Making less milk while EBF vs pumping?
I was originally breastfeeding/pumping for bottles throughout the day so I didn’t need to whip one out in public or so my partner could help but I was barely scraping by with making enough with pumping so I started EBF for the last few days. I’m assuming I’m making enough during the day because she sleeps after feeding and will let me know when she’s hungry and isn’t uncontrollable. I try pumping at night but I’m pumping far less than I did even after the last breastfeed of the night. My baby also drains the boobs each time so I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong.
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I pump and breastfeed together ! I also eat a lot and drink water which helped my supply’s. I pump after every feed/after feed pump as many times and she eats it will bring your supply’s up. Don’t worry if it’s not much now it will be get better in a couple of weeks. I pump at least 3 times at night and early mornings. Now I make around 8oz after each pumping session but you also have to be careful if you don’t want to be an over supplier. Pump between 2am-6am that’s when you have higher prolactin levels. For me it works feeding her the bottle and while she eats I pump and when she is ready to sleep I breastfeed which keeps my supply’s up! I also eat lactation cookies
You make less at night than you do in the morning! Also, this fully depends on your timeline, but if this happened around 6-ish weeks, then your supply has regulated! A normal output of pumping after a session is 0.5-2oz TOTAL.