Time to Pump?

I found that right before bed is a good time. If you keep doing it every night your milk supply should go up just like if she ate during that time. I used to feed my daughter, put her in bed wait a good 2 hours then pump so i gave myself some time to build a little more milk up. Good luck.

I use to pump and nurse religiously!! My second child was a preemie so I didn'nt get to nurse him as he initally was fed through a feeding tube.I used the medela breast pump and it was wonderful.I would pump first thing in the morning and last thing at night before bedtime. During the day I pumped every 4 hours or unless I felt engorged and had to relieve myself.I was able to pump out 8oz. per breast each pump so a total of 16 oz. I would freeze and store my milk in 4 oz.servings for my baby's future feedings through a bottle. My second son nursed and was bottle fed. It was convienent to do both because I had to jugle 3 kids a house and husband and also work on the weekend. The stored breast milk was handy and convienent for other family members to help out with feeding the baby when I was busy. I stopped nursing my 3rd child at 6 months old because he started biting me. Now my first son was exclusivly nursing at the breast for 18 months!!! Oh What Wonderful Memories.:)I think the key to producing lots of milk is having a really good pump and consistantly pumping, the more you pump the more you produce. My first pump was an Evenflo back in 2002. It was worthless! I used a Medela pump for my 2nd and 3rd boys It was Absolutly The Best Dependable piece of equipment I couldn't live without at the time.Your body will let you know what works best for you.

HI ML, I would pump three times a day whenever I could sneak it in, but the best thing I found to do was to pump after I had fed my girls. I just put her in her bouncy chair or something to distract for awhile and then pumped what was left. It was not always a lot but sometimes would make up a bottle and then it also keeps your milk up. Also, the Andreas are right, if you have to, drop some of the cleaning, this is way more important. Hope this helps!

I also work on the weekends and so I didn't pump much during the week. I found if I nursed off the same side in the morning when I would normally switch sides, then get up while she finished sleeping and pump I would have a lot of milk in the side I didn't nurse off and even some already flowing in the side she just nursed on, especially if she didn't nurse much. It would only take 5-10 mins to do this. Also, I agree-let the house go a bit!

The other A. G has great advice, just remember that you FIRST duty is to your baby and yourself, if you have to let some of the cleaning go so that you can take the time to pump the breast milk that she needs when you're away then do it. Her health and nutrition is more important than a spotless house. Just explain to your DH that you're going to need a little extra help either his or hire someone to come in and get what you can't get to for now, just until she doesn't need your milk during the time you're gone on the weekends. Also you could try pumping on the weekends the amount that your body is making while you can't breastfeed, just do it before you leave for home. Whatever works best for you.