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Hmm, if you stay at home then I wouldn't pump so much. I pumped as soon as my milk came in because I knew I would go back to work. I pumped like a crazy person around the clock and had 1000s in our deep freezer. I am still using milk from my stash...used some from July this morning!

Whoops- sorry...just saw that the title was for SAHMs!

I only have 4-5 feedings worth....so, like 20-25oz?
I pump after most feedings just to empty out the other breast (I HAVE to feel evened out).
Then at the end of the day I add them up...usually gives me a full feeding's worth.
And then I leave some for DH when I need some time to myself (a nap...go out with girls..)or sometimes just to give LO a night bottle to ensure he is FULL and sleepy:)

I think your stash is OK....but, whenever you use a bag-replace it. That way you'll never run out. I wouldn't use the ones from Sept yet. You can add that milk to LO's cereal when he/she starts solids.

I have 40oz. I only pump if I feel engorged which happens in the morning some times. I hate pumping so I don't make an effort to. I would like 80oz in my stash though.

I'm jealous!! The most I've ever had at once was 36 oz but I donated it and that really set me behind. I only have about 8-10oz.

I really wish I had a bigger stash as a just in case thing...

I pumped each morning for two months and saved about 150 ounces. Not a single of which ever got used. I eventually donated every drop of it. If you stay at home and don't use it every day, I'd just call it good. My babe was bad with the bottle, and never really wanted it.

Zero...around 8 months I stopped pumping and now she's 13 months old

I only have 10 ounces right now but I'd like it to be at least 50. I had more but we hit a rough patch last week where I was exclusively pumping and I had to use what was in the freezer to keep up with him at first.

I have almost 3000oz at this point frozen. DD is almost 6 months and that is when I want to stop bf then feed her from the stash. Each day I usually give her 2 bottles of the frozen milk so I can keep my stash as current as possible.

**If I had known I would be a SAHM I would have kept only a few days worth of milk in the fridge. Actually I guess 100 oz might last 4 or 5 days... so that may be the right amount.

@pastemoo: can you take it with you in a cooler? I've managed to keep bottles frozen for up to 8 hours pretty easily when we travel (I take them in case LO has a breakdown while we're driving or the fasten seatbelt sign is on in an airplane and I can't give her the breast). Seems a shame to throw it away!

My freezer stash is around 150-200 oz at the moment. Maybe a bit excessive since I don't work outside the home...but I try to do her last feed before bedtime in a bottle so that I know how much she gets. I also like to be able to go to the gym/salon/run errands at my leisure, or have a date night, without the pressure that I have to pump or I can't go out. I'm getting really sick of pumping though (I do it once per day, more if I've been away without feeding for a long time)...so I may ease up on the pumping after the holidays.