Pumping for work?

Question

How do you know how much to pump for your baby when you go to work? Im worried i wont be able to pump enough so i plan to supplement if needed so my baby can eat enough while i work.

Answer

I was told 1-1.5 oz per every hour that you are away. Today was my first day. I was away for 6 hrs and she only drank 4 oz.

What I did was start pumping between feeds around noon and after she goes to bed around a week before work. I power pumped for 3 days after I saw that I wasn't producing as much as I expected (I was actually producing around 2 oz per breast per session and now I'm thinking that might actually be quite good considering her feeds were 2 oz each today).
I stored the milk from the 1st half of the week in the freezer and the rest in the fridge.
Today at work, I pumped only once and I got 7 oz total which I was happy about.
Tomorrow I'll be at work for the whole day so we'll see how much she drinks. I'm still not sure what to do with the remaining milk at the end of the week as I'm guessing I'll have a few days worth so I'm thinking that I should freeze some.

Pumping for work?

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