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I am bf my 2 week old baby as well as pumping in between feedings. I'm pumping about 5 to 6 times a day and every time I get 3oz is this ok for my baby being this young or should I be able to pump more

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Be careful pumping that much so early. You don’t wanna create an oversupply and end up with mastitis

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Yes, that’s normal. Your baby is only 2 weeks old & has a small stomach. So he doesn’t need much. Your body often supply’s as much as your baby needs.  The amount of milk you produce should increase the older your baby gets and increase as his stomach grows and he needs more milk.  It isn’t the best idea to pump that much this early on. You can create over supply & possibly develop mastitis.  Good luck. 💕

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For motivation here is my deep freezer. Since you are getting so much so early I would come up with a good way to organize the extra milk sooner rather then later!!

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I’m going to go against everyone here... I think that’s great volume to get after baby feeds.  I wouldn’t worry about over supply and mastitis just keep up with pumping and may need to invest in a deep freezer (I had to) I have exclusively pumped since day 3 since my son was a premie and I was told I couldn’t he couldn’t feed off the boob because he would use more calories getting the milk than he would get. Anyway I was able to build a great stash of frozen milk (1,118oz to be exact) before going back to work. I pump every 4 hours! Great work mama!!!

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