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I started dropping because it was either that or quit completely. I EP and was getting so sick of being stuck to the pump 24/7 and not enjoying my LO's newborn days. She's 2 months now and I pump 4 times a day which allows me to give her about 75% BM, 25% formula. 4 is totally manageable for me so I'll keep on keeping on!

LO is about 10 months--usually i pump 4x/day, but in the last couple of weeks there have been days where i pump only 3x. i don't have a specific plan on how i'm going to drop pumping sessions, but i'm getting lazy and LO's milk intake has dropped by a few ounces, so i don't feel as pressured to pump 4x every single day.

I EP too. From 0-3 months, I think I pumped about 8-10x per day. From 3-5 months (where I'm at now), it is typically 6x a day, although sometimes it's only 5x on weekends. I plan on either stopping around 6 months, or cutting back pumping sessions by a lot at that time.

@Mrs. Taco: Ditto - I was shocked to see that I still got the same amount whether I pumped 4 times or 6 times.

I pump at 9am, 2pm, 6pm, 10pm.

I was pumping 3x/day until 12m when I dropped to 2x/day. I stopped pumping completely at just under 14m

I'm also an EPer and I dropped from 8x a day to 7 around 1 month. Then from 7-6 times around 6 or 7 weeks? I stayed at 6 until after LO was 3 months then I went back and forth for a couple weeks doing 6 one day and 5 another.

Now I just do 5. My supply has dropped a bit (When I pumped 6 times a day I was making about 45 oz a day and now I'm down to maybe only 37-38 oz?) BUT as an awesome side effect I rarely get clogged ducts or milk blisters/clogged nipple pores anymore. I used to get them CONSTANTLY. Like, almost every day. And now (knock on wood) I haven't had one in almost 3 weeks. I think I just had too much milk in there, lol.

I typically pump 7:30 am, 11 am, 2:30 pm, 6pm, and 9:30 pm. When I go back to work in a week, that will shift a bit. I now get a lot out of my first pump of the day, but much less than I used to out of the rest of my pumps.

@Alivoo01: it was around 4000 ounces I think. Since I was EP I knew exactly how many ounces she needed a day and then multiplied by how many days were left till she was 1 to see how any ounces I needed in the stash. I believe on average babies consume 25 ounces a day. I downloaded a free banking app (the ones made for breast milk cost money) and each time I added and removed I entered it into the app as a deposit or withdrawal. Highly recommend it because I was using post it's at first and kept losing them! Goodluck