Breastfeeding and pumping moms
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Unfortunately my baby has to have a bottle bc i tried with his latch for 2 months and it didn’t work 😭 anyways i pump every 3 hours. With my daughter I would only pump if i still felt a bit full after a feed so I didn’t lose my supply.
I pump around 3-4 times a day and pump 1 time each night. I usually pump when dad or grandma is bottle feeding her so I don’t lose my supply. I also prefer to bottle feed her during the day because when she latches, she tends to fall asleep which works great for me at night. Each night she’ll wake up at 3am and 5am, get a diaper change, breastfeed, burp, and falls right back asleep but she never empties me out so I choose to pump after she falls asleep at 5am. I honestly hate pumping and I get lazy to clean the parts lol but my fear of losing milk supply is stronger. My baby turns 10 weeks tomorrow and since I only have a month left of my maternity leave, I’ve begun to build my freezer stash so my can continue to drink my breast milk while I’m off at work.
Every day I drink this hydration drink three times a day. I combine 100% coconut water, white cranberry/strawberry juice, and a splash of coconut milk. Tastes just like the Starbucks pink drink! I absolutely love coconut in general and each pumping session I produce at least 6oz. Prior to the drink, I’d only produce around 3oz. I pump for 15-18 min each time
Just breastfeed
I only pump once a day! Maybe twice! My main goal for pumping is to let daddy feed once in a while and mainly, have a small stash for any time I am out of the house when she’s hungry. I way prefer breast feeding so our pumping/bottle feeding is minimal