Rave!! 4 days pp and I pumped 5 oz and still have more left. I stopped pumping so there would be…

I don't think you're supposed to pump until after 6 weeks.

Pumping is okay just watch for nipple confusion :) great job momma let baby nurse as much as babe wants and pump after!

If you are starting to pump you might have to start a schedule to regulate the milk or you can oversupply and it's no fun. I got so many clogged ducts, they hurt.

Eta: well op has a ds so she knows what she's doin!

Not true- my doctor had me pump in the hospital on day one. That's why I have milk with this baby and never did with my first.

With DD1 they also had me pumping in the hospital as she wouldn't latch right away. But she was fed with a syringe and not a bottle. Both of my DDs weren't fed with a bottle until 5 weeks when they were champs at the breast.

I am so happy with my supply this time as I lost my supply with my son.

Pumping right away is fine. I had to in order to have a reserve of milk ready to go for when I went back to work since I was only allowed 6 weeks leave. Good job getting that much so early, it took me forever to get that many oz ?

That's awesome. My body produces a lot of milk as well.

5oz is a lot though that's like 2-3 feedings.

Some advice I wish I'd gotten with my son- pump one side while feeding bay on the other. It's a little tricky at first, I place the shield/bottle and then use my boppy to hold it close (I have a hands free bra as well), and cover the shield with a blanket so I don't scratch baby.

The baby will stimulate a let down and you won't be engorged on one side waiting for the baby to eat again.

Holy crap, that's amazing!

You just have to know what your doing. I ebf via latch while I was with baby, bottles of pumped milk at daycare, and I pumped while at work. For months I would produce enough to cover daycare AND 20+ ounces a day. I never had more than a sore duct for half a day, and that was one time.

You just have to have a baby, body and schedule/lifestyle that makes it work.

I have 2200 ounces in my deep freeze.

Yeah I had already fed her not long ago and then fed her again after. I love this. I'll take extra milk over not enough milk anyday

When i was barely 7 days pp i had to pump because i was in the ICU with pre-eclampsia.

Wow that's awesome!!! Isn't it amazing what our bodies are capable of doing?!?!

Way to go!! I pumped in the hospital like 2 days pp. The bf coach pumped me.

I have never heard of not being able to pump until 6 weeks post partum...... the 2 weeks following all of my births I pump like crazy so I have a good stash started up, and my supply still dropped and didn't confuse to make "more", or affect breast feeding.

I pumped the day after I had my 3rd baby. My milk came in n I was so engorged I had no choice. she would have never drunk that much milk that early great way to start a milk stash.