Help! Building up a stash

POWERPUMPING TO INCREASE MILK SUPPLYHow do I power pump?Power pumping is not a replacement for regular breast pumping to increase supply. Instead, power pumping is intended to boost your progress by replacing one regular pumping session with a strategically designed alternative. It works by repeatedly emptying the breast, signalling the body to make more milk, more quickly.To power pump, pick one hour each day or night (eg. 7 am every morning) and use the following pumping pattern:1.Pump for 20 minutes; rest 10 minutes2.Pump another 10 minutes; rest for 10 minutes 3.Pump again for 10 minutes; finishThis provides 40 minutes of pumping in a 60 minute period. At other times during the day, use routine pumping. Some women find implementing power pumping on three consecutive days or nights is sufficient, while others may power pump for up to seven consecutive days to get resultsWhen will I see results?Some women begin producing extra milk within 48 hours of finishing one cycle. Other women may not start to see results for up to a week so don’t be discouraged if it takes a little longer. The key is perseverance.Power Pumping Boot Camp!Some women may find it more effective, both from a time management and milk production perspective, to concentrate their efforts and have a power pumping weekend. Some lactation consultants refer to this as a ‘Power Pumping Boot Camp.’Power Pumping Boot Camp involves using the power pumping pattern at each pumping session for a couple of days before returning to routine pumping. Many women find aiming for four sessions a day for two days effective. Given sleep is just as important to breast milk production as pumping, do not get up to power pump during the night.How do I keep track of the time during power pumping?The obvious answers would seem to be, have a clock handy or use an alarm. However both low supply and pumping can be stressful, and clock watching or fiddling with an alarm may make the experience even more so. Time keeping strategies which are not quite so accurate time-wise but might be less stressful and ultimately more effective include:•Watching a favourite TV program, pumping during the commercials and resting during the show •Watching a movie, pumping through one scene and resting during the next •Listening to music, pumping during two songs and resting during the next two •Reading a book placing your book mark four to six pages ahead – pump until you reach it and then move it ahead and rest until you reach it again