can I condition my body to produce the same amount of milk just over less time?

Question

Iv had to resort to my pumping exclusively and it's just so much hard work, I'm having to pump every 3 hours and I usually get any where between 4-6 ounces combined. It's just becoming so much to feed my baby the bottle, then pump. I was wandering if there was a way I could condition my body to pump maybe every 6 hours but get 8-12 ounces in that session??

Answer

It takes time and a lot of it. I started at 12 pumps per day, every 2 hours. Even through the night. All the way through 12 weeks postpartum so the milk supply was regulated. I do 6 pumps per day not at 4.5 months postpartum, but I am so tired, I may drop one soon. When I started I did 2,4,6,8,10.... I dropped one and waited two weeks to make sure my supply didn't drop. So I was doing 2,5,8,10,12...  Then I dropped another so I was doing 2,5,8,11,2,4,7,8,10,12. Kept at that for two weeks. Dropped another, waited two weeks, and kept going to where I am now. It took forever, but I feel like it was well worth it to have 4000 ounces stored in deep freezers. I produce about 64-70 ounces a day.

Answer

Pump longer

Answer

I don't think that's possible. Your Body produces supply on demand. So if you start pumping less, your body will produce less.

can I condition my body to produce the same amount of milk just over less time?

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