HELP! Pumping questions!!!!!!

Oatmeal is good for increasing milk supply, too. It's a good excuse to eat some cookies!

Not all women are able to pump much. A baby is much more efficient at emptying the breast. You should pump after the baby eats and for maybe 5 minutes for every hour. If your baby eats every two hours, I would simply pump for ten minutes after every feeding. If your baby eats less frequently, I would pump every 2-3 hours for ten to fifteen minutes. Before you know it, you will have a nice freezer stash. 2 oz. is very normal per session.

 

oy...maybe you guys should stop the milk vibes...they seem to be having the opposite effect
I have been eating at least one bowl of oatmeal every morning, actually. I love it lol
I don't know whats going on, but starting yesterday afternoon, he's been eating non stop. And I mean non stop. I haven't even showered. My butt hurts from sitting so much and I'm exhausted. I think it may be a growth spurt, but his growth spurts have usually only been a day, maybe 2...this has been going on for about 5 days now, with the exception of the day I made the post abount him being happy and back to normal.
I can't even get him to nap now. The only time he sleeps is when he's nursing. If I break him off, he cries. He's still having lots of wet and poopy diapers thankfully, and is not showing any signs of dehydration.
I also went from getting up to 4 oz out of one pumping session down to 1 oz today
I'm going insane! I'm seriously ready to cry! I had to put him in the swing for a few minutes and just let him cry while I left the room. I have no one to help me and I'm just trying to keep myself calm. All the people I talked to after having him said PPD doesn't happen after 6 weeks, but I am scaring myself. I used to have very bad depression when I was a teen, and I haven't felt this way since then. I used to cut my arms up, and even that sounded good today.....AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!!!! I just had to shake my head and tell myself to get a grip.
He hates every carrier and sling I have, so it's not even like I can keep him happy that way.
Poor leane has been completely neglected, and I can tell she's upset. I have to keep stopping myself from taking my frustration out on her.
I wish I could just stop this pumping crap and go back to soley nursing him. I do not want to go back to school, but it's my paycheck from school that pays most of the bills. We just can't make it without 2 incomes.
I'm just having a really bad day...you guys are the only ones I have to rant to...

 

big hugs mama, big hugs!!


this too shall pass

 

this is so true...I remember being exactly in the same situation...you are not alone in this.... we are all here for you.

 

thanks
I was having a really bad day that day. I feel better now. I just hate being in the kind of situation where I have no control over what's going on and I don't know what to do. I've been decreasing the pumping times to 2 per day and that's it. I'm not getting as much out, but at the same time, it's still almost the same amount I was getting before, and Xavier isn't suffering because of it. Yesterday I was still able to pump and he was happy

 

you're doing great!

you are tapping into all those motherly instincts that we all have, sometimes we have to dig real deep to get to them, but they are there...and i think you've clearly found them....