Anybody exclusively pumping?

Question

I'm trying to exclusively pump for my baby girl, but ended up giving her formula in order to build a stash, after failing to latch her properly. I tried to pump every 2-3 hours but I when I'm alone with her is almost impossible to stick to my pump schedule. How do people do this? Any advice? Tips, tricks?

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I exclusively pump. Every 3 hrs, for 15 min. Do your normal give baby a bottle, burp, change and back down to sleep and then pump. Generally you want an oz an HR. So every 3hrs you want at least 3 oz. If you aren't quite there, pump more frequently. 8-12 times a day

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I’m trying to BF 98% of the time and occasionally bottle. And I want to pump for those occasional bottle and to build a supply. 
And I am too overwhelmed by the scheduling of feeding and pumping. 
Hope you find a schedule that works for you!! 💞

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My schedule:
6:30 am Pump 45 minutes 
10 am 30 minutes 
1 pm 30 minutes
5 pm 30 minutes
9 pm 45 minutes 
Baby eats:
8 am
11:30 am
3 pm
7 pm
He sleeps through the night. I had a nurse help with this and the schedule. It’s working great so far. 
I’m also building a nice supply for when I go back to work.

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I’m exclusively pumping. I pump at least every 3 hours, and in middle of day every 2 hours. I try to feed baby first, then I pump for 20-28 mins every time. I’m making enough milk for him, but I do feel chained to the house. After feeding him, changing him, getting him settled, then pumping and washing everything it leaves little time to squeeze in other things like eating, taking a shower or doing laundry... or napping which I never do. I am very tired.  I’m going to try to keep it up! Still have hopes to nurse. My baby is 29 days old. 
My baby won’t latch for long. I try to put him on the breast every time in hopes he’ll nurse, and hoping one time he will start. He latched, sucks for a few seconds then pulls away and cries. We try and try to nurse, until then... it’s pumping!

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I did for 2 months but had to supplement due to low supply and me being so tired that all i did whole day was change him, feed him, pump, wash bottle repeat 😩 i felt like all my time is going to feeding and pumping that me and hubby do not have time cuz i have to pump even when he’s asleep, i’m sad that it ended but i’m glad that it’s over and thankful that i was able to provide my son breastmilk for the first 2 months of his life. I breasfeed him still once to twice a day still so my milk don’t dried up.

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I've been doing pumping and formula since birth. Baby has a bad latch and it was stressing me out how painful it was. I feel so guilty and keep wanting to try to breastfeed but have anxiety when I try because I'm afraid of the pain (stupid I know) he is now almost 5 weeks old. And I alternate formula and breastmilk. I try and pump every 3 hours. It is hard when I'm alone though bc when I need to pump baby is fussy and it's difficult to do it on time. I try and pump at least 4 times a day now .. even if it's not every 3 hours. Sometimes it's 5. I do what I can. If I can't do it on time I just give him formula and try for next time.

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I was trying to do the same as my baby couldn’t latch well. I ended up stopping pumping and now she’s a formula baby. I was getting no sleep trying to pump so much since it would take so long to feed her, change her, and get her back to sleep. When my husband went out of town for a week I had to stop pumping since I had no help and I would have gone crazy trying to essentially stay up 24/7.

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