Expressing argh

[monkey2014]

Am trying to express for going back to work, but am getting less than 1oz a time! Have only been trying for a day....do I persevere? Why so little?

[BertrandRussell]

I think you need to persevere- can you hire a hospital-type pump? That's what a friend of mine did.

But to warn you- I could never express whatever I did. I had loads of milk but it would only come out for the baby. I think I was quite a rare case though.

[monkey2014]

I gave it a go again later and got more - hopefully it was just wrong time of day for me.

If this doesn't work, should I try him with formula in the day or does he not need it?

[MrsMillions]

How old will he be?

[CityDweller]

Keep trying A takes body a while to get used to expressing. Could try a hand pump - I tend to get more this way. And good advice on upping pumping yield on the kellymom website

[maygirl]

Best way for me was to express one boob while baby feeding off the other! Once you are at work and actually missing feeds it's much easier to express too .

[CatsCantFlyFast]

Think you need to express multiple times a day for about a week to increase supply and see a decent increase in yield x

[monkey2014]

Thanks everyone, will keep trying. He is 10 months