Rave!! 4 days pp and I pumped 5 oz and still have more left. I stopped pumping so there would be some left for the baby. Just wanted to pump some out so my husband could feed her later :)
Ladies I called my insurance about breast pump and they said with their insurance in order to get a pump I get a prescription from doctor then I call 3 different numbers to see what my insurance covers but the only thing is I have to wait til baby is born to call and get pump so I want to at least buy a hand pump which do you ladies recommend for hand pump and when I can get a pump from insurance please n thank you 💖💖
Am I wrong to be upset? Last night I was running a fever, weak, tired, sore, my left boob feels like it got used as a punching bag. I asked my husband to call out of work today to help me with the kid so I could get some rest. He went to work. I texted him this morning. Part of me thinks I mean. The other part of me thinks I was fine for saying that because he should've stayed home with us.
calling all mommies who are breast feeding or excessively pumping .. how did you all do it ?? I know some people pump right in the hospital day 1 !! I know my hospitals here allows you to pump from day 1 and breast feed at the same time they just give you a breast consultant to explain and show you how so you don’t mess up and get a over supply to soon . Some people only breast feed for awhile than pump 1/2 later . Some only pump period ... what’s your method and how successful are you ?? And how tough was it in the beginning ??
I EBF I hardly pump.. thing is I start school on Tues and I need to start pumping so I can leave some milk for my husband to feed him while I'm gone it's a 4 hour class what should I do?
my free breast pump is on its way I'm so excited .. so glad that I didn't have to pay so much money for a breast pump
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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.
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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.
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Way to go!! I pumped in the hospital like 2 days pp. The bf coach pumped me.
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Wow that's awesome!!! Isn't it amazing what our bodies are capable of doing?!?!
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When i was barely 7 days pp i had to pump because i was in the ICU with pre-eclampsia.
Sophia Gamache ·
Мама двоих (младенец)
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
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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.
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Holy crap, that's amazing!
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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.
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That's awesome. My body produces a lot of milk as well.
5oz is a lot though that's like 2-3 feedings.
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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 ?
Sophia Gamache ·
Мама двоих (младенец)
I am so happy with my supply this time as I lost my supply with my son.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Pumping is okay just watch for nipple confusion :) great job momma let baby nurse as much as babe wants and pump after!
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I don't think you're supposed to pump until after 6 weeks.