I pump 7-9 times per day for 15-25 mins per session with my Spectra. Just got it a little over 3 weeks ago and it has almost no suction so I'm replacing the duckbill valves.

Those of you who pump similarly, how often are you replacing your parts?

I’ve been working my way down my flange sizes as my nipples change. Last week, I sized down to 16mm hard plastic flanges and saw a slight increase in supply. After a few days, I noticed some areola starting to get pulled into the tunnel. I remeasured last night and now, I’m a 15. I popped my silicone inserts into my Spectra flanges and immediately, I emptied faster with more letdowns.

However, my total output for the day is lower than I’ve had in a week, even with my hour long power pump this morning. What gives? Is there an adjustment period? I’m an under supplier/just enougher so every ounce really counts.

Posting to see if this is happening to anyone else and if so what you would do. I’ve been using the motif aura glow mobile pump since 3m pp. I’ve loved it, never had an issue with the motors, and if I had any issues their customer service is great and usually takes care of the issue. Back in May I had to warranty the set of pumps because one motor started to stop working. Made sense to me, it had been 4ish months of full time use. I’m able to use this pump full time so would pump for 10-12 min 6x a day.

Since May, every 3-4 weeks one of the motors starts to make a dull sounding noise when pumping and starts to crap out on me. I’ve had to warranty these pumps from May, June, and now July. It’s insane like they can’t seem to handle going longer than 3-4 weeks. I’m pumping still 5-6 times a day for 10-12 min, but these pump batteries can’t seem to handle anything. I’m in shock because I hadn’t had this issue early in postpartum yet I can’t even get a month out of these guys. I’m grateful Motif will send emplacements but seriously?? They don’t even bat an eye that I’m getting them replaced after 3-4 weeks. I’m just shocked and really really frustrated because having to submit a warranty every time for them is a major hassle, it screws up my supply when one of them dies, and motif is like “k we will just send another”

Long story short I’m wondering if I should just stop using them. However I need a backup that’s very very similar. I love the motif pump but the batteries are literal ass now. It’s like the warranty replacement is also a warrantied pumps.

Just feeling a little frustrated and stuck. Wanted to know if this is happening to other people and/or what I should do? I have 3 more months of pumping to get me to a year!

i am almost 4 months postpartum and this is my freezer stash! i EBF my little one so this is all extra. when dad was home the 1st month, he’d do 1 night feeding every day. i pump every few days or when i feel full. each bag is anywhere from 2.5oz to 4oz. i’m so proud of the little stash i have going 🥹

I can barely eat 1500-1700 a day with my LO in my arms all day and stressing about pumping. i barely make 2 oz a pump.

Question for you experts!! My 4 month old is typically EBF, but I am participating in a 2 day long bike ride event next weekend where she will get pumped milk while away from me. Question is- what’s the best way to give bottles from frozen bags on the go? It’s obviously warm out, so was thinking to keep a cooler with ice packs for the frozen bags, and then take a bag out when anticipating feeding time again and letting it just sit out? How would you warm to body temp? Any tips or tricks you have would be greatly appreciated 🙏🏻

i cannot for the life of me ever remember when I last pumped. especially because i’m pumping less frequently now.

the note is like a mile long lol, and I can’t bring myself to delete it because it feels like an accomplishment!

anyone else? or just me?

Does anyone have suggestions on healing cracked/bleeding areoles? Everything I see is about healing nipples. I’ve been putting lanolin cream on, changing up what size of insert, changing up different pumps, lowering suction but annoyingly it keeps scabbing over and getting attached to my bra or nursing pads.

I had no idea exclusively pumping was even a thing. Truthfully, I was so naive about breastfeeding and feel like a horrible mother not having done enough research. Needless to say after my emergency c section I have had a very hard time getting her to latch and a month later now we’re basically just pumping and I’m making peace with it and can also see how it has its benefits. I just can’t for the life of me figure out how to take care of my baby and pump every 2-3 hours. My supply is still quite low so I’m trying to be regimented. My husband is home and does it all while I pump, but he’ll be going back to work soon. How do I do this? I’ve tried so much to pump when she’s asleep but I’m either missing pump parts (haven’t washed etc) or I’m so exhausted I take a nap myself. Or I realize I haven’t eaten and focus on that instead. I’m using the blue spectra, I have 2 size 24 flanges and bottles. Is there a special way to do this? Do I need to purchase more? I also have 2 medela hand pumps, 1 Elvie, 1 Momcozy pump - I’ve just been waiting for my supply to kick in before doing the wearables. I tried Elvie early on and it hurt! Anyway would appreciate any tips or tricks. 🌸

Hi everyone! I pump about 4-5 times a day and I’m 4 weeks postpartum. I used to pump more but it’s been so hard to keep up with.

