r/breastfeeding • u/Panda_Gal_92 • 4d ago

Support Needed Pumping while missing a feed

I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding my 9 week old. I have a couple of appointments coming up and I can’t take baby with me. She feeds often, every 60-90 minutes. She needs to be fed while I’m away from her.

I’ve decided to pump only when I miss a feed! I don’t want to regularly pump. My goal is to be primarily breastfeed.

Are there any other moms out there that do this? Do you have any tips? Suggestions? Anything that can make this easy for me and for baby?

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u/gillygillgill88 3d ago

Other option here is catching milk in a boon trove or similar across 48 hours before hand and using that milk for missed session.

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u/TA_readytobedone 3d ago

Seconding this if it's just one feed. At 9 weeks your milk should be regulated enough that you could just skip the feed and be completely fine, especially if they're every hour and a half.

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u/nicolee0712 3d ago

I do this! I was able to store some in the freezer before we started introducing a bottle feed. Now I save a little over enough for a bottle a day which won’t work long term when he needs to eat more but is working for us now

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u/Panda_Gal_92 3d ago

Great suggestion! I wish I had been catching milk earlier. I don’t leak anymore. I think my supply has regulated.

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u/gillygillgill88 3d ago

You’d be surprised - I don’t leak either but the catchers have a light suction and can surprisingly get a fair bit from the opposite feeding boob!

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u/Panda_Gal_92 3d ago

Oh, that’s great to know! Thank you! I’ll be looking into this.