most you've pumped?

[Cathypie]

this morning during my morning pump i pumped 9 oz out of my right side! and like 7 out of the left but thats standard for me on one side. 9 from one side and the combined total of 16 is a new personal best :giggle2: . got me wondering though... whats the most you've pumped in a sitting? surely i'm not the only one that keeps track of this kind of thing. am i:blush: ?

[jessicacarol]

I have pumped 20 oz when I do not pump all night! It was a little uncomfortable!

[lgarrett]

That's pretty impressive. I usually pump 9 ounces total, both sides combined, over 3-4 pumping sessions while at work. I've maybe pumped 4 ounces from one side before, but it was a total fluke.

[CrazedChris]

The most so far I have gotten is 8 ounces combined from both, but I am still building up. :)

[Aleesh_Mom]

The most I ever got from one session was 12 oz. That was waaaaaay in the beginning, and now I can get about 1 oz. :(

[Cathypie]

this was my first thing in the morning pump. i wake up at 5am for work and the first thing i do is pump. even on my days off i have to get up at 5am cuz i have 2 cantaloupes on my chest. i'm always hurting so bad it often wakes me up before the alarm goes off

[K-Murph]

I think the maximum capacity my left boob can hold is 8oz and right, 7oz (and that's really pushing it for both sides :giggle: delaying pumping and) emptying the boobs as completely as possible ... Any more and milk just starts leaking from the nips. :giggle2:

[twolittlebirds]

The most I've gotten is 35 ounces total. :blush: I go all night without pumping and usually get around 30 at my first session, though.

[JessieV]

The most I've gotten is 35 ounces total. :blush: I go all night without pumping and usually get around 30 at my first session, though.

Oh my goodness! That's crazy! I didn't know that was even possible!

The most I've gotten from both boobs combined is 6 ounces and I was super excited. My average is about 4 ounces combined.

[rosefall]

The most I've gotten is 35 ounces total. :blush: I go all night without pumping and usually get around 30 at my first session, though.

Wow! There's no doubt your body is producing enough for twins! The most I've gotten is about 13 ounces. There are times I could have gotten more, but I pump into 6 oz bottles and am too lazy to switch bottles out when they're full.

[twolittlebirds]

Oh my goodness! That's crazy! I didn't know that was even possible!


It is, but I have a feeling my boobs will never look the same after feeding twins. :cry:

[JessieV]

It is, but I have a feeling my boobs will never look the same after feeding twins. :cry:


Oh I didn't see that you were bf'ing twins, I guess that makes a little more sense but that's still A LOT of milk and I imagine very uncomfortable in the morning!

You are AWESOME for bf'ing twins by the way :)

[LeslieT]

Most days I pump once during my 10 hour shift, and get between 12 & 20 ounces total. Some days the girls go overboard...like today.

I've pumped once today so far, 3 hours ago, and got 11 oz from one side and 6 from the other. I have 2.5 more hours at work, almost 3 before I can be home & nursing dd, so I may go pump once more. I am feeling pretty uncomfortable already, and I don't know if I'll make it all the way through the day without another session.

Meanwhile, I only work 2 days a week, and dd hates bottles...so she will take a max of 8 ounces for the entire day. Most days, she'll only deign to take 4 ounces, to keep from starving. So you can imagine what my freezer looks like.

[thefragile7393]

I could get oodles with my son, but with my second it seems as though my body only produces what i need. So for me, for a while, it's been 10 oz a day.

[For The Love Of Cloth]

Wow, and I was excited to just get 4 oz from both sides. :giggle: But you all give me something to work toward!

[MomToMyMonkeys]

I only pump 3-4 times a day (pretty much exclusively pumping) and I usually get between 8-10 ounces each time. But first thing in the morning I generally get about 15-20 ounces depending on what time I pumped the night before. The most I've gotten first thing in the morning is 26 ounces, but I drank a TON of water the night before and the baby slept 12 hours! I freeze on average about 20 ounces a day after she eats...

[emerel]

It is, but I have a feeling my boobs will never look the same after feeding twins. :cry:

I am nursing six month old twins and I know exactly what you mean! I look at them pulling and looking around and such and think I will never look the same again when they are finished with me!

[emerel]

Wow! Some of these totals are awesome, wish I was close to them! I have only been pumping a few weeks and the most I think i have gotten is a combined 7 oz. We still co sleep and they nurse a few times a night and I am home with them all day so it is hard to find many times a day to pump, and hard to go very long without nursing.

