How many ounces do you pump per session and how long do you pump for?
How many ounces do you pump per session and how long do you pump for?
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I pump for 10 minutes twice a day. I get 4-5 ounces in the morning and 2-3 in the afternoon.
honeydew / 7463 posts
I used to pump 20 minutes 2-3 times a day and would get 5-6oz per side, so 10-12 total.
To be fair, I SHOULD have been pumping every 2-3 hours (I was EP'ing) but I was awful at making the time to do it, so had I been pumping as often as I should, it might have been more like 5-6oz total per session. I think I only pumped so much because I was waiting till I couldn't take it anymore.
apricot / 275 posts
In the morning I pump the side DD doesn't eat on and get approx 6-8 oz in 12-15 min. Then I pump once at work, both sides, and get 7-9 oz total in about 17-20 min. She takes about 11-12 oz at daycare so I'm still getting more than enough. I was pumping twice at work and recently switched to once because I was getting way too much extra.
apricot / 485 posts
In the morning if I hadn't fed since ~3-4am I would get anywhere from 6-9.5 oz at 9:30am. Otherwise, I would reliably get around 4oz a session. I only pumped at 9:30, noon, and 3pm at work. I pumped ~20-30min. Wouldn't get a second letdown until after 15min. BF babies should eat 1-1.5oz per hour (so 24-36 oz a day).
nectarine / 2317 posts
I never got more than an 1 oz. more typically 0.5 oz. that's with both sides for 10-15 min each.
pear / 1697 posts
Usually just under 3 ounces combined from double pumping for about 25 minutes.
If I had to go unusually long without pumping I would sometimes get as much as 4.5 ounces, but that was the absolute max I ever pumped in one session.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
This varied SO much for me over the months that I pumped, based on how far postpartum I was, whether I had returned to work, if we had introduced solids, all that stuff. Not to mention the time of day, of course. I would say most typical was around 4-5oz total from both sides. I think my record was 12oz from one session.
nectarine / 2797 posts
10 to 12 oz at my morning session, 6 to 9 at the afternoon. I pump for about 15 min?
nectarine / 2047 posts
I pump for 20-25 min twice per day and get 10-12 oz total in the morning and maybe 4-5oz in the afternoon.
coconut / 8430 posts
Wow it is such a huge range!
I pump for about 15 min and I get 5oz in the morning, 3-4 oz in the afternoon. Right now I'm only pumping 2x a day but it really should be 3x.
apricot / 485 posts
@sunny: It really is going to vary from woman to woman. Women with smaller storage capacities need to pump/feed more often than those with larger.
http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/articles/2014/1/17/infographic-on-breast-storage-capacity.html
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
I'm not pumping any more but I usually got 8 oz at each pumping, sometimes 9 with my first of the day. My supply was abundant this go-round. I pumped for about 15-20 minutes.
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