happycsk
Active Member
Pumping works machiam like a factory (in my words), no demand, dont need supply, close down.
So when got demand ur body works harder to produce more milk for ur baby. Thats y pumping is like ur bb's latch. If ur bb latch more frequently, it tells ur boobs ur baby need more milk, so ur boobs will produce more. If u pump / latch less or even drag, means u dun need so much supply, it will go down.
Yes like purplehunny mentioned. beginning only colostrum, but urs to take 8days for milk flow, honestly is quite long. But at least u did start with a 10ml! I guess u no longer pump out colostrum right?
There are foremilk and hindmilk (foremilk is very light in colour, hindmilk is thick might even be white or slight yellow, and only comes out after hindmilk is pumped out). There is no hard n fast rule to how much one can produce, or how long it even takes to build up the supply. 10ml per pump, if u pump 7x = 70ml (may be enuff for 1 feed? Or even not enuff is ok , at least is a start.. U can combine all the milk tgt in the fridge (within same 24hr timeframe) so can slowly have extra feed for bb.
I took domperidone in yr 2011, supply was low like 15ml, den 1.5 days later hit to 70ml, but i really pumped 3hourly even at night. Subsquently is important to continously be hardworking to maintain supply for at least 1-2mths. I used to drag for 10-12hrs due to work (able to pump 900ml at one session). But of cos everyone body is different, so very hard to guage if the amount yield is 'normal'..
I believe hardwork and lotsa scarifice is needed if u wan to pump for storage, like cannot go out long hrs, need bring pump out, ice packs, pump n pump away..
For me i takes 3 whole mth to stablise the supply and reach my max. Sometimes now i skip night pumps, but daytime i work harder, try to get on par daily supply.. Yes, it is really mental straining, sometimes ur LO cries in middle of pump session, have to stop, latch den pump again ...but i tink at least it a way to kip the milk flowing... Pump latch pump.
I know when u feel ur boobs soft, ur first reaction is sigh no milk... But actually it might be producing... Or maybe ur milk ducts might jus be lesser, but its okie too. Jus slowly warm up ur body and dun stress urself since u start on domperidone. Jus take it till u feel ur milk is 'enough', say maybe 100ml each side. Dun stop trying if u able to hold on lor.. Anyway i sense u really have the die x2 all the way dont give up kind of aura!jiayou! Time is all u need....
Haha I think u misread my msg, I am only pumping drops, not 10ml....if I have 10ml maybe I will feel more encouraged! Yes 8 days v long, don't know why LC nv say anything when I saw her on day 6 and I only just have swollen tissue, not milk engorgement.
I get the part about demand and supply. But I just tot everyone starts with a decent amount like first pump 10ml or 20ml then build up. Not the case for me....seems difficult leh from the drops I see and milk come in soooo late that I suspect I really do not have much milk to pump lol.
Yes I started on the domP pills so I will monitor see if any increase. I started to try power pump today and will try again tmr.
no colostrum. The drops look like fore milk that's translucent and diluted looking. No hind milk at all.
