How many times per 24hrs do you pump?

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Please share if you pump and supplement feed right after BF? Or do you do it before? Do you try to completely empty your breasts each time? How long does that take? TIA

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I pump every 3 hours so 9 times in 24 hrs. I exclusively pump so i pump while hes eating a bottle. I dont supplement because i make 5-10 oz every session and i pump for 15-20 minutes every time.

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When I exclusively pumped, I was doing 6 or 7 20-25 minute sessions a day (which included 1 or 2 at night when LO woke up, though those were usually only 15-20). Whenever your baby eats, that's when you need to pump if you are doing EPing. Slowly, I got her to breastfeeding almost exclusively. 
I pump once a day now to get a couple ounces to freeze for when we go out and for an upcoming vacation without baby. I pump after I nurse, usually in the morning, on the side that she didn't nurse on, or on the 2nd side if she nursed on both.

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Thanks ladies, this is all very insightful for me. I feel lazy compared to you all. I pump inly twice, but my LO is always on my breast. He eats so little and will not rest anywhere without my boob :-/, so even finding time to pump twice is so hard.

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I try to do it every 2 hours. Sometimes it's every 3 hours, depending on what I'm caught up in. I don't wake up anymore at night to pump unless my LO wakes up to feed (which is normally just once) and I will pump right after and go back to sleep.

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I don't pump at all. I'm a stay at home mom and I'm always with my baby so I guess I just don't feel the need to!

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I just recently went back to work (this week). In the morning I pump after her 6 am feeding (about 3 oz). I pump about three times at work 9:30/12:30/3:30 (4 oz each time). So four times a day. She exclusively gets breast milk and drinks 3 oz right now from the bottle. I haven't had to use it yet, but I have about 250 oz of frozen milk from my 6 week maternity leave. She is 7 weeks today 😊

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I pump in the morning after nursing then put that milk in a bottle for the day. I'll usually pump or nurse around 4 in the afternoon depending on what we do that day. I work some nights so I'll pump when I get home, but if I'm home for his night feeding I will just nurse instead of pumping.

How many times per 24hrs do you pump?

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