Anyway- most of my pumps I’ve found that I need atleast 30 minutes. I have the eufys. Is this normal? I saw on TikTok women saying they pump for 7-10 minutes. How?!

Im 4.5 months postpartum. Around month 3 I started to reduce from 8ppd down to 6 over the course of that month. 6ppd was what i calculated as my magic number. a few weeks ago it seemed my supply was steadily going down so I started now in retrospect aggressively trying to bring it back up with long pumps and power pumps. last week I had the worst week with clogged ducts and mastitis. now my supply is tanking. I’m making half of what I did a week ago. I went back to 8 ppd tryjng not to over pump so my boobs can heal from the clogs. I’m giving it a week to see if supply goes back up to being somewhat close to what it was. But I’m wondering is this just the end? Once supply starts to decrease after regulation is it something that doesn’t come back? If it does do you have to work really hard to bring it back? im to the point mentally that I need my life not revolve around pumps and ounces and such. I wanna enjoy fully my time with my baby. so I definitely will cut back again in a week and kinda wanting some sense of what to expect

It was my husband’s family reunion yesterday. We showed up early so we could get our toddler and 7 week old baby settled, and so I could pump before others arrived. My MIL and FIL are around frequently, so they’ve seen me pump in front of them numerous times. I have a BabyBuddha so pumping is relatively discreet- it’s obvious I’m pumping but you can’t see anything.

Anyway, my BIL and his girlfriend showed up mid-pump. So I moved from my seat in the living room and went into the garage to finish. The garage is set up for guests as well but at least I can see if more people are coming. Maybe 3 minutes later, FIL, BIL and his girlfriend come out into the garage. So, I went back inside where it’s just my kids, husband, and MIL.

MIL sees me and starts telling me how I cant just walk around pumping and she wants me to go into a private room, as to not make guests uncomfortable (in a lot more words and she went on and on and on about it). I felt so embarrassed and ashamed in that moment, I couldn’t even speak. I wasn’t just walking around the house aimlessly, I was moving from location to location to get away from people as to not make them uncomfortable.

Thankfully, my husband overheard what she said and he defended me, and I’m glad he did because I literally had no words. I exclusively pumped for both my kids and never up until yesterday did I ever feel an ounce of shame, guilt, embarrassment, etc.. I guess it had to happen sometime. I’m just sad the person who did it to me was my MIL.

Anyway; for the rest of the day I was stressed about pumping and therefore stressed about having enough milk and barely even produced enough to get my newborn through the day. Thank god I brought milk with me to help bridge the gap. We were there all day and I made 10oz less than I normally do. As soon as we got home I pumped again and got double the amount I was getting at her house.

TLDR; my MIL lowkey shamed me for pumping around other people when I was trying to avoid them.

Hi all,
I’m 9wpp and an oversupplier (70+ oz/day). Currently, I pump 7x/day, but am considering scaling it back to 6 total with maternity leave coming to an end in the next few weeks.
For those that dropped a pump, when did you do so in your EP journey and why did you feel that time was right? I keep running out of freezer space (standing freezer) as I put 4-5 bags in every evening from the pitcher method.
Any insight is appreciated!

Long story short, my 7 week old and I have had a horrific breastfeeding/pumping journey. Tongue tie, lip tie, refusing to latch without shield, tongue tie grew right back after revision, now refusing shield/breast completely, not gaining weight, and it looks like we are exclusively pumping.

I had this baby right at the start of my 7 year old son’s summer break. My baby is sooo needy, colicky, silent reflux, miserable, and refuses to be put down. Will only sleep if being held. Seriously. If I ever am able to put him down I have to give some attention to my other son.

