How much breastmilk do you pump in 15 minutes?

Question

I wanted to know for whoever that pumps their breast, how much do you normally pump in 15 minutes from each breast and also how long do you feed your child for in one feeding on each breast and every how many hours?

Answer 1

left 3 oz

right 6 oz

Answer 2

I normally get about 4-5 oz when I pump.

Answer 3

I can get none to 8oz depending.

I feed my babies until they are done, which can be 3 minutes or 45 minutes and as often as they want which can be 15 minutes or 8 hours later.  The one that nursed very often (15-90 minutes) nursed only for 2-5 minutes at a time, and the one that nursed every 2-8 hours nursed for 20-50 minutes at a time.

Never switch sides after a set amount of time.  When baby is done with one side offer the second, but don't expect them to take it

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/pumpi...

What is normal when it comes to pumping output and changes in pumping output?

Most moms who are nursing full-time are able to pump around 1/2 to 2 ounces total (for both b*****s) per pumping session. Moms who pump more milk per session may have an oversupply of milk, or may respond better than average to the pump, or may have been able to increase pump output with practice. Many moms think that they should be able to pump 4-8 ounces per pumping session, but even 4 ounces is an unusually large pumping output.

It is quite normal to need to pump 2-3 times to get enough milk for one feeding for baby (remember that the pump cannot get as much milk as a baby who nurses effectively).

Many moms are able to pump more milk per session when they are separated from baby. Milk pumped when you are nursing full-time is "extra" milk -- over and beyond what baby needs. Don't get discouraged if you are trying to build up a freezer stash when nursing full time and don't get much milk per pumping session -- this is perfectly normal and expected.

http://www.kellymom.com/newman/11some_bf...

4. A baby should be on the breast 20 (10, 15, 7.6) minutes on each side.

Not true! However, a distinction needs to be made between "being on the breast" and "breastfeeding". If a baby is actually drinking for most of 15-20 minutes on the first side, he may not want to take the second side at all. If he drinks only a minute on the first side, and then nibbles or sleeps, and does the same on the other, no amount of time will be enough. The baby will breastfeed better and longer if he is latched on properly. He can also be helped to breastfeed longer if the mother compresses the breast to keep the flow of milk going, once he no longer swallows on his own (Handout #15 Breast Compression). Thus it is obvious that the rule of thumb that "the baby gets 90% of the milk in the breast in the first 10 minutes" is equally hopelessly wrong. To see how to know a baby is getting milk see the videos at www.thebirthden.com/Newman.html

http://www.todaysparent.com/article.jsp?...

Lactation consultant Diane Wiessinger of Ithaca, New York, agrees. “I once led a meeting where I told the mothers — all experienced breastfeeding mothers — that we were going to write the real baby book, one that told new mothers what they needed to know,” she recalls. “One woman said, ‘New mothers need to know that newborns will nurse every hour.’ Another mother spoke up and said, ‘Yeah, and the feedings will last an hour.’ Everyone laughed, and I think that laughter meant that this is a common experience. Babies don’t really nurse all the time, but it can sure feel that way — especially at first.”

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Wiessinger believes that counting and timing feedings may only make a nursing mother feel more stressed about what she thinks she needs to accomplish during the day. The reality, however, might actually be quite different since, as Wiessinger points out, frequent feedings tend to be short and easy to fit around other activities.

Anthropologist Kathy Dettwyler from Texas A&M University says that nursing a lot is typical of babies around the world. She cites a study done in 2000 that looked at the feeding behaviour of infants aged three to four months in three different communities: families from Washington, DC, the Ba’Aka hunter-gatherers and the Ngandu farmers, both of the Central African Republic. They found that the Ba’Aka babies nursed 4.02 times per hour, the Ngandu babies nursed 2.01 times per hour and the American babies nursed 1.6 times per hour. Certainly the American babies nursed less often than the two African groups, but they nursed more frequently than many new parents expect.

Answer 4

It really depends on the pump I use. I don't do very well with a pump, and I can get 2 oz. in about 15 minutes if I'm lucky! What happens is my letdown reflex doesn't trigger with the pump, so that makes things difficult. Then when I feed my baby, I'm pretty much drowning him, because my letdown reflex is so strong. He usually eats for 15-20 minutes on each breast every 3 hours.

Answer 5

The amount I get varies.  If I pump both sides for 15 minutes, I usually get 4-6 ounces total.  My daughter is almost three months old, and she usually eats about 10-15 minutes every 2-3 hours.

Answer 6

pumping about 20 min. anywhere from 6-10 oz.

about 10 min on each side with my child.

every 4-5 hours.

Answer 7

6-8 ounces (one side), cheap little evenflo electric pump. But I rarely pump.

7 week old eats anywhere from every three hours to every twenty minutes, and nurses anywhere from 5-25 minutes at a time.