Milk Stash?

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What does your freezer stash of milk look like? My boy is 7 weeks this Sunday and I have a bunch of 1oz and 2oz bags. I exclusively breastfeed so I find it hard to get a large amount in between feeds. I want to have something just in case but is it okay to only have so many of such small amounts?!

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My stash at 3 weeks pp. Granted my babe was in the NICU for the first 6 days so I had to pump from the get go and I pretty much gave myself an oversupply. Can’t complain though!

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My son is 4 weeks and I have 9 oz in the freezer in mostly 2oz bags. I've been using the haakaa a few times a day for the last 2 weeks to get enough for a bottle for my husband to do a feed in the evening. I only freeze it if I already have 6oz or so in the fridge.
We haven't gotten a consistent bottle size needed for the evening feeds yet, so I'm sticking with freezing small amounts until we do. I'd rather have to take out a few bags than waste a bunch of milk if he only wants a few oz or completely refuses the bottle.

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My little one is 2 weeks old and I probably have 50 oz of breast milk stored. All I use is the Hakka pump on the opposite breast. It’s so simple. I didn’t have it with my first and I wish I did!

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Totally fine! However, I do store my milk in the fridge until I reach 3 ounces and then freeze it so that I can save bags.

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I’m an oversupplier- my baby is 7w1d and I exclusively pump for her. I have 762oz frozen to date. All 3-7oz in each bag. My baby was a chunk at birth weighing 10lb 8oz. She eats every an average of 3-3.5oz 3-4hours.

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I have close to 300oz but I, like a previous poster, exclusively pump & nurse a couple times a day due to my little guy having lip/tongue ties. He is 7w 3d old 🙏🏻 good luck, anything is a good start ❣️

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My freezer stash is small but growing! Our LO is 6 weeks.
I pump twice a day to relieve engorgement after my baby’s long sleep stretch in the night, to take advantage of a good morning supply, and to let my hubs feed our LO two bottles of EBM daily. I also collect from my haaka when I remember, usually .5-1 oz several times a day.
I’m back to work in a few weeks, so I’m also starting to make sure we have a buffer while adjusting to me pumping for him to have EBM during the workday. I figure that estimating 3-4 meals for 4-5 days would be a good start, but someone tell me if I’m wrong!

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My son is 5 weeks as well. I started pumping at 3 weeks, trying to pump twice a day morning and evening, and using the Haakaa maybe 2-3 times when I remember. I’m getting around 60 oz per week and freezing in 3 oz bags for now. Will eventually increase to 4 oz but prefer not to waste a ton. I have a bottle in the fridge I keep extra in until I get to a 3 oz quantity to freeze.

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I EBF too I rarely pump but I do use a haaka to collect my morning milk off the opposite breast as I’m often very full due to baby sleeping on avg 6 hours per night, two morning feeds will get me about 5oz combined which I then freeze
My little girl is 5 weeks and doing this has seen me collect around 125oz which is currently in the freezer I then use it as and when needed ie if I want a break and my OH gives her a bottle before bed (but I do pump a missed feed) 
The haaka is so much less stress if you’re just looking to collect here and there like me x

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