This is the best way to regulate your supply, and you can
pump after feeding sessions to build a stockpile for when you are away from baby.
Not exact matches
Power
pumping is suggested to be done immediately
after a breastfeeding
session or in lieu of a
feeding session (for
pump - dependent mothers).
However, I was under the impression that women
pumped and dumped at the next
feeding /
pumping session after alcohol consumption, to avoid
feeding baby the milk with high alcohol content.
I have seen a LC and she said breast
feed every three hours followed by 15 min
pump session and then top him off with formula if he is still hungry
after all that.
Ideally, you want to
pump after your baby's morning nursing
session, or you can
pump as she's
feeding on one breast.
You may also want to add some
pumping sessions in at home perhaps
after you have
fed baby but before you go to bed and if you can wake up sometime during the night (which I realize does not sound like fun for a working mom!)
It is common to get 2 - 4 ounces total when
pumping to replace a
feeding session, and a half to 2 ounces total when
pumping after baby eats or between nursing
sessions.
You can increase breast stimulation by breastfeeding more often, breastfeeding for longer periods at each breastfeeding
session, or using a breast
pump after or in between each
feeding.
Breastfeed, then
pump Sometimes your baby will stop
feeding before you feel like all the milk has been removed, so add a
pumping session after your baby is finished
feeding.
After talking with a couple IBCLC friends, I began to add
pumping sessions to each of my existing
feedings to slowly increase my supply and not interfere with my baby getting what she needed first.
You can also try adding a
pumping session after feeding at the breast.
After the very last
feeding or
pumping session, you may still notice some milk in your breasts for weeks to months.
Once you hit the 4 - 6 week mark, you can start adding
pumping sessions after feeding at the breast.
In case you are at home and storing milk or attempting to augment your supply, try to
pump an hour or so
after your LO's morning
feeding session (or
pump one breast while she / he is
feeding on the other).
I
pump after every nursing
session so I should sneak in some nursing time in between and maybe baby won't be fussy
after the usual
feed... Eventually.
In cases like this (and others) doctors and lactation consultants will recommend regular
pumping sessions, or even
pumping after feedings, to ramp up production.
Also increasing your
pumping (just 2 - 3
pumping sessions, 10 min
after a
feed, for 10 min) will increase your supply.
I would always
pump after every nursing /
feeding session to increase my supply, constantly concerned I would not be able to make enough for them.
While
pumping after any
feed can help build your refrigerator supply, the most productive one is after your first a.m. nursing session, says pediatrician Tanya Altmann, M.D., author of What to Feed Your B
feed can help build your refrigerator supply, the most productive one is
after your first a.m. nursing
session, says pediatrician Tanya Altmann, M.D., author of What to
Feed Your B
Feed Your Baby.
To make sure you keep up your supply at night, I'd add a bowl of oatmeal as a bedtime snack (it can be instant — it doesn't have to be the kind you cook on top of the stove) and add in a
pumping session right before you go to bed (you can
pump and eat oatmeal at the same time) and right
after her first morning
feed.
Three months of doing a
pumping session after the morning
feed, storing it all up so you'd have plenty when you went back to work.