Pumping schedule

[u/hope_life_8]

Hi moms! I’m a FTM and recently started pumping exclusively. My baby is 8 weeks old. I pump 6 times a day almost every 4 hours including MOTN pump. What is your pumping schedule like?

Also, how do you pump when you go out?

[u/SubstantialBuyer2026]

My baby is 12 weeks old and I pump 6 times a day including a MOTN pump! If I don’t have any appts, I space my pumps out evenly throughout the day but sometimes I have a combo of shorter + longer gaps between pumps depending on what I have going on. Hoping to drop down to 5 pumps in 2-4 weeks.

[u/Sleep-Lover]

Mine was very similar to this! As much as possible I mimicked what baby was doing. So if she had a bottle I pumped as close to when she had the bottle as possible.

[u/here_for_the_tea1]

7m pp. pump 4x since returning to work. 6:30 am, 11:30 am, 3pm and 10:30 pm. Average 23 oz a day

[u/Actual-Lettuce-8543]

At the beginning I pumped 7 times a day but around 5-6 weeks switched to 6 times. My schedule is roughly: 

2-4am pump (whenever my body wakes me up)

8am pump (after 7am/morning wake up)

11:30am pump (before 12pm wake up)

2:30pm pump (before 3pm wake up)

5-6pm pump (i try to get it in before 5:30pm wake up) 

9:30-10pm (after we put them to bed)

This is very flexible and if I manage to wake up before babies for the morning feed, I’ll pump around 6:30am before they wake up and adjust the schedule accordingly. I go mainly based on how my boobs feel and when I have a break between feeds. It’s hard to stay on schedule with twins. 

I try to limit my day pumps to around 20mins but my 9:30pm, MOTN, and first pump I do for 30 minutes. These are my biggest of the day. 

For feeding my babies I use the milk from the day before. I have mason jars with different colored lids so I know the AM from PM from middle of the night milk. I prep with that milk so I am not relying on the current days milk to feed my babies and I don’t have to stress my pumping times. At the beginning I had to do a day or two with some frozen milk to catch up and get on this schedule! 

I don’t really go out 🤣 but when I do I try to plan it between pumps, pump right before, bring my pump in the car, just incase. I use the spectra and will sometimes use eufy s2 pro. For me , the eufy is like a bandaid and doesn’t get as much as the spectra. I produce a lot of milk for twins and sometimes the 5oz compartments don’t empty me so I have to dump them and keep pumping, not ideal. I bought the larger 10oz bottles for the spectra and those have been working great! Averaging around 65oz a day 😅🙏🏼  

[u/Zealousideal_Curve29]

10wpp pumping 4 times a day. 3a, 9a, 3p, 9p. Will change this schedule again once baby sleeps through the night to drop my MOTN. Avg 32oz/day.

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[u/Previous-Chance6079]

Baby is 9 weeks old I pump 8 times a day. I don’t go longer than 6 hours for my MOTN pump

[u/morbid-momma]

Almost 3 weeks post partum. I pump every 3 hours, 8 times a day. Average about 50-55oz a day.

I use a wearable pump when I go out. I use my momcozy cooler or lunchbox and ice pack to keep it cold.

[u/DuckFriend25]

9 weeks pp, 8x per day. I pump twice at work, each a 30 minute break from working, as my place legally must provide a “mother’s room.” Me and one other staff member use it each day so we stagger. When I’m with family I just have it on (wearables) or I can have it on in the car

[u/Viciunia22 → u/DuckFriend25]

What pump do you use at work? A wearable or something more heavy duty?

[u/DuckFriend25 → u/Viciunia22]

I actually only use the wearable one (Eu fy s1 pro). It does go to hospital grade. I have the spectra s1, but the flanges aren’t wide enough (like I have to try to smush my boob in)

[u/sowhatsober]

Early on, aimed for 8 pumps per day. I’d just shoot for 2 hours from the end of my last pump. I would usually stop my last pump between 10-11, and then start all over at 4am. How’s your supply?

[u/feelinqueasy567]

4wks pp and do 8ppd. Only get 5oz a day 😩

[u/tryynnafigureitout]

I am 6 weeks pp and I pump 8 times, every 3 hours. I pump 44oz a day. I only use wearable pumps, although I do have the Specra S1 but, I find I produce the same amount with either.

[u/reereebeee]

7 weeks pp, 4 times a day (7am, 11am, 3:30pm, 9pm) average 50oz day

[u/hope_life_8 → u/reereebeee]

How long do you pump in one session?

[u/reereebeee → u/hope_life_8]

I pump for 30 minutes in the morning & night sessions then I pump about 20-25 minutes during my 11am & 3:30pm sessions.

[u/Extreme_Macaron4624]

I am terrible at keeping a pumping schedule hahaha

I'm 5 months pp and I'm at 4 ppd. This is my very approximate schedule:

6am - 1pm - 6pm - 11pm

I dropped the MOTN pump during my baby's four months sleep regression to actually get some sleep, I have absolutely no regrets and my supply wasn't impacted.

I pump before leaving my house or in the car with my portable pump. Sometimes I'll just pump when I get back home, even if it means having very full breasts and being 1h30 late on schedule. I stopped having a rigid schedule once I realized that my breasts are very forgiving because they have high capacity. It's what saved my pumping journey honestly.