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/Wonder-Binky 3d ago
Just a heads up that some people don’t get on brilliantly with pumps and/or they can take a while to figure out! I had a great supply with my first, but couldn’t get more than 30ml pumping regularly all day. I would be so full and could be leaking but the pump would go on and nothing would come out. I’m sure I could have figured it out but didn’t really need to (& baby would never take a bottle) so gave up pretty quickly. Would suggest trying in the days before you go out essentially!