Need advice about pumping pleeaaase

[Barefoot~Baker]

I have never had good luck pumping. I can never get enough to give the baby in a bottle. I just want to have bottles on hand for when I'm out shopping, or taking the kids to school, etc. I'm a sahm, so I don't need a lot, just for going out a couple of times a week.

When should I be pumping? After feedings? I've tried hand expressing and I have a medela pump-in-style. I thought getting a good pump would help things, but I still can't seem to get enough out.

Any other advice is welcome, thank you!

[Mrs-Mama]

I pump one side while feeding on the other first thing in the morning...it helps with the letdown. I usually get about 4 oz...been doing it since DD was about 3 weeks old.

[LindsC]

Right now I am pumping after DD's first feeding of the day since I haven't been able to co-ordinate pumping while feeding. I find that that is when I get the most milk.

[curious&eager]

i pump twice before my weekly outing. i pump while ds is feeding. i'm not coordinated enough yet to do both, so dh helps keep the baby in a good position while i pump. the milk flows much more freely and faster than trying it without babe sucking. but i'm new to it so maybe with practice it'll get easier too.

[Barefoot~Baker]

nak

ty all, i will try out your methods!

[lilypotter]

Hi friends, i gave ur advices to my friend. She thanked you all as it worked out well for her.

[Baby_Cakes]

DD still nurses through the night, her last nursing usually around 6 am. I try to pump every morning at around 8 am. She doesn't get hungry again until around 9 or 10, so I feel comfortable pumping that milk and having it for another time. Milk production is at its highest in the am, so use that to your advantage.

[justKate]

Lots of water if you aren't already.

Baby "porn": look at your baby; visualize your baby going after the breast; look at your favorite photos of the baby; think about the baby eating.

Shoulders down, lean forward a little, and relax!

ETA: Another possibility is letting your LO get one breast "going" then switch him to the other while you pump that breast. This might require assistance though....