Milk supply question

Hi there. I have a DS who is almost 8 weeks old. Since he was 3
weeks, I've pumped his lunch so DH could give it to him. Over the
last week or so he's been eating more at that feeding -- 5-6oz.
However, in one pumping session, double pumping using a Medela
pump-in-style, I tend to only get about 5oz total.

That's not the problem, I can pump another time just a little and have
enough for his lunch, my concern is that he's not getting enough to
eat the rest of the feedings, at the breast.

Yes, he wets plenty of diapers, and yes he is gaining weight fine, so
I know he's eating ok -- but he nurses frequently.

Anybody have any thoughts?

Could be a growth spurt and that is why he's nursing more often. If hes
having enough wet and poppy diapers than everything is alright.

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Laura
Mommy to Izabella **Feb 10th, 2003**
And 2 felines *Ashes(3) & George (5)*
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"Vicki" wrote in message
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Hi there. I have a DS who is almost 8 weeks old. Since he was 3
weeks, I've pumped his lunch so DH could give it to him. Over the
last week or so he's been eating more at that feeding -- 5-6oz.
However, in one pumping session, double pumping using a Medela
pump-in-style, I tend to only get about 5oz total.

That's not the problem, I can pump another time just a little and have
enough for his lunch, my concern is that he's not getting enough to
eat the rest of the feedings, at the breast.

Yes, he wets plenty of diapers, and yes he is gaining weight fine, so
I know he's eating ok -- but he nurses frequently.

Anybody have any thoughts?

Vicki writes:

: Yes, he wets plenty of diapers, and yes he is gaining weight fine, so
: I know he's eating ok -- but he nurses frequently.

: Anybody have any thoughts?

Yes. Babies are *supposed* to nurse frequently!

Good luck,
Larry

Vicki wrote:

Hi there. I have a DS who is almost 8 weeks old. Since he was 3
weeks, I've pumped his lunch so DH could give it to him. Over the
last week or so he's been eating more at that feeding -- 5-6oz.
However, in one pumping session, double pumping using a Medela
pump-in-style, I tend to only get about 5oz total.

That's not the problem, I can pump another time just a little and have
enough for his lunch, my concern is that he's not getting enough to
eat the rest of the feedings, at the breast.

Yes, he wets plenty of diapers, and yes he is gaining weight fine, so
I know he's eating ok -- but he nurses frequently.

Anybody have any thoughts?

Common thought is that a pump isn't as good as a baby in getting the
milk out. Thus how much you pump does not indicate how much
milk you are making.

5 ounces for a pumping session is pretty good. At my peak (pumping
at work, starting when DD was 12 weeks old), I would
pump 8 ounces my morning session and 5-6 my afternoon session
and I had an ample supply.

Mary

"Vicki" wrote in message
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Hi there. I have a DS who is almost 8 weeks old. Since he was 3
weeks, I've pumped his lunch so DH could give it to him. Over the
last week or so he's been eating more at that feeding -- 5-6oz.
However, in one pumping session, double pumping using a Medela
pump-in-style, I tend to only get about 5oz total.

That's not the problem, I can pump another time just a little and have
enough for his lunch, my concern is that he's not getting enough to
eat the rest of the feedings, at the breast.

Yes, he wets plenty of diapers, and yes he is gaining weight fine, so
I know he's eating ok -- but he nurses frequently.

Anybody have any thoughts?

How much or how little you can get pumping bears no relevance to how much
milk there is. If you let your son nurse as and when he wants to for as long
as he wants to your supply will grow with his changing needs. It might be
that he's wanting more as he's growing, you might need to increase your
pumping time to match his new needs for that feed, but as I said, if you
follow his cues he will already be communicating how much he needs at the
breast and your milk supply will increase accordingly.

Nikki

Vicki wrote:

Over the
last week or so he's been eating more at that feeding -- 5-6oz.
However, in one pumping session, double pumping using a Medela
pump-in-style, I tend to only get about 5oz total.

You might watch out for bottle preference, if his bottle
feed gets bigger and bigger and bigger. But Caterpillar
often drinks more at a feeding than I can pump, part of
which is that pumps aren't as efficient as babies.

Phoebe
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