https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:32:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1172666 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:08:34 +0000 mrsjyw 1172666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kodybear: yep trying in two wks! Pedi wanted us to start two wks before 1 yr </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1171439 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:51:10 +0000 NovBaby1112 1171439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: you are so close to a year! only a little bit longer mama ;) i give major props to you for making it as far as you have...pumping is such a pain!!! yikes, i hope that i will not dry up completely yet...maybe i will slowly go down to 3 then 2....</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: thanks :) i am sooo happy she is doing fine with wcm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1171375 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:32:08 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1171375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I were in your position, I would cut back on the pumping. Pumping is such a pain! And if your LO is doing fine with the transition to whole milk, I say cut yourself a break :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1171363 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:29:18 +0000 DillonLion 1171363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-3 pumps a day did not work for me. My body tried to dry up completely. I am sticking with 4x until i have enough in my freezer to gwt her to her birthday. Wish I could have dropped down earlier but my body was not cooperating at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1171280 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:13:11 +0000 NovBaby1112 1171280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kodybear: thanks, that makes sense! I think I am going to cut down to 2x a day and continue that for as long as I can tolerate ;) I do not mind pumping in the morning or at night after she goes to bed, but hate doing it during the day/at work. as far as the wcm goes, when she went on her nursing strike at 10.5 months, I continued to just pump and give her that. but around 11 months my supply dropped (prob from her not nursing) and I talked with my pedi about it. He said since she never had formula, it made no sense to do that since we would be transitioning her to wcm only a month later- so he gave us the go ahead to try it and she never had any issues with it so far... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1171191 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:58:14 +0000 kodybear 1171191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would probably start to wean as well, pumping is annoying! :-) i'm in the same boat tho. i pump 2x a day now and make about 1.5 bottles worth. she gets the rest in formula. i'm not really sure that 1 bottle of BM is worth it. i'm starting to cut sessions and by 12 months hope to be completely done pumping!</p> <p>sorry to threadjack but just curious when your LO started wcm? since our babies were born the same month i feel like i should probably get cracking at it? @mrsjyw: are you starting wcm at 11.5 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1170989 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:12:30 +0000 mrsjyw 1170989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: i know what you mean, i was really nervous when i did one pump the other day. and then even more nervous when my one pump yesterday produced less than the day before. i figured though that he'll be on wcm soon and as long as my AM/bedtime sessions are unaffected, i'm ready to get rid of the pump/daytime nursing sessions! and for right now, i haven't noticed much a supply issue with either AM or bedtime sessions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1170936 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:01:18 +0000 NovBaby1112 1170936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: haha, i know...pumping is such a pain! i give soo much props to moms who EP!</p> <p>@mrsjyw: good luck! hope it goes smoothly for you too! i don't know why i am so nervous to stop pumping. i guess i still would like her to get maybe 1 bottle a day of BM (so maybe I will just pump 1-2 times instead of 4?) but i am also a little hopeful that maybe she would pick up nursing again out of the blue and I don't want to be dried up in case she decides she wants to nurse again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1170917 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:55:18 +0000 mrsjyw 1170917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BF is always nutritious, but if she's doing well with the cow milk transition, and you don't feel any need to continue i don't see why you should keep pumping!</p> <p>I went down to 1 pump this week (and still nursing AM/PM), today is my first day home with DS, so i'll nurse him 1x during the day, and give him a btl for the pump i cut out at work. </p> <p>end of next week, we're going to start the cow milk transition and starting to use up the frozen stash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1170900 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:50:09 +0000 Mamaof2 1170900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sure there is *some* benefit but if I were in your shoes I would stop pumping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-continue-to-pump-confused#post-1170856 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:38:50 +0000 NovBaby1112 1170856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll try to make this as simple as possible. LO went on a nursing strike/early weaning at 10.5 months and is now 11.5 months and will only drink from a bottle/sippy. I have been pumping 4x a day, but am realizing she will be one soon and wondering if I should cut back to 2x a day or just stop all together after she turns one?</p> <p>Is there any benefit to her getting BM after a year? I obviously would have loved to nurse her morning and night after a year, but since she won't nurse- is there any point in me continuing to pump? She likes whole milk and has been doing fine on that... </p>