I am having trouble finding time to pump so I can leave my DS three days a week for six hours. I never seem to produce enough. How can I make it all work?
FRUSTRATING!
Pumping and nursing
I am having trouble finding time to pump so I can leave my DS three days a week for six hours. I never seem to produce enough. How can I make it all work?
FRUSTRATING!
AMIE< Proud mommy of 7
Re: Pumping and nursing
Hi!
Are you leaving DS to work? Do you drive? You can pump in the car to/from.
Is there a place at work you can pump?
How old is your little one?
Full time working Mom to 3, DH is my hero as a SAHD:
DS July'09, nursed for 12 weeks
DD1 & DD2 April'11, tandem nursed for 16 months
Re: Pumping and nursing
Nurse and pump at the same time.
Pick one time of day and pump. Even if you don't get anything, eventually your body will make some milk at that time.
One to 1.5 oz per hour of separation...so it's not all that much.
I worked very PT with my second and third child during the week, and I pumped a bit a couple times a day, and I would get enough pretty rapidly.
Susan
Mama to my all-natural boys: Ian, 9-4-04, 11.5 lbs; Colton, 11-7-06, 9 lbs, in the water; Logan, 12-8-08, 9 lbs; Gavin, 1-18-11, 9 lbs; and an angel1-15-06
18+ monthsand
for Gavin, born with an incomplete cleft lip and incomplete posterior cleft palate
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Always babywearing, cosleeping and cloth diapering. Living with oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD. Ask me about cloth diapering and sewing your own diapers!
Re: Pumping and nursing
When I was trying to build a stockpile in preparation for going back to work, I would pump right after I nursed. It helped when it was around nap time because baby would fall asleep and leave me time to pump. I'd also sometimes pump while nursing since I only nurse on one side per feeding.
Good luck!
Re: Pumping and nursing
Never thought of doing both at the same time!Thanks.
AMIE< Proud mommy of 7
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