Got through the first month :) its so much easier now, I'm so glad I pushed through the first tiresome weeks without giving up!
I still pump 5-7 times a day for 10-15 minutes each. My output varies from 39-50ounces total in 24hours, depending on the time of day and if I do 15s or 10s.
I usually pump around 5, 9, 12/1noontime, 5, 9, 12midnight. Always about 3or so hours apart, except overnight.
If I pump anytime after 11pm my husband does her first feeding between 1-3 and I sleep through to her second feeding and pump then usually between 4-7am.
Even going the 5+ hours overnight I no longer wake up uncomfortable and engorged in the morning.
The constant leaking all day has stopped and almost vanished except a few leaks when she is crying or eating. Mother natures way of prepairing my body even though its not being used that way lol.
All in all I'm very comfortable with the whole situation now, whereas before I was debating if I made the right choice. It no longer feels like a chore, and its fit right into my daily routine to where I'm not tied down to a clock. That extra half hour of sleep or hour doing errands won't hurt my supply.
And the emmotional side effects from post partum, milk coming in, and breastpumping have faded as well.
Momma and baby are both happy as clams!
Btw the freezer bag total is currently 97 bags at 6oz each. Enough for 166bottles/23 days at her current 3.5 intake :)
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