Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 1379 Location: Denver, CO USA
How Much Posted: 01-21-08 05:14am
Milk should I pump? I start school
tomorrow, and Thomas will be watching
Dante from 7a-12p on Mondays, 8a-12p
Tuesdays and Thursdays and 7a-10a on
Wednesdays. I can't figure out how many
ounces I should leave him with each day.
He's 6 weeks old. But I really don't know
how much he eats at each feeding and he
eats about every 1 1/2-2 hrs for about 20
mins at a time. Any ideas??
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Idony
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1609 Location: virginia beach, va usa
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Posted: 01-21-08 07:51am
id say pump for about a half hour every 2
hours (when hes not eating) or until your
boobs are empty
but i dont really know
~alicia~
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mominashoe
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Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 1559 Location: , USA
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Posted: 01-21-08 07:57am
Wow this is a hard question. I don't know
how you are going to manage getting enough
right away, so you might have to
supplement with formula.
If you think you have extra milk after
feeding him, pump the rest out and save
that, plus every time he would have to eat
and you are not with him, pump your milk
and give yourself about 30 minutes to do
it and what you get is what you get. It
will be harder to have let-down for a pump
and not being around the baby will make it
harder too.
I would say that you should have at least
3 ounces to give him for each feeding.
If he is not finishing all 3 ounces after
the first few feedings, then you can start
backing down.
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jenniek
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Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 691 Location: Salina
Posted: 01-21-08 09:31am
I had to pump when I was at school and
work too.. I just pumped until nothing
more came out! About 30 minutes or so. I
had a pretty good supply so I could get
about 4 or more ounces everytime which was
plenty for us and I froze the extra for
him to have. At about 6 weeks they
shouldn't need bottles of more then about
3 ounces every feeding or so. Make sure
you pump often so your supply doesn't dry
up I'd say every two hours or so would be
good.
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yellow ribbon
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Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 5554 Location: FL
Posted: 01-21-08 13:29pm
breastmilk stays good for like a month in
the freezer so Id say just pump as much as
possible. They sell special bags to put
the milk in and then in the freezer
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jenniek
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 691 Location: Salina
Posted: 01-21-08 21:48pm
Ya I actually think it stays good longer
then that but I cant remember for sure!
And they do sell special bags, make sure
when you thaw the milk you are careful
though I know even with special bags
sometimes when the milk expanded and that
got moved around in the freezer the
corners would split open a little so when
I went to thaw it, it ran everywhere!
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