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How long can I pump for??? #12944 11/19/09 02:06 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 91 BC, Canada mamat OP member
OP mamat member Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 91 BC, Canada	I have been pumping now for 2 months. I am getting around 7 ounces per day and have been freezing it. Well, we got matched yesterday and baby is not due until march!! That will mean that I will have been pumping for 6 months before baby is even here! Is that ok to do? I dont mind pumping, as it has become a regular part of my daily routine (4-5 times per day). Any thoughts on this would be great! Tara mama to 3 beautiful adopted kiddos-Alexa (8), Angie(5), Jaxon (5) and hoping to bf our 4th little one...due March 2010!

Re: How long can I pump for??? mamat #12946 11/19/09 10:12 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,785 Idaho Lalle extra helpful experienced member
Lalle extra helpful experienced member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,785 Idaho	Tara Congratulations!!!! It is fine to pump that long you should have a very nice supply and milk stored once baby arrives. Laurie~Craig's wife~Mom to 4 blessings nurtured at the breast CJ(24)Travis(21)Beka~adopted(9)Rab(6)

Re: How long can I pump for??? Lalle #12966 11/30/09 12:27 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,176 Nona extra helpful experienced member
Nona extra helpful experienced member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,176	I pumped for a year and had a freezer full. My max pumping was 10 ounces a day. Keep up the good work! Adoptive mommy to 4 , Last 2 adopted nursed. Youngest nursed till she was 5! Raising 2 grandbabies, as infants they were raised on donor breast milk

Re: How long can I pump for??? Nona #12971 12/04/09 01:39 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 91 BC, Canada mamat OP member
OP mamat member Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 91 BC, Canada	Thanks for the reassurance ladies! I am finding that I am on a bit of a plateau right now. I had been increasing by an ounce every week to week and a half and now I have been stuck on 6-7 ounces for a few weeks at least. I think over christmas holidays ( i am off for 2 weeks) I will really try to do all that I need to to get it to the next level. 14 weeks to go! T mama to 3 beautiful adopted kiddos-Alexa (8), Angie(5), Jaxon (5) and hoping to bf our 4th little one...due March 2010!

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