I exclusively pumped with my first baby and ended up with a terrible oversupply (+100 oz day) and I'm really trying to avoid that with my second baby. I'm 4 days pp and I've been pumping 15 mins every 4 hours and getting +4 oz per side and it seems like its just increasing everyday. It's already painful and I'm engorged all the time. Is this normal as my milk supply regulates or do you have any tips to make my supply chill out? Should I cut down to 10 mins or increase time between pumps?
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Try increasing time between if you can. That is a crazy oversupply. I exclusively pumped with my first and made in the 30s oz per day with only 3 pumps per day, a slight oversupply where I had a freezer stash but not crazy. My 2nd was born in November. It took a few days for my milk to come in and I was engorged. I was making over 40oz almost 50oz with 4 pumps a day. I refuse to do overnight pumps. My freezer stash is crazy right now. I dropped to 3 pumps per day at 4 weeks and I dropped to the 30s oz per day. Still have to freeze some but not as much I was doing.
Try increasing the time betwen if you can to drop at least 1 pump during your day. I was engorged like crazy this time, I dont remember being this bad with my first. It did settle down after a few weeks.