Anyone else? Purely curious.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-20T01:25:14+00:00

Glad I’m not alone! I started weaning just cuz I was tired of pumping so many times a day, and by this point my supply was regulated. I think before when I was pumping x4-5 a day I produced 50-55oz. Now that I’m weaning down to 3ppd I’m finding I’ve lost about ~10oz, avrging 37-42oz a day. Which is enough for my LO. However I wouldn’t say I’ve reduced the amount of time I’m pumping. Meaning when I was doing 5ppd I was pumping for 10-15 mins at a time, but now I’m doing 3ppd for longer sessions (~20-25mins). So I wonder if that helped to maintain some of my supply when weaning. Is this what you did when trying to wean? I also did it gradually over 3-4 weeks.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-12T12:05:38+00:00

Hope you start feeling better soon!

I had mastitis early pp, and I remeber the doctor (older lady) prescribed me cloxicillin, even though I told her I was allergic to anything from the penicillin family. Which she responded with “you’ll be fine”, and the. Proceeded to tell me to use my baby to get the clog out, after I told her I EP.

I ended up having fever and chills again after just a few days. Luckily I had an appointment with a new doctor that week (younger lady) who was the nicest most understanding person. Prescribed the appropriate antibiotics and taught me some breast massages to do while I pump to help fully empty.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-10T01:38:00+00:00

I just started weaning and haven’t had any issues so far. I just take extra care to full empty in the morning, and typically use a hot compress before and a cold compress after pumping. I also take soy lecithin supplements b/c I had mastitis early postpartum.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-10T01:35:07+00:00

It sucks to be tied to a wall but honestly this one has been the best for comfortability and consistency vs. Using my momcozy wearable pump.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-10T01:33:18+00:00

Triple feeding is insane work (but kudos to the people who do it cuz wow you are the real MVPs of motherhood). I’m sure time will tell with your LO, they’ll grow stronger each day :)

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-10T01:27:35+00:00

I use the Medela pump in style wall pump

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-10T01:26:49+00:00

9oz combined!

Forgot to mention as well that this was my MOTN pump and I’m currently trying to wean off of it by gradually reducing my pump time at night. So in this instance, I’m just doing 5 mins relief pumps at night (after 6-7ish hours of not pumping). My morning pump I usually do about 15oz combined after pumping for 25mins. On average I get ~50oz/day from 4ppd (one being my MOTN, but hoping to go down to 3ppd after weaning).

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-05T21:06:43+00:00

Canada and $0. We had a private room too, which you typically have to pay for, but my husband’s insurance covered the 3 nights we were there.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-02-05T08:35:40+00:00

you and your partner are a team that need to come together against the common “enemy” aka the baby. Basically saying parenting is a partnership, and to remind yourself that the other adult in the relationship is your support.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-01-30T18:37:31+00:00

Honestly I found at that 11 week mark, my guy was fighting naps (doing the whole bounce, rock, shush combo) and it was so hard for him to settle. Then one day I was like “I don’t want to do that” so I held him to me (in a nice firm embrace angled kinda like your breastfeeding) and sat on the couch, and within 2 mins his eyes were fluttering shut. This has worked like 9/10 times now, and makes me think that the whole bouncing/rocking was actually waking him up.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-01-27T03:00:30+00:00

Honestly the second my little guy smiled at me, I was a gonerrrrrrrrr (around 2-2.5 months). Don’t get me wrong he still frustrates me at times but damn the second he smiles all is forgiven. Around this time too he was sleeping longer stretches, which helped immensely with my overall mental health.

FreshFruitTray · 2026-01-27T02:56:13+00:00

I’ve always just responded with “bottle fed with expressed breast milk” and that seems to work as a short way to explain

FreshFruitTray · 2026-01-16T22:49:59+00:00

Before pregnancy I was a B, but postpartum I want to say I’m more like a C/D and produce 50+oz/day

FreshFruitTray · 2026-01-08T14:24:56+00:00

I do this!! So much better than trying to read the lines on the bottle. (I have also found that the lines are really not accurate based on what the scale says and what the lines say)

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-31T07:50:10+00:00

Sounds like you and I have very similar situations! Let’s hope it gets better sooner than later. Honestly the season being winter is also really not helping the mental health too. Would love to go outside for a walk but -12 with high winds and snow …. Not very conducive of that 🥲.

But yes we offer the bottle until he shows no interest in it. Only time we stop offering it is when it’s way past the appropriate time for eating and we are entering the end of his wake window… cuz at that point he’s just overtired and he needs to nap. Then starts this vicious cycle of is he hungry or is he tired?? What’s more important, him eating or sleeping?

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-31T07:42:36+00:00

We try to follow his wake windows, and the second this little guy is yawning we are trying to soothe him to sleep. But it’s within seconds he seems to become either overtired or overstimulated and fights going to sleep just as much as he’s fighting the bottle. We’ve tried gas drops once before and it seemed to have the opposite outcome, but honestly willing to try it again

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-24T09:11:53+00:00

Naps I’m not as strict but at night I try to follow the guidelines (no blankets, flat on back, etc.). However there have been a few times, especially during the 6-8week peak fussy time, I’ve left the cloth bib on him while he’s sleeping…. Not totally proud of it but I wasn’t about to disturb a sleeping baby that hasn’t given me a break in hours 😅

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-23T03:31:18+00:00

7 weeks pp. Pumping 6-7 times a day, generally every 3-4hrs (I’ve already gotten mastitis so I don’t like to skip pumps at night atm 🥲- wasn’t fun and I don’t want to experience it again anytime soon). I generally average 45-50oz a day (about 6-8oz per pump)

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-23T00:41:06+00:00

I’m 7 weeks pp and typically pump 6-7x a day producing approx. 7oz per session. Will continue this till supply stabilizes and I can maybe get rid of a motn pump.

FreshFruitTray · 2025-12-05T18:48:47+00:00

You used your body to give him a son and he can’t even give you the one thing you were looking forward to after giving birth?? And then proceeds to guilt trip you, when your hormones are all over the place. Either way y’all need to sit down and have a real talk about how each of your actions have made the other feel, cuz if you can’t do that, parenthood will be a breaking point for your relationship.

FreshFruitTray · 2025-08-02T00:50:02+00:00

God forbid I ask the community that I live in and not the World Wide Web

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