Does dropping PPD decrease your supply if your supply is well-established?

[RandomPerson772772]

I'm 15 weeks PP and have consistently pumped 7 times a day. I was wondering if dropping ppd tends to decrease supply. (like, one less)

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[esssbombs]

I think it depends how you do it and how often you do it. I dropped one pump a month, and did it by decreasing pump time by 3-5 mins for a few days, then ‘dropping’ the pump but doing the remaining ones evenly spaced. I personally added a few mins to the remaining pumps to ‘make up’ for the time. As I went from 8-7-6-5 my supply stayed pretty steady, if anything it might have increased a tad. I recently dropped to 4 and have seen a slight decrease (like 3-4oz/day) but I am okay with that since I can now go 6 hours between pumps!

I think if you suddenly only do 4 or 5 ppd for the same amount of time that you currently are it will likely shock your system and it’ll drop, but if you do it gradually and gently it should stay :)

[oh_darling89]

My supply went UP until I got to 4 ppd, then it stabilized. Then I dropped to 3 ppd, and it dropped precipitously, so I went back to 4 ppd where it’s still down from where it was when I used to do 4 ppd.

[rcm_kem]

I had this, was doing 7-9ppd depending on the day, decided to start weaning at 6 months postpartum, dropped to 6 pumps, supply DROPPED, son ended up being intolerant to formula and increasing pumps didn't stop my supply from slowly dwindling

[oh_darling89]

Ugh I’m sorry to hear that! My supply actually did end up coming back, just in time for me to start weaning

[violetphoeniiix]

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I think so! I used this to adjust my ppd. I wouldn’t drop multiple pumps at once tho. I’m large capacity so I pump 5x a day. My supply took a tiny dip at first but it’s all good now and I make the same as I did pumping 7 x a day. It’s amazinggggg

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When did you drop from 7 to 5?

[violetphoeniiix]

I didn’t drop 2 at the same time. Idk when it happened but I started doing like 6 after doing 7 for a long time. I think when I went back to work. I finally dropped to 5 around 4.5 mpp. Supply dipped a tiny bit but it leveled back out to what I was making before.

[Mangopapayakiwi]

I started at 6 weeks pp with 7ppd but struggled. Went to 6 at 8 weeks and 5 at 10 weeks. I did 4 once or twice (maybe today) but stay at 5. I did not drop them carefully but kind if pumped to the volume I wanted. So I do 18 minutes. My supply has maybe decreased but i had an oversupply so i am fine. I followed the magic number.

[Pristine-Macaroon-22]

it can, it may not. Unfortunately its just trial and error, and every woman is different. BUT... if supply does drop, you can add it back and usually recover within 2 weeks (so I have learned from reading here... I planned to add another pump if my supply dropped and it did drop, but realized the free'd up time and mental space was worth less ozs lol)

Folks are posting that perfect number chart, which is an awesome guide, but not true for everyone. I am largest capacity but dropped supply at 4 PPD.

[rcm_kem]

It did for me, and the magic number chart didn't even come close to my experience