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Have you tried to increase the suction during expression phase?

I have this problem too, it seems to be related to my let down. I have a hard time letting down with the pump. I nurse my son on one side and pump on the other (at the same time). That way he is giving me the baby induced let down effect. Sometimes looking at pictures or videos helps if he is asleep. Good luck

Eta: 9ml every session sounds amazing!! If it's working for you that well then I wouldn't change anything

Look at a pictures of your lo while your pumping.

If you get more with the stimulation phase, just hit the button to switch back after let down phase starts! Also, have you tried pumping between nursing, to see how a full breast reacts? Maybe you are just so close to empty that the faster pump is what you need to get the last bit out?

Have you tried doing breast compressions/massage? I usually got about 50% more milk that way than if I just let the pump do all the work.

@buttermilk: size actually doesn't have much to do with capacity! Anecdotally, my boobs aren't that big but I battled oversupply for the first few months; my good friend has HUGE boobs and had to supplement because she couldn't produce enough. Anyway, Stanford University has a good video on how to do massage, it's specifically geared toward moms of preemies but it's helpful to anyone. I don't have the link handy but it's googleable. My problem when I first went back to work and was pumping in lieu of BFing was that certain milk ducts just didn't respond as well to the pump as to my LO, so I had to massage the milk out so I didn't get clogs. Later on, my supply dipped so I had to try to squeeze out as much milk as possible. Either way, I also found that a lot more milk came out during the "letdown" phase of the pump and it would slow quickly after the machine switched over, but that I still could empty the boob pretty quickly and get a lot of milk out once I figured out the best way to massage. It's a lot of trial and error (and honestly, a lot more squishing and squeezing than I ever would have imagined) but I think if you keep at it, it probably should help!