OHbaby! Forums : Expressing....how much?? https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:16:11 +0000 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=32111 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : I was expressing til M was about...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960683&title=expressing-how-much#960683 Author: Nikki
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 9:04pm

I was expressing til M was about 5 months at night and got 130-150mls most nights. With Jake I could get about 150mls/boob in the morning (300mls if I did both, but I didn't as he usually drank one) and 150mls at night in total. I must be a great cow! ]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:04:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960683&title=expressing-how-much#960683 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : Sounds pretty good to me. I can...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960374&title=expressing-how-much#960374 Author: RinTinTin
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 3:12pm

Sounds pretty good to me. I can only get about 60mls in the morning ven though my boobs are usually engorged.
Remember the amount you express has no bearing on how much your baby is getting as a pump isn't as efficient as a babies sucking.

Renee - if you've got ice trays at home, try pouring the expressed milk into there and freeze it. Save it for when you start solids. I've got almost a whole trat full now. LOL
I can't get Mac to take a bottle but DP can.]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:12:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960374&title=expressing-how-much#960374 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : Thanks for that, wasn&#039;t sure...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960345&title=expressing-how-much#960345 Author: aqua36
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 1:38pm

Thanks for that, wasn't sure if it was guage or not.  Find it difficult to express in the morning as well - Miss 2 1/2 wants her attention and off with her activities. ]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:38:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960345&title=expressing-how-much#960345 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : I wish I could find the time to...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960305&title=expressing-how-much#960305 Author: mamanee
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 12:10pm

I wish I could find the time to express!   I never know when to do it and I can't really do it during the day as my nearly three year old would go nuts with touching and 'helping'.   And the little one literally drains me every single feed, from both sides and I feed him 5-6 times a day and twice overnight so never seem to have any left for expressing.   The time I did manage to express some, it got wasted anyway as my baby will NOT take a bottle, no way now how, he flat out refuses all of them.    When expressing for my first child when he was really little I was getting 200mls + ]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:10:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960305&title=expressing-how-much#960305 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : bun_in_the_oven wrote:I express...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960253&title=expressing-how-much#960253 Author: Delli
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 10:51am

Originally posted by bun_in_the_oven bun_in_the_oven wrote:

I express first thing in the moring and usually get about 150ml from the fullest side

if i try to express through the day or at night.... im lucky to get 60mls !


I'm the same. ]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:51:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960253&title=expressing-how-much#960253 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : What the others have said so far...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960252&title=expressing-how-much#960252 Author: HippyMama
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 10:51am

What the others have said so far is pretty accurate, it seems to be more difficult for women to express at night and easier in the morning - but please remember not to use what you can express as a gauge of how much your baby is actually getting!

It's still pretty normal for a baby of that age to be waking in the night for a breastfeed, my DD2 is 7mos and we are still up 1-2x in the night for a quick feed.

You could try offering more frequently during the day perhaps?]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:51:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960252&title=expressing-how-much#960252 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : I express first thing in the moring...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960206&title=expressing-how-much#960206 Author: bun_in_the_oven
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 9:20am

I express first thing in the moring and usually get about 150ml from the fullest side

if i try to express through the day or at night.... im lucky to get 60mls !]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:20:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960206&title=expressing-how-much#960206 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : Yep that sound good. I can get...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960191&title=expressing-how-much#960191 Author: Kellz
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:34am

Yep that sound good. I can get like 150 in the morning, and about 40 in the evening.]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:34:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960191&title=expressing-how-much#960191 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : That&#039;s a LOT of milk to get...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960187&title=expressing-how-much#960187 Author: FreeSpirit
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 8:19am

That's a LOT of milk to get at night! I think your supply must be fairly good - I used to be able to express around 20-30mls at night, and I'm a great cow (still feeding my 19month old). There's a couple of threads on breastfeeding tips in the baby and toddler feeding section if you want a read too.]]> Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:19:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960187&title=expressing-how-much#960187 <![CDATA[Expressing....how much?? : How much do people manage to express?...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32111&PID=960175&title=expressing-how-much#960175 Author: aqua36
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Posted: 07 March 2010 at 7:51am

How much do people manage to express?  I have been expressing each night for the last week at approx same time (9-93.0 pm), which is about 1 1/2 - 2 hours after my 6 month olds last feed.

I never get more than approx 60 mls - 50 mls from one breast and 10 mls if I am lucky from the other.  Should I be getting more?

My baby is waking every 2-3 hours at night, despite 5-6 breast feds a day and 3 solid meals, so am wondering if perhaps I am not producing enough again. I have milk supply issues and am on domerphone (sorry spelling) to help. 

Cheers

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