how much milk do you get when you express?

[roboass]

i only get 1oz 8 months in

also what pump do you use?ive only ever used a manual.
i have to pump 9 times for 20mins a time to get one feed

same as shellylou. sometimes it was a feast, sometimes a famine!
i used the avent isis iq uno, but switched to the manual part of it, because i found it more reliable.

sorry, can't help with the cows milk q, ds 9 months old.

one day we will look back on sleepless nights as a distant memory (and then get pregnant again having forgotten what it was like.....)

I'm amazed by those who get 4+oz on a breast in one go!

I have a Medela swing (great pump) and get 1-3oz per side. I do have small boobs (I know they say that size of boob has nothing to do with supply, but physicially cannot imagine being able to stockpile 7oz in one boob with the size they are), and actually needed to get the smaller nipple attachment to pump more effectively. Manual did diddly for me.

I pump because DS2 is a snacker, and I find that giving him a full feed in the bottle for the last feed of the night (10-10:30pm) buys me couple more hours of sleep (so only wakes once in the night instead of 2-3 times). Also allows me the idea of freedom (have yet to leave him alone for more than 1 hour, so I am amassing quite a stock of EBM in the freezer!).

With DS1, I half breast fed and half bottle fed EBM for the same reason (lazy feeder, prone more to snacking than taking a full feed in one go). I found it easier to get him on a routine doing so.

Hi RA look here

this might just be what you are after? ive added loads of extra bits too.
i used to get upto 6oz a side, although sometimes only 1oz and once about 15oz! don't know what happened that day though!

what i like about the swing is, its quite so you can still watch tv, while expressing lol!!

also you can get the strength of the suck to suit you, although i used to put it on max suck as i was inpatient to get it done.

please try to keep going if you can, but you've done so well getting this far, well done to you.

roboass, sorry you are having a hard time.

On the type of pump, I used to use the industrial hospital pumps in the hospital (SCBU) which were fantastic, but I averaged only 1-2 oz per session, the most I ever got was 4 oz - only once, and in the morning after a whole night. I was bursting.

There were ladies next to me, come in at lunch time, use the same pump, and get 5-10 oz thick milk at a go, easy peasy.

It is very individual what you get. Also, although almost every woman has adequate supply (if baby is put to breast on demand), each woman's storage capacity (ie volume of feed delivered at one go) is very different, along with force of let down.

I suspect my dcs were both little and often feeders because they were snackers by nature and also because I could not store much. Both were truly shocking in the sleep department for ages and ages (ds 17 months still wakes 4-5x per night) though part of the reason is because they were using me as a human dummy and refused the latex ones.

I am coping because feeds were very quick during the day (5-10 mins) and did not bother me. At night, I co-slept and bf-ed.

By all means try the electric pump. See how that goes. {{{hugs}}}

Don't know if it is feasible for you, but with dd1 she only ever took 1 breast, so I used to pump the other one at the same time- got about 2oz a time, so could get 6oz easy in a day. I found my let-down was better when she was actually sucking. Couldn't do it with dd2 and ds, cos they took/ take both boobs!

morning glory - i went from a small a cup to a BIG D cup with DC1. That's where the storage came from (only got to a C this time around).

It was the first time men had ever talked to my chest , but the stretch marks were something of an eyesore TMI!

What's the collective wisdom on snacking BF babies - when dc2 was snacky I used to keep him on one side for an at least hour, no matter how much he snacked and then change sides iyswim - I thought that would make sure he got thru to the hind milk and didn't just keep getting nice thirst quenching drinks, but would actually fill up on something more substantial. It also stopped me getting nibbled to death and (lucky me, for the supply) totally engorged to the point of agony!

Saw one lady swapping sides every 10 mins with her unsettled one at a group I went to and thought it would be very tiring.

Roboass - obvious I know, but you do rest up (laughable I know with a little one) as much as possible don't you? I find bfing quite tiring if I'm rushing around too much and that can spoil the flow.