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Sep
How Much Should I Be Pumping. The Lizzy Pump Bag by Sarah Wells So if you work 8-hour shifts and your baby is taking 3 bottles while away you will want to pump no less than 3 times. Your body needs to get used to the pump and as it does you will be able to pump more milk at a time. To determine how long you should be pumping for divide 120 by the number of times that youre pumping and set that as your goal. If you are an exclusively pumping mom you should pump anywhere from 4 to 12 times per 24 hour period.
For example if your baby is less than 3 months old you should pump anywhere from 8 to 12 times during a 24 hour period. It is not unusual to need to pump 2-3 times to get enough milk for one feeding for baby remember that the pump cannot get as much milk as a baby who nurses effectively. To do this subtract from 30 ounces 900 mL the amount of formula your baby receives each day. Exclusively pumping are you. Even more its going to take your body a little while to respond to the pump. Some can only pump.
Often you have to pump every two or three hours during the day and at least once during the night for a total of eight to 10 pumping sessions every 24 hours.
Exclusive pumping works well for many women. How long should my pumping sessions be. As your fellow mom I would recommend between 8-9 pumping sessions in a day with 10 as the upper limit and 7 as the lower limit. Many mothers think that they should be able to pump 4-8 ounces per pumping session but even 4 ounces is a rather large pumping output for a mom who is breastfeeding full-time. This is especially true if she plans to return to a job outside of the home. But pumps generally dont drain a breast as efficiently as babies do.