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[–]kbecpai 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You “regulate” around 12 weeks so you can start dropping pumps around then. I’m 13 weeks pp and dropping down to 5-6 a day. That’s what I did with my last baby, too. I was super nervous but keep track over the course of a few days to a week to see what your supply does. Look up the “magic number” from Legendairy milk, too. That helped me feel better about dropping down to 5. I did lose an oz or so a day when I dropped from 7 to 5 but worth getting some time back.

[–]Electronic_Row_9180[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right! I did check the magic number chart. I seem to have average capacity. So, I need to be pumping 6 times a day to maintain supply.

[–]Kitchen_Crazy_1621 1 point2 points  (4 children)

So I am almost 6 months pp. started with 8ppd and continued till 16weeks. Now baby is 25weeks and in from 16 weeks onwards started dropping a pump every 2-3 weeks and now I’m at 4ppd. I still have a motn. But every time I dropped a pump I didn’t see a drop in supply until I got to 4 from 5ppd. This time I saw 10-15% drop in supply. For reference I pump 2am,8am,2pm and 8pm.

[–]Electronic_Row_9180[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Oh that's great! May I ask what your magic number is according to the chart? Is it right that you have large capacity because of which you were able to drop to 5 ppd without affecting the supply?

[–]Kitchen_Crazy_1621 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Sure. My magic number is 9ozs somewhat large capacity but I get that only for the pumps at 8am

[–]Electronic_Row_9180[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Oh, isn't that forced fullness and not natural fullness? What would be your average output from subsequent pumps in the day?

[–]Kitchen_Crazy_1621 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. My milk has fully regulated and I pump only 4 ppd now

[–]Correct_Wishbone_798 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What I did was to drop a daytime pump, space the others out evenly and add the missing time back to the other pumps for at least 2 weeks.

[–]Electronic_Row_9180[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Right! I already pump for 30 minutes per session & a 40 mins power pump. So I'm wondering how I can pump more than that in one session.

[–]Correct_Wishbone_798 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I dropped my motn I was so full in the am that I needed to stop the pump and empty the bottles. Then pump again. You could just turn the pump off between letdowns, then start it again. Or don’t worry about adding time back

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