How much milk should I be producing?

Question

Hi I’m 9 weeks PP my baby eats about 3-4oz every feeding.. it’s hard for him to finish 4. 
I exclusively pump due to work reasons and only BF him when he wakes up at 2am or 5am to feed then I give him 4oz at his regular feeding times bottled. I realize and keep hearing from other women who pump 8oz in a sitting or more. I only produce 2oz from each breast max… sometimes I only make 1oz per breast. Is this normal or I just have low supply? 
Yes I pump every 2-3 hours, yes I’ve tried lactation teas and snacks. I’m not consistent with it like I used to be before. I just don’t know how I can produce more milk.. I’ve also power pumped before everyday 2x a day… now because I’m back at work I don’t have time to power pump or really pump normally. I still do but sometimes it’ll stretch out 3.2 hours around there.

Answer

4oz is enough. Being able to pump 8oz in one sitting is not the typical. And tbh I was an oversupplier like that and you don’t want that in your life. Sooooo many clogged ducts. I EP for my son for 8 months and then he was combo fed frozen milk and formula until 11 months he never ever drank more than a 5oz bottle of breastmilk. Some people will tell you even 5oz is too much but my son had weight gain issues so I didn’t follow the typical “rules” which is not to exceed 4oz per bottle. You don’t need to drink the teas, those might actually hurt your supply.

Answer

Baby needs about 24-30 oz per day total, and bottles should be 1-1.25 oz per hour since his last bottle,  so if he has a bottle at 9 and is having another one at 12 it should be 3-3.75 ounces, and you should be pumping as often as baby has a bottle. Babies are also more efficient than pumps so he may be getting more when he is nursing at night than you are getting when pumping. The most important thing is he is having at least 6 wet diapers per day and gaining weight on his own curve.

How much milk should I be producing?

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