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When I pumped, which was from birth till maybe 4/5 months old, I got about 4oz and did 15 mins each side. I only used to pump once in the morning since I was a SAHM.

@AngelicOne: an hour??

I pumped for a year with both of my kids. I do 15 min sessions and averaged 4 oz.

When I used to EP (so not pumping after feeding), I used to pump about 25-30 minutes and would get anywhere from 16-7 oz, depending on the time of day.

I pump once a day in the middle of the night. LO is 6.5 weeks, and I get between 3-4 oz and I pump for 10-12 minutes. this is after she eats from one side

I vary my sessions but the timing is really inconsistent. Mine is more based on what time of day it is.

I pump for 15 mins in the early morning and get 8-10oz, 5 mins here and there and get 3-5oz, at lunch I will pump for 30 mins and get 7-10oz, then before bed I pump for 10 mins and get 8-10oz. Lo is 15 weeks. I also nurse him. If I am home with him I only pump morning and night and not in between

I pump 1x a day- mornings after feedings and get 8-12 oz.

Yesterday I was working and pumped at noon and got 6oz and 4 and got 4 oz.

T is 4.5 mo and I don't pump more than 10 minutes.

@Ms.Badger: I'm not sure about the hind milk/foremilk problem, but at some point I read it was best to continue pumping until you drain the breast, so you don't decrease your supply--and I guess I have a big storage capacity, but milk would flow for 25-30 minutes, so that's how long I pumped. Unless I was in a big hurry or had a shorter break at work that day.

I never could have stopped at 15 minutes or less--I would have still been half full.

@Anagram: That seems like exactly how I am. How many times a day did you pump? When i was exclusively pumping for Lucas I seemed to need 30-40 minutes, had several let-downs and never really stopped producing drops of milk. I just don't know if those long sessions will be possible at work (both time wise and sharing the room with other moms). I wonder if it would be better to do fewer longer sessions or if that would decrease supply - anyone have insight?

@Ms.Badger: I've read that if you don't have time to completely empty it is still better to get a short pump session in more times a day than fewer longer sessions for supply.

My son was in the NICU so I had to pump from birth. It's changed over time, but in the early days I'd pump once a day in the morning after his first feeding for 10 minutes. I always had some extra milk then, and got about 3-4 ounces. Now that he's 8 months I pump around 10 PM and get anywhere from 4-6 ounces, and still pump after that morning feeding and get between 3-5 ounces. I know LCs are very against pumping early, but I think it helped my body get used to the pump and, as a result, I get what I think is a decent amount of milk. I still pump for 10 minutes at a time. Good luck figuring it out!

15 min, anywhere from 1-5 ounces depending on how full I am. I loathe pumping with a passion.

I pumped 2x a day, for about 30 minutes or so, depending on the school schedule that day. I usually got 10oz per session?

I pumped 20-30 minutes ideally. 15 minutes was always a little too short for me. Early on I would get a lot, 8-15 oz, but after I went back to work and had to pump so much more (probably stress contributed too) I eventually would only get 3-6 oz per session.

@Ms.Badger: I remember a lactation consultant who was big on the current lactation literature telling me that there is traditionally a big fuss about foremilk and hindmilk but newer ultrasound and content studies suggest that there is a lot of mixing in the breast so not to worry about a full feeding or pumping session (if fore/hind milk are your main concerns). I don't have details but thought that was interesting.

LO is 10 months and I WOH. I nursed at the start, then we did morning-only nursing from 3-8 months, then he went on strike so I EP now. I'm down to 4 sessions of 15 minutes each, and generally get 44oz/day.

I have oversupply, so I rarely pump until I stop flowing. However, I always pump until everything feels "squishy"/empty, because I'm prone to plugged ducts.

My first morning pump is usually 14-17oz, and my pre-bed pump is 10. During the day, at work, I average 8 oz. for both sessions.

@Ms.Badger: I started out pumping 8 times a day, dropped to 6 times a day when LO was 3 months, then 5 times a day when I went back to work. By the time LO was 6 months, I dropped to 4 times a day (total in a 24 hour period) which I continued until LO was a year and I started to pump wean.

When I was at 4 times I day, I usually pumped 16-18 oz in the morning pump (I think my "record" was 20 oz in 1 morning pump), then only 5-7 oz each pump the rest of the day. But by that time, LO was drinking 28-30 oz a milk a day, so I was barely staying ahead of her pumping around 31 oz on a lower day--especially because my DH is the worst milk waster of all time.

I pump once a day after LO goes down for the night. I usually pump for 20 minutes and get 5-6 oz. Sometimes 4 if he's nursed close in time to the pump session. It's been around 5 oz since he was probably 3-4 months. Before that I would get 3-4 oz.

@yellowbird: Thanks, i will do the 3 sessions i had planned and just cut them short if i need to
@shellio: That is really interesting! thanks for sharing. it helps to alleviate some of my worries as a first time WOHM
@Adira: J is 11 weeks. I just must be comparing my milk now to the 9-12 mo milk from L so maybe it's normal for it to look watery at this stage.

LO is 11 1/2 months and I EP. I pump 4x a day. In the morning I get 12 ounces, maybe 14 on a good day. 2x at work, getting 6 ounces a time. Before bed, 6 more ounces. I pump for around 10-12 minutes a session. I'm barely keeping up with demand at this point, I think my body is starting to slow it down.

When I EP'd, I would pump for at least 20 minutes and would get at max maybe 2 oz total. Typically it was closer to 1oz or less. Which is why I stopped even trying. WOOF! I wish I had those hours of my life back (OR the results some of the ladies above had!!! My aunt's sister told me she stopped doing her mid-night pump and just got 12oz in the AM and I almost puked of jealousy!!!)

@Raindrop: Typically I would get less than an ounce at every session except the first! I stopped by 3 months too. The most I ever got in a day was just under 8 oz

We're not attempting this time. I have anxiety issues and truly didn't handle motherhood well until I stopped pumping. I have PCOS so it wasn't necessarily unexpected! I feel the same way about the EP I did- not sure that breast milk was worth all the effort and anxiety since stress is not good for your baby either (and boy was I stressed!)

There should be a club for people who have gone through this so we can drink wine and complain!