When did you all start dropping pumps?

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How old was your LO at each of your pump drops? I'm contemplating dropping to 6 ppd from 8. My guy is almost 6 weeks old. I'm making almost 50 ounces per day and he eats 24. I don't want to lose any of my output though.

Tips? Suggestions? Experience?

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Please share what you are doing to get 50 oz. I wish I could get mine to that amount.

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I dropped from 8 to 7 at 3 weeks and am pumping about 40 -43oz. She is eating 3 1/2 oz now at one month so I have enough to freeze a bag a day! Hoping to drop another at 6 weeks.

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I don't think dropping pumps will work for me right now. I'm making a ton of milk (not a complaint!) but I'm making so much that it's causing too much pain to pump every 4 hours instead of 3. Again, that is NOT a complaint 😉

My letdowns have been crazy painful these last couple of days. I'm assuming it's the new pumping schedule...or I'm hoping it is! I don't know what else could hurt so much. And it only really seems the hurt the first 15 minutes of my pumping sessions. Once my breasts are more empty, the pain decreases significantly.

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From the start I pumped 6x a day... When she turned 1 month I dropped down to 5. Now at 6 weeks... I currently average 50oz a day. My output actually increased when I dropped down to 5. When I pumped 6x a day I averaged 45oz

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Dang girl!! Great job on the jump in supply!! 👏👏 I dropped from 8 ppd to 7 ppd when LO was 6 weeks old. Just set a new schedule and started it. My daily output went from 30 oz to 45 oz. then I dropped from 7 ppd to 6 ppd gradually when baby was about 9 weeks old. Supply went from 45 oz to 53 oz per day. The key is to increase pump times and you should be okay. I'm planning on dropping another one in the next two weeks (when baby is about 3 months old). Hope this helps!

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Baby is 15 weeks and I pump 5x a day and get 30-35 ounces. I started that schedule about 4 weeks ago. 
I'm thinking about going to a 4x a day a schedule by April for when I go back to work. I'm a teacher and I just don't think I can pump 3 times during the day there.

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When i dropped it was more bc I had an extreme oversupply and did not want to sustain it. Now at 4 months pp  I pump for 120 mins 4 times a day (basically 30 min pump sessions).  I currently pump 60 oz and LO usually eats 30. I dropped early to five pumps per day (like week 3 or 4) and saw a drop from 80 oz to 60 oz but that's what I wanted to do as I dropped 3 pump sessions quickly. When I went from 5 to 4 at 15 weeks, I did not lose any oz

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Someone help me learn how to get my supply back!!!!! I pumped over10oz at each time now I’m lucky if I get two. I’m in school and work my daughter needs her milk!!

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I'm curious is this common to increase supply when dropping pumps? My LO is almost 6 weeks and I average around 26 oz per day but really need that to increase. Increasing has been slow - would dropping a pump help? I currently do about 8-9 pumps per day (every 2 hrs during day and 2 at night). I always pump a ton more during those night pumps that are more spread out. Thoughts?

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Ok now I am wondering if I will actually pump more total of I don't pump as frequently! I try to get 8 a day, sometimes 9. I'm currently averaging 25oz a day.

When did you all start dropping pumps?

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