https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:15:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121809 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:53:55 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1121809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome - thanks for the advice/speculations! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121744 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:28:31 +0000 Adira 1121744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with both @Corduroy: and @runsyellowlites: about what it could mean! I think you're probably okay since you'll still be nursing some of the time and this is just a temp fix until you get a double electric! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121734 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:24:54 +0000 Foodnerd81 1121734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: this was my immediate thought- maybe it's not powerful enough to totally drain you like a baby or a double electric is? I think if you are still nursing some of the time you are probably still getting drained adequately, especially just for a few days. Just a guess though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121233 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:39:56 +0000 runsyellowlites 1121233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that would probably be if you were nursing full time on top of pumping.... when you do that then sometimes you *can* end up with oversupply &amp; clogged duct issues. Since you'll be away from your lo though I don't think it would be relevant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121199 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:26:50 +0000 Corduroy 1121199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some pumps classify themselves as for Daily, Occassional, or Light use. The daily pumps are more powerful, usually double electric. Maybe a less powerful pump doesn't totally drain you and doing it repeatedly could cause clogged ducts? Just speculating. You can try hand compressions after pumping to make sure you're properly expressed.</p> <p>Good luck with your return to work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121110 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:01:36 +0000 lindseykaye 1121110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those are weird instructions for a pump - I mean it's pretty standard for women who work to pump 3x a day or more. And I know a lot of women who exclusively pump, which means they do it every time their baby would be nursing, and at the beginning that is a lot more than 2x a day.<br /> I'm trying to think of what they *could* have meant, but I'm not getting anywhere. From what I was always told and read, the more you pump/nurse - the less chance of mastitis, the more milk you make, etc.<br /> Honestly I would ignore that and keep using as you have been and as you need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/using-pump-more-often-than-recommended#post-1121091 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:55:29 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 1121091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The day has come (cue hyperventilating). I start work back tomorrow. And I am so beyond unprepared. haha. I wasn't suppose to start back until Wednesday, but they asked me to come in a day early, plus they called an emergency mandatory meeting I have to attend today, so I'm rushing all over the place.</p> <p>I still haven't gotten myself a double electric pump. No excuses, I've just been all over the place. I need to call my insurance today and see if I can get one through them and then call WIC to get one from them if the insurance doesn't come through.</p> <p>I lost the membrane on my handpump a couple weeks ago and my awsome MIL (more to ensure she could still babysit than for my immediate benefit, I believe, lol) went and bought me a single electric pump. Hoorah. </p> <p>Buttt, the pump's instructions mention that I shouldn't use the pump more than twice a day or bad things will ensue (mastitis, milks supply reduction, etc). Does anyone know why this is? I mean, I'm not really questioning it, more so wanting to know exactly why using one type of pump vs another would increase the risk of such things? Because I've totally been using it two-four times a day when I've been pumping (which hasn't been every day) before I saw this warning. Whoops. </p>