger 2297290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little over 7 months... that seems so long! I'm planning on dropping one (from 3 to 2) of my work day pumps at 6 mo, in 7 ish weeks. Then hopefully my night pump a few weeks after that. I think I can handle 2 work day pumps until he's a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297228 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:53:38 +0000 mrsjyw 2297228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll hopefully pump til 10 or 11 months and ds2 will have bm til one. I go back to work in a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297225 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:47:46 +0000 Charm54 2297225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due with #2 any day now and plan on EPing....sooooo I've got a long road ahead of me :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297222 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:44:41 +0000 MamaCate 2297222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sigh...LO is ten weeks now and I go back to work in two weeks. So that makes 42 weeks to go I guess? Two weeks pumping 1-2x/day at home then 40 weeks of pumping 2-3x/day at work. Hope it goes fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297220 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:43:12 +0000 josina 2297220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now I'm pumping 2x per day (LO is 10 months) and want to move to 1x per day soon (not sure how to do this!) and be done at 1 year, so 2 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297219 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:41:46 +0000 Adira 2297219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 more months! Once Logan turns one, I'll be cutting back until I'm done pumping and then hopefully continue to nurse morning/night until he's ready to stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297214 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:37:20 +0000 SeptMomma12 2297214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: That's hard. I've been very lucky that she does great with bottles. I think she takes in more in a bottle than she does nursing - gets so distracted nursing now!</p> <p>@regberadaisy: I have an oversupply and a peanut who doesn't eat much, so I've been able to build up a big stash, but it definitely won't get me to a year. I figure I'll supplement with formula when the time comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297205 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:24:01 +0000 cascademom 2297205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have until February when LO #2 turns 8 months. It's as much as I pumped with LO #1. I have 4 more months. I typically do two pumps a day because it's too much to go three times a day with the way that it's set up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297202 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:19:54 +0000 regberadaisy 2297202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: I have never had more than 20 ounces in the freezer. :( I pump just enough to meet her intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297196 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:16:39 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2297196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: my baby still hasn't gotten the hang of bottles aside from small amounts. So my frozen stash doesn't do me much good! He'll drink a bit from cups, etc but not close to all he needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297190 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:15:00 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2297190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know! I feel like I'll have to keep pumping for longer because of my work hours 3p-11p. Baby is almost 9 mo but if will always be missing that bedtime nursing session even when in the future he might only be nursing 2 or so times per day. Considering all my coworkers seem to nurse way under a year, I wonder if they will start side eyeing me for pumping for a toddler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297188 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:14:40 +0000 SeptMomma12 2297188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Fellow underachiever here. Hoping to continue nursing morning/night, but at 6 months I'm going to start relying on the frozen stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297163 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:59:42 +0000 snowjewelz 2297163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I know, I was all sad that it had come to a sudden end; I had no symptoms for my period! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-longer-do-you-have-to-pump#post-2297151 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 11:55:40 +0000 nana87 2297151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: yeah, it was a crazy long time to keep pumping! She's off bottles now (since last week) so at daycare she just gets a straw cup of wcm and a cup of water to drink during meals and snack times. </p>