[jessicap]

With my first 2 boys (one is 5 now and the other is turning 3), they were preemies and I was an overproducer. I would produce about 24 oz every 3 hours. If I missed a session, I would know it because I was begging for my breasts to explode just to relieve the pressure. The most I pumped though was about 32-35 oz...

But momma you pumping 7-9 oz is awesome. The larger amounts is not the norm. For those of us who produce a large amount for 1 baby it gets difficult because a lot of us deal then with foremilk/hindmilk imbalances. A woman I know her baby had FTT because of her oversupply, no one had ever talked to her about foremilk/hindmilk and he was getting full off of just the foremilk and was as though he just was never getting enough even though he was full all of the time..

So anyhow, what I was getting at is, you are doing AWESOME!!:thumbsup:

[drenotdoctor]

I had to exclusively pump with my firstborn (he wasn't able to latch), and I produced about 60-70 oz per day. (I ended up donating 5 gallons to a milkbank when we moved cross country) I am normally a b cup and was easily a dd when i was pumping for him lol. My dd never took a bottle :giggle:
and my ds was in the nicu, so I was pumping for him a lot in the beginning, and it has evened out now. I still ended up donating a bunch to the milkbank again.

[moobiegirl]

With ds I pumped 4-5 times a day just to get 12 oz. Right now I get about 5 oz with the one pump that I'm able to do each day. I hope my pumping output goes up with my dd because I can't pump more during the day.

[oddduck]

I'm not nursing or pumping anymore - but on certain occasions I could pump 12-13oz... and sometimes I'd be pressed to pump 2oz.

[Kreolemom]

The most I've ever pumped with this baby is 11 oz total. But I probably leaked another ounce or so before I got home to pump.

I could probably get more but I've cut back on my pumping since I am running out of freezer space.

[CEVmommy]

Right now I need 6 oz per day for daycare (two 3 oz bottles). If I get it all in one shot I'm super psyched! Usually I only get 3-4 oz each session, so I have to pump twice. I think the most I've ever pumped in a session was 7-8 oz.

[theosmom]

I usually get 4 to 5 ounces per pumping session, but I have gotten 8 before, especially back when ds was around 4 months old and I was still making extra milk. Now I am pretty regulated.

[BLMmommabear]

the most I have ever pumped was 14.5 ounces in one pump. 34 Ounces in a day.
I exclusively pump, though.

[babyGmommy]

I have pumped 20 oz when I do not pump all night! It was a little uncomfortable!

yeah that was me a few times, i think it was around 18-20 Oz. it was quite funny though i was at my mothers and came into the kitchen and my moms eyes jumped out of her head. my mom had lots of problems nursing back in the day. she never questioned me about producing enough for the girls

[carsonsmommy1108]

You are all making me jealous! The most I've ever gotten is 5.5 oz total, and that was first thing in the morning and he had slept longer than normal that night...

[paaschjc]

Wow, I am impressed with how much some people can pump. I'm jelous. If I can get 3-4 oz, I'm pretty psyched. When I pump exclusively at work, I can pump about half the amount my baby eats at home so I have to get up at least once or twice at night to pump when she doesn't want to bfeed to catch up on my supply.
Anybody else have huge differences in how much they get from each side? I produce about twice as much on the right versus the left and I can't seem to get a let down on my left either through pumping or nursing. I need her to nurse on he right to then get a let down for both sides. It's kind of annoying.
Do babies consume more milk as they get older. My baby is 3.5 months now and takes about 4 oz every couple of hours when given a bottle so I assume she consumes about that much when bfeeding. I'm worried that if she starts needing a lot more, that I won't be able to keep up.

[jessicap]

Wow, I am impressed with how much some people can pump. I'm jelous. If I can get 3-4 oz, I'm pretty psyched. When I pump exclusively at work, I can pump about half the amount my baby eats at home so I have to get up at least once or twice at night to pump when she doesn't want to bfeed to catch up on my supply.
Anybody else have huge differences in how much they get from each side? I produce about twice as much on the right versus the left and I can't seem to get a let down on my left either through pumping or nursing. I need her to nurse on he right to then get a let down for both sides. It's kind of annoying.
Do babies consume more milk as they get older. My baby is 3.5 months now and takes about 4 oz every couple of hours when given a bottle so I assume she consumes about that much when bfeeding. I'm worried that if she starts needing a lot more, that I won't be able to keep up.

