how much breast milk do i need to express?
5 September 2010 2 Responses
Question by kroos20: for my 3wk old baby girl?? and when should i express it? i want to be able to let my husband feeds her a bottle ‘once in a blue moon’ so i can have break
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You should express as much as will come out. This usually takes anywhere from 15 minutes to a half an hour for each breast.
Most moms get the most first thing in the morning.
It doesn’t really matter when you pump though for a once in a blue moon.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/milkcalc.html
We can use this information to estimate the average amount of milk baby will need at a feeding:
* Estimate the number of times that baby nurses per day (24 hours).
* Then divide 25 oz by the number of nursings.
* This gives you a “ballpark” figure for the amount of expressed milk your exclusively breastfed baby will need at one feeding.
Example: If baby usually nurses around 8 times per day, you can guess that baby might need around 3 ounces per feeding when mom is away. (25/8=3.1).
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