Thursday, 27 September 2012

Loosing supply :-(

I have cut down to pumping only 5x a day and my supply is getting low which I need to get back up. I currently have 2 freezer drawers full maybe 60 bags between 100-200ml but I am so scared of it slowly disappearing. I used to be able to do a full days worth of milk and put some in the freezer at the end of the day but now I'm using 2 bags each days without freezing any.
Exclusively pumping is hard work and I am over the moon we have reached 4 months and plan on continuing . It just takes so much time off the day and sometimes feel like giving up.
My current schedule for pumping is,

  • when I wake so 8am
  • 11am
  • 3pm
  • 7pm
  • 10 pm.
I am going to alter it to,

  • 3/4am
  • when I wake up.
  • 10/11
  • 2pm
  • 5pm
  • 10pm
Im hoping this will help. I know we are coming up to weaning soon I just want to make sure I have enough for when I go back to work in january. I dont mind using frozen for home but when my parent have esmae on the saturday I want to give them fresh as it lasts longer out. 
So my plan is to squeeze one more pumping session in. Even if I can just get closer to 30 oz I will be happy.

Update.
I made it to end boxing day and slowly started decreasing my sessions. I was so happy I made it to 7 months. I would definitely do it again as it was such an achievement :-)

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