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I have freemie cups so it would be MUCH more manageable to pump and feed. The only other way I can imagine doing it is with LO in the football hold.

ETA: I EBF so if I ever need to get some fresh milk I pump immediately after I nurse. It usually take a full day of doing this to get 4oz but Im sure if i did it on a regular basis I would be able to get more in one pump session.

Do people actually do that? I assumed people usually were referring to pumping immediately after nursing. To get your supply up, maybe try doing power pumps for a few evenings? (After LO goes to bed, pump for 20 min, rest for 10, then alternate 10 min on/off until an hour).

I put LO on the boppy. Once I got her latched I didn't need both hands anymore (just one to make sure she didn't roll away) and I used the other one to hold the shield to my breast to pump.

I did this every night when they were still waking up to feed. I'd football hold them on one side, hold the pump on the other. Middle of the night feeds were some of my most lucrative! I think it was because one of the kids was nursing the other side, so it got production up.

I only did it once but I was pretty proud of myself. I had her on the Brest friend, had my arm/ elbow under her head. Pump was already set up so once she was latched I held the flange up to the other breast with the arm that was holding her and turned on the pump with the other. Once it was on I held the bottle/ flange to my breast with that hand and held baby with the other. I had to turn the bottle a little sideways since I was doing cross cradle hold.

It's definitely not the most relaxing way to work but it was convenient to have fed her and pumped all within 15 minutes or so. She only nurses from one side at a time.

@nanilani: Nope! It's pretty adjustable, so you can tighten it as much as you want. I'll lose suction if the bottle is pushing against something at a weird angle, but that's easily fixable. It's literally a length of elastic and a couple shoestrings and a bunch of adjustable clips (looks like it was made in somebody's garage) but it's cheap and it absolutely works great! And I find it gives better access for breast massage than a traditional pumping bra. And it's easy to put over any clothing. I bought two, one for home and one for work. I recommend it to everybody!