Moms who exclusively pump

How many times a day do you pump, and how do you fit it into the day? I am having such a hard time getting in more than 3 sessions per day. I pump as soon as I get up, then I am busy doing stuff all day and I usually get a session in in the late afternoon, then I pump right before I go to bed. It usually works out to be about every 7-9 hours. I know that if I keep this up that I'm going to lose my supply, but I just can't seem to time it right to do it every 6 hours like I used to.

What makes it worse (I think) is that DH is out of work right now (on worker's comp) so he can take the baby for me if I need to pump, but he usually wants to go out and do stuff during the day, so I guess that's why I can't get in as many sessions as I should. I don't know which would be better -- to have him here or back to work.

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Just wanted to let you know that my LC said that thats the schedule that women who pump for extended periods of time sort of fall into.

Thats just what I do, pump at like 9, then again at 5 and again at 11.

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When you went to this schedule, did your supply diminish?

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I pumped every three hours in the beginning and then spread it out to every four hours, but I had a horribly low supply and didn't want to lose it. I think if you are still getting the same milk each time though you should be fine.

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I only pump twice a day now!

I've been getting about 12-13oz each time.

My milk supply used to be really low and I was pumping like every 3-4 hours. Wht increazed my milk supply (finally) was my clogged milk ducts. I was getting them a lot within these 2 weeks and all I was doing was pumping. One puming session took me 4 hours! I guess all that work increased my supply.

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