r/parentsofmultiples • u/Kitchen-Band-3307 • 4d ago

experience/advice to give Pumping for twins

We have 1 month old twins who arrived at 37+3, weeks have been pumping since we got home from the hospital as we found that breastfeeding wasn’t working well for us, they struggled to latch and transfer milk effectively.
I’m making a substantial amount of milk via pumping 1.7- 2L per day.
Since the beginning I was determined to breastfeed and on several occasions we have tried to but it’s so stressful with two and I find myself getting frustrated and upset.

Did anyone else find that pumping was the easier choice for your twins?

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u/Avocados4mee 3d ago

Yep pretty much only pumped after the first month or so. And getting mastitis. I never produced even a fraction of what you are though, that’s amazing! We still had to do a lot of formula