https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:22:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688740 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:43:13 +0000 keiki_mama 1688740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40 oz a day is fantastic!!! I think I was doing 6-7 session per day at that point and I wasn't getting nearly as much as you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688733 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:41:57 +0000 Anagram 1688733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@poundcake: I think everyone has a magic number and you just have to experiment. I was still making over 40 oz a day when I was at 5 pumps a day. So if I'd stayed there I'd probably have been great--but that required me to pump twice at work and that was really hard for me to manage. I dropped to 4 pumps a day (only once at work on my lunch break) just because I was always so stressed trying to find time for a second pump that wasn't my lunch break and I kept having people try to walk in on my pumping.</p> <p>Or If I'd never gotten sick, 4 times a day probably would have been fine. But with these things, you just never know. I wasn't so upset about my dropped supply that I wanted to add that 5th pump back in, you know? =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688721 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:38:55 +0000 Anagram 1688721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@poundcake: I dropped from 8-7 times a day right at 3 months (I'd been waking up twice a night (insane, now I think about it) to pump and I dropped to once at night, or not at all if I stayed up late/woke up early. I was also pumping about 45 oz a day at that point, sometimes more.</p> <p>I was able to maintain a good supply until I dropped to 4 pumps a day (but 30 minutes each) which I did right after 6 months. My supply dropped a little, maybe down to 35 oz a day but my LO has never been a big eater, taking in an average of 25 oz a day so I was totally fine with that...</p> <p>But then I got the flu...followed by the stomach flu. My supply dropped to almost nothing when I was sick and then "recovered" but only to about 25 oz a day on average.</p> <p>That would have been fine if I'd had my awesome freezer stash (I had over 1000 oz), but when my LO was diagosed at MSPI, I had to donate it all because I knew she wouldn't be able to tolerate it and it would expire.</p> <p>Anyway, now I just barely cover what she makes every day. Some days I'm short and I give an oz of Neocate alone with BM in a bottle (she won't take neocate alone).</p> <p>4 times a day is *so* much more manageable that I don't mind it. My LO is about to be 11 months and I've been doing 4 times a day since 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688716 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:37:23 +0000 yin 1688716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Babies usually drink between 25-35 oz a day, and this amount stays about the same due to the increase of fattiness in the milk as baby grows. </p> <p>40 oz is a great output! I pumped 8-10 times a day for a long time and was always afraid to drop sessions. I was still pumping about 5-6 times a day before I weaned after a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688704 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:32:37 +0000 autumnlove 1688704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pumping a lot and nursing very little (maybe once a day) when LO 1 was 10 weeks old. I just checked Baby Connect and I was pumping 8-10 times a day and getting 38-45 ounces. I froze a lot of milk and it came in handy when I got pregnant at 7 months PP. </p> <p>Eventually nursing got easier for me and I didn't pump as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688695 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:29:31 +0000 Charm54 1688695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow- 40 oz is amazing!!!</p> <p>At the start I did 6-7x a day and would get about 20oz total. By 2 months I was down to 5 pump a day and then kept dropping one session a month until I got to 3x a day which was super manageable. For me, it didn't matter how many times I pumped ... I always got around 20oz a day.</p> <p>Good luck! Once you find a manageable number and balance it gets much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/question-for-exclusive-pumpers-frequency-and-volume-at-10-weeks#post-1688683 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:26:10 +0000 poundcake 1688683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This question is for all you experienced exclusive pumpers :) </p> <p>Do you recall how many times a day you were pumping at around the 10 week mark and how much you were getting per day? </p> <p>I've been pumping 8-10 times a day since LO was born... over the last week or so, I've been experimenting with dropping sessions. Right now, I'm at down to 6 sessions per 24 hour period (going anywhere between 3.5 - 5.5 hours in between sessions) and my daily output is still around 40 oz, give or take a couple of ounces. This is great news to me as it makes pumping seem more doable for the long-term. </p> <p>Am I being overly optimistic? Assuming LO takes 25-30 ounces per day, I'll still have some left to freeze. I'm not concerned with building a huge freezer stash since I have limited freezer space. I've read that the amount babies consume stays pretty much the same until the 6 month mark but should I worry about increased milk needs down the road? </p>