Are you planning on introducing solids at 6m or so? If so, their bm needs decrease a bit as they are on solids. And if you notice there is not enough, can you slip in an extra pumping or two, maybe you can leave a smidge earlier for work, pump when you get there before you start and then maybe get home, nurse your babe, then go ahead and about 20 min. or so later pump a bit....it will be enough to demand more of your body to produce more milk. But I woudl not worry about it until you see that she is needing more.

[paaschjc]

Yes I a plan on introducing solids when she's ready. I usually take my baby to work with me in the mornings until about 1 pm and then hubby picks her up for the afternoon and I pump at work. I've actually found that pumping every hour or so works best since I have trouble getting more than one letdown unless I sit for quite a while to get the second one. Usually the second one doesn't product that much either. So doing onlye one letdown per pumping session seems to take the least amount of time while still giving me the most output. Though like I said, it is only about 1/2 of what she consumes in my absence. It's more difficult when hubby takes her or the entire day as I have that much more to make up later.

[SandraBem]

30 oz! Holy moly! I didn't know boobs could hold that much milk! The most I've ever gotten was 9 oz, but that was after my DS fed.

[Made With Love]

10-12 combined for my first morning session

[littlemunchkie09]

I pump right before I go to bed or else I soak the bed like crazy and poor little DS too. I usually pump after he has been asleep for about 5 hrs. and usually get about 16 combined, give or take 2 ounces. Thats the only time I pump a day.
The most I ever pumped was about 20 oz combined. That was a few weeks ago and I was in painnnn. oh. I was so happy to see that pump when I got home!! I was pretty surprised. I mooooed. :giggle:

[Sky,Air&Oce'sMommy]

Wow...I would LOVE to get 30 oz...right now I only get about 8-9oz combined, but DD2 is constantly nursing...she has even taken to nursing throughout the night again..hopefully when she goes back to sleeping through the night I can double that.

[Ready2Bmommy]

This morning I got a whole 9.5 oz! It has been 3 hours since he nursed, but he's only 6 weeks. Not nearly a 30, but I am proud!! He only takes like 1.5 ounces at a time, so this will last him a while :)

[kelleysunshine]

The most I've gotten is 35 ounces total. :blush: I go all night without pumping and usually get around 30 at my first session, though.

This is impressive! Im totally going to use you as an example when people say women cant possibly produce enough milk to sustain more than one child!

[kelleysunshine]

:blush: I pumped 6-7 ozs combined the other day and was very pleased with myself.

[Ready2Bmommy]

:blush: I pumped 6-7 ozs combined the other day and was very pleased with myself.

For real!:giggle:

[twolittlebirds]

This is impressive! Im totally going to use you as an example when people say women cant possibly produce enough milk to sustain more than one child!

:giggle: Glad to help you out! It's definitely possible. I've donated over 1,000 oz through Milkshare and kept both of my babies satisfied. The human body is amazing!

[~mypreciousbabies~]

In one sitting or over the whole day? When i was pumping for ds, he was eating about 24-32 oz a day (sometimes more) and i was freezing upwards to 24-30 oz of bm too. I am hoping this time around i can do the same. (dd was a terrible nurser and i was lucky to get 12 oz a day :( )

[Synaesthesia]

I usually get an ounce or two from both breasts per pumping session, and that's with a lot of squeezing and coaxing.

[eandjmommy]

Wow, you ladies are impressive at how much you can produce!! I am so jealous. The most I have ever gotten in one sitting was 7-8 ounces. That is very rare though. I typically get about 3-5 ounces per sitting at work and like the PP I have to do a lot of squeezing and coaxing to get even that much. Unfortunately I am not keeping up with DS but I keep trying.

How long does it take you guys to pump? I have to pump about 20 minutes and then do some hand expression for another 10 minutes. I wish it would not take so long.

[metalchick1000]

i exclusively pump, and the most i've gotten was my first morning session, and it was 23 ounces. most in one day was half a gallon :giggle: and i'm still trying to beat that.

[KaysieW003]

i exclusively pump, and the most i've gotten was my first morning session, and it was 23 ounces. most in one day was half a gallon :giggle: and i'm still trying to beat that.

:jawdrop: Holy moly mama! You are a milk making machine!!! :goodvibes:

[MotherMoonPads]

1 ounce. I was never able to pump :blush:

[Equivocal]

Honestly? 7 oz. total and that was after DD slept all the way through the night and hadn't nursed since she went to sleep (so, about 10 hours). The most - not after a full night - was 4 oz.

I didn't produce enough milk for DD.

Next time - I think I am going to exclusively pump and see if I fair better that way.

