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Hello all,
Can someone please help me. I am already frustated, which is pathetic because I have been pumping for maybe a day.
My daugher stopped nursing in June or July of last year and I have been able to squeeze a few drops here and there every since.
Our baby girl is due May 14th so I am starting to pump and starting the herbs in the hopes that I can build up a supply sufficient to feed her by then.
I am pumping and getting NOTHING. However, when I stop pumping and hand express, I get good sized drops. The drops have definitely increased in volume, even though I have only been pumping for the past 24 hours or so, but I never see them from just pumping. I have to hand express to get them.
Will the pump eventually be able to get the milk out? Is this a function of the fact that I have very little milk in the first place or a function of my pump not being good enough?
Did this happen to anyone else?
I am using a Medela Pump in Style double electric and I have considered renting a hospital grade if I need to.
I know I am being goofy to even be worried this early in the game but I SO want this to work.
Any advice, encouragement or stories of your experiences would be GREATLY appreciated.
I would also like to know how many times a day I should be pumping this early in the process and for how long each session. I am committed to this but I also have a super busy schedule. I work from home and also school 2 of my 3 kids from home, so my days are packed. Is 3 or 4 times a day enough for now? If I add dom and bump up the pumping frequency in March and/or April, do you think I will be able to make it happen?
Thanks a bunch!
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I am a teacher, and same thing as you, very busy with kids afterschool etc. I manage to get in about 5 times a day and maybe 6 on weekends. Every 3 hours or so, exccept when I am working or unable to be at home to pump.
Was it you, that is not sure about dom? If you are ok with it, I would get on that asap. From what I have read, it can be very unproductive it you dont take that.
I dont know what to tell you about the hand expressing. I would keep pumping and then hand express if that is what is working. The pumping will stimulate and hopefully work too!
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PS I found out that we can rent a hospital grade pump and pay for it using our medical savings account through my husband's work. This is SUCH good news! I am doubting that my pump is efficient enough to do this job.
I am a teacher too. I teach from home though. 7th and 8th grade science. :)
I use a pump in style but started with the hospital grade medela symphony. It cost $400 for only a few months! I transitioned over a month to make sure that the pis was sufficient. I believe that the symphony was better but my supply is still improving with the pis so it was worth switching. The cost over the time I need to pump was just too expensive. This one is free!
I would start the dom now. I would think you cant just go off when baby comes but over time, other people have said you could at least cut down if not come completly off of it.
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