When to start pumping while nursing
Breast pumping milk | Pumping Basics | when to start pumping after birth
hi everyone today's video we're going to
talk about
pumping how often to pump and when you
might need to
start pumping i'm cassie reyes i am a
registered nurse
i'm a board certified lactation
consultant and a co-founder of people's
lactation
and each week i will be bringing you a
new video on different topics and
lactation
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so the first question you want to ask
yourself when
considering pumping is how is
lactation and breast or chest feeding
going
so if your baby is latching regularly to
the breast or chest latching for 15 or
20 minutes
and the weight loss looks good
and babies output wet and dirty diapers
are where we would want them to be
for the first two to three weeks really
you don't even need to start pumping
unless there's a medical indication to
start pumping sooner
you can go ahead and stick with
exclusive letting baby do the work your
baby
is the best pump your baby is stronger
than even this
symphony which is a hospital grade pump
so if your baby's latching
and all indications show that baby's
getting enough to eat
and that things are going well
there may be no reason to start pumping
sooner than
at least two to three weeks that two to
three weeks
is about how long it takes for your body
to adjust and establish
your full supply and adjust to babies
needs
so when your baby is feeding on demand
baby is sending signals to your body
telling your body how much milk to make
so it's a supply and demand system and
if baby is eating regularly and you add
in additional pumping
on top of that you're kind of over
stimulating your body and sending extra
signals to your brain
i like to joke and say it's kind of like
telling your body that you
are pumping or making milk for twins
so try to avoid that try to avoid try to
avoid
over stimulating and causing an
oversupply early on
give your body that two to three weeks
to
establish a supply at the level that
your baby needs it at
and then after that if you're interested
in starting to pump
go ahead and introduce maybe a session
in the morning after your morning feed
and introduce one session
at a time but if there's no indication
for pumping
earlier go ahead and just let your baby
do all the work
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