[keen1981]

when DS#1 STTN for the first time, I pumped 15 ounces by morning. But every other time, I pump exactly as I should, 3 ounces. lol.

[pumkinsmommy]

I exclusively pumped for 6 months. I averaged about 32 ounces a day. It took 6 hours a day to get this. Each session was at least 1 hour. It was a nightmare of depression and feelings of extreme inadequacy. I just couldn't let go of the idea of my baby getting breast milk. I would not do that again. However if I were able to have another baby I think I could fix the problem I was having.

[meeshkasheeba]

8oz this morning on just the right side. My LO was eating off the other side.

[haydn'smommy]

4 oz is the most I get. That can be from both breasts combined when I am pumping at work or it may be from just the left (my big producer) in the middle of the night. I just went back to work and find it hard to get more than 12 oz out in 4 pumpings during that 8 hr period. I pump and do compressions until nothing comes out then switch to hand expression until nothing comes out and then go back to pumping for another 2 min. I am just not a good pumper, but I try real hard. LOL

[CarrieLMB]

I usually get 17 oz first thing in the am. By my last pump of the day I'm down to about 6 oz. I EP though.

[MomsGirl]

I have D cups, not pregnant, does that mean they are going to explode when I become pregnant?

[watawata]

Wow, a lot of you are expressing so much! I was fortunate enough to be able to EBF both of my DS (2 of them; well, DS#1, I had to occasionally supplement with formula at the daycare, but #2 was EBF). If I remember correctly, the most I've pumped at one sitting (both sides combined) was probably 20oz.

I was using Ameda PY, and the bottles were only 5-oz, so when I had to put new bottles in the middle of pumping, I remember my breasts still squirting, and I had to change the bottles so quickly!

This time around (I'm ready to pop for our DS#3), I got the Avent ISIS Duo, and I can attach bigger bottles, so hopefully that'll solve the problem. (well, I'm sure Ameda probably sells bigger bottles, too, but usually 10oz from both size combined was the norm, so I didn't bother buying bigger bottles...)

[DaphneAnn]

Ummm, probably this will scare everyone or you will think I am lying but it's totally true...
My ds would only nurse from one breast per feeding so I would have to pump the other side and then switch breasts for next feeding. I could regularly pump 24 ozs from the one side and whatever he didn't finish off from the other. I had oodles of milk storage...enough to last about 2 months AFTER he stopped nursing!!

[lovebabybela]

Ummm, probably this will scare everyone or you will think I am lying but it's totally true...
My ds would only nurse from one breast per feeding so I would have to pump the other side and then switch breasts for next feeding. I could regularly pump 24 ozs from the one side and whatever he didn't finish off from the other. I had oodles of milk storage...enough to last about 2 months AFTER he stopped nursing!!

OMG!! That' is awesome. I'm a little jealous! I wish I could get that much milk out! I would have so much milk stored I could feed my whole family breakfast lol! I can get about 9-10 at the most and that's IF they are both engorged. Most of the time I can only get about 5 oz total. :(

!

[Nicolescandy]

10 oz the most I have pumped in one session!!

[mugsywebb]

i have pumped 32 oz before in one sitting (baby was at my mom's for about 4 hours) 24oz from one side and 8 from the other.
but i could have kept pumping.... i ran out of storage bags and didn't want to leave it in the bottle to go bad since my mom only watched him 4 hours a day one day a week and DS refused to take a bottle unless it was from my mom...

[OperaDiva]

11 oz while at work. I did once get 10 oz after a feeding though, so I think technically that was more. Generally I get between 5-8 ounces, but I also nurse almost exclusively (he doesn't like bottles much, and I only work once a week).

[mamadurf]

The most I ever got from one session was 12 oz. That was waaaaaay in the beginning, and now I can get about 1 oz. :(

ditto that... I'm putting off pumping right now before bed because DH brought me two storage bottles and last time I pumped and felt this full I only got like 2 oz and yeah... def not two bottles full at all

[Samanthavv]

I write down how many ml i pump at each session, as well as how long I pumped. And then i total it. I think the most I even produced in a day was 1000ml. Thats about 30 or so ounces.

