Pumping Confusion

Go ahead and pump! Just don’t pump to empty if you have oversupply, because that will trigger you to produce more thinking baby needs additional feeds. Just pump to relieve some or get a bottle here and there.

I started pumping around this time. My husband is a night owl so he started helping me with the 11pm and the 1 or 2am feeding so I could get some sleep. I pumped A LOT and eventually it does help increase your supply. I pumped throughout the day and stored leftover. And right before I went to bed around 8pm I would pump for like 30min to an hour sometimes

Do what is best and works for you! EVERYONE has a say. There isn’t a right, there isn’t a wrong. I started pumping for my baby the day he was born (yes, the colostrum) because I wanted to BF but I had some major fears and didn’t feel ready. I pumped and breastfed interchangeably, depending on how I was feeling, until he was 6 weeks old. Then I started to love BF and now exclusively BF beside when I pump at work. He’s now 6 months and will take bottle (formula or breast milk) and both breasts just fine. I never had an over or under supply. I just pumped if I bottle fed and breastfed when I wanted to. Sometimes I did some extra pumping after my baby went to bed or when I was driving to build supply and a freezer stash. There is no right or wrong way. Truly. Just do what feels right. None of us have this down perfectly, we all struggle, we all do our best, and we all love our babies.