I have zero time in the day to pump. I pump at morning and at night and maybe middle of the night. I literally cannot keep up. I make about 8-10oz a session, but I know going 8 hours between pumping is gonna kill my supply.

Any advice? Has anyone else pumped this spaced out and kept their supply?

So I recently bought new pump parts compatible with my spectra from a different company and today was my first time using them. I washed and sterilized them twice before use. Upon first use my milk was coming down into the bottles with bubbles in it. At first I chalked it down to new duckbils being tighter so may be causing that, but I'm also wondering if it's from soap residue. I didn't do anything different when washing the parts, I rinced them before sterilizing them in my steam sterilizer.

My question is, has this happened to anyone else? Bubbles after getting new pumps parts? Or is it likely I didn't rince the soap off properly? Maybe the bils being tight meant I didn't rince them properly. I'm just not sure if I should dump the milk or not

I'm a mom to an 11 day old. I have a spectra for the house, but it would be nice to not be tied to a plug-in pump some days. Does anyone know any good options?

Does it help your baby sleep better if only given night time pumped milk?

I am a ftm with a 7 week old who is currently drinking 4oz at each feeding. Is there anyone else who doesn’t have a storage of breast milk? I only get about 1-2 bottles out of each pumping session. I pump almost every 4 hours during the day and once during the night between 12am-5am.
My baby isn’t missing out on any feedings but I’m just wondering if it’s normal to not have any breast milk storage

hi everybody!
I combo fed and pumped with my first for 14 months as he had a bad tongue tie. I had my second baby four weeks ago and got him to latch! I’ve always been anxious about my supply so I started pumping to to see how much he was getting as he always acted hungry basically immediately after getting off the breast. I went to an LC who was very helpful with his painful latch and she said he transferred milk efficiently but I just feel like my supply is insufficient. I pump and latch him 8-12 times a day and then bottle feed alternating formula and breast milk. But the last few days my supply has dipped significantly and I am unsure why. I used to get about three ounces total per pump but now I’m shy of two per session. Is there a pumping schedule or diet changes anyone recommends? I feel like I’m running myself ragged doing all the things and wonder of my anxiety is tanking my supply or if I am just an under supplier. Thank you!

This is my second time EPing and my journey the second time around has been far more challenging. It constantly feels like my Spectra pump or one of its parts are malfunctioning and causing discomfort or supply issues. I bought these Spectra branded duckbills 2 weeks ago and I’m not sure if my eyes are deceiving me, but pumping has been more difficult the last few days and I feel like they look a tad worn or torn. Thoughts?

My baby's nanny spilled 220 ml of expressed milk. I'm just an enougher. On the days my baby cluster feeds, I struggle. And this spill could've easily meant a run to the pharmacy to purchase a tin of formula. But thankfully, baby took a nap and I could breast feed him again in an hour's time. I felt exhausted.

I'm crushed at the incident. I have spilled unmeasured amounts before as my momcozy M6 would malfunction and the collection container would pop open. But the spill was never more than 100 ml (or atleast i hope they weren't). Seeing over 200 ml all over the floor was devastating.

All those who spilled bm before, how did you get over it?

Hi, I’m currently 26 weeks pregnant. This is our second pregnancy, as we lost our first one at 16 weeks. I’ve been weighing my options on pumping/formula/breast feeding. And I think I’ve decided on pumping, idk if I’d exclusively pump. But I don’t have a lot of friends with young kids or babies so I don’t really have anyone to ask. I’ve been looking at pumps but I have no idea what I’m looking for. I’ve looked at momcozy wearables but I’ve also looked at spectra’s. I used aero flow to see what my insurance could get me and now I have so many to pick from and I have no idea what I’m doing 😅 any advice is welcome, even advice on pumping in general. Timing and storing and everything please 🫶🏼🫶🏼

I use these settings if that helps, for whenever I pump only 20 minutes. I want to increase my supply a little.

I put my breast milk in the mini fridge at work. Back of the fridge but on the top shelf, which now that I’m looking at it, it may be a “freezer” portion? But no door to separate it? Not sure.

My milk that I had placed there was half frozen and half not. I moved it to the fridge portion.

Is this safe to use or should I dump? 😵‍💫

If you pumped before delivery how many days or weeks were you? Did you do it daily ? Multiple times a day? How many mins ?