In one sitting? Probably 600ml?? That's about 20 ounces

[Weezy6703]

Wow that seriously makes me want to cry :cry: :banghead: :cry: It takes 4 pumpings during the day plus 3 more at least during the evening hours to get 16 oz for the next day at daycare. Not to mention being gone all day while someone cares for my child, trying to cook when i get home, no help b/c Dh at work, having to write daycare check and not much money left over and pumping on top of all that. if ONLY i could pump that much. Okay it's very hard not to be jealous of some of you :blush:

[haydn'smommy]

Wow that seriously makes me want to cry :cry: :banghead: :cry: It takes 4 pumpings during the day plus 3 more at least during the evening hours to get 16 oz for the next day at daycare. Not to mention being gone all day while someone cares for my child, trying to cook when i get home, no help b/c Dh at work, having to write daycare check and not much money left over and pumping on top of all that. if ONLY i could pump that much. Okay it's very hard not to be jealous of some of you :blush:

I feel the same way. I pump 4 times at work and then 2-3 more times overnight (pump while he nurses) and I get only 21-23 oz/24hrs. Thankfully he's only taking 10-13oz at daycare so I have extra that I can stash in the freezer.

[camillesmom]

Wow- I'm stunned at these numbers. I pump once a day and get 4-5oz total and that's a full bottle for my 3month-old DS. Just goes to show how much it varies!

[renee33019]

I WISH i could get some of the #s you ladies get! I'm happy if I get 3-4 ounces combined.. That's the most I've ever gotten... My lo is just over 2 mos old... I've tried adding more sessions, pumping after bfing, herbs, everything but can't get more than 4 ozs at a time...

[twinmamamaven]

my personal best pump? it was 24 ozs total. I would regularly pump 9 ozs per side at each pumping. I guess I have miracle boobs :giggle2:

[MarineGurl020412]

At the peak of EPing for DD2 I was get about 15-20oz on average per session. Of course she was drinking far more than this at daycare. She was a little Mommy milk addict. :giggle:

ETA ~ This time around I can barely get anything in a session. Just goes to show that you can never use the pump to judge your supply.

[gypsysheart]

Wow my baby is 3 months, and the most I ever got was 6 oz, but normally between 3 and 4 after I have been at work, so about 5 hours. I am so jealous.

[BabyD'sMommy]

WOW!! The amount some of you ladies get makes me jealous! I just started pumping and I'm on only getting like 2-3 oz total each time I pump. I'm pumping like 3x a day (in addition to what my DD eats) and getting a total of 6-9 oz/day. I have no clue how I'm going to get up to 17 oz/day which is the amount I need to start pumping from now until May if I want to store up 2 months worth for my DD. She will be 10 months at the end of April and we want to start TTC then so I would like to have 2 months stored up to get her a year worth of mama's milk just in case I get pregnant my first time trying and my milk dries up fast.

[ks_girl]

half an oz ... and thats both sides combined

[doodle19]

While DD was still nursing I pumped all the time, morning before sitter, twice while at work, once when I got home and before bed. I had a lot of milk and DD wasn't(still isn't) a big eater. I ended up donating milk to my SIL for my nephew who is 4 months younger than DD and she couldn't produce enough for him. So I fed 2 babies for a couple of months.

That being said I did get 12-14oz out of my left breast alone some mornings after a long nights sleep and then of course pumped the right. I don't remember how much that combined was, but I'll never forget those huge amounts on the left side.

[Nana83]

Most ever was 5oz from one side (yesterday) and I was engorged. I typically get 5-6 oz during a session combined.

DD will be 7 weeks tomorrow.

[NancyB]

Since going back to work at 12 wks, I have kept track of nearly all pump sessions at work. When I first got back, I got 8 ounces total, but that was once in a million type thing. I have more frequently gotten 7 ounces, but typical is 3-5. I think that is what a body settles out on when you pump = to the number of bottles they get when you are away. If you pump more times than they eat, then I think the body is tricked into making more at each session. That's my theory anyway.

I saw someone got 12-14oz from one side?!!! :bowdown: :clapclap: ...that is how much I bring home in a day of 3x pumps....

[doodle19]

Since going back to work at 12 wks, I have kept track of nearly all pump sessions at work. When I first got back, I got 8 ounces total, but that was once in a million type thing. I have more frequently gotten 7 ounces, but typical is 3-5. I think that is what a body settles out on when you pump = to the number of bottles they get when you are away. If you pump more times than they eat, then I think the body is tricked into making more at each session. That's my theory anyway.

I saw someone got 12-14oz from one side?!!! :bowdown: :clapclap: ...that is how much I bring home in a day of 3x pumps....

:blush: I was very blessed and my body responded to the breast pump very well. I had to start pumping when DD was 3 days old, she was hospitalized for jaundice and they wanted to monitor her intake. My family used to call me 'moo':giggle: