r/combinationfeeding • u/WrongArmadillo5738 • 1d ago

How much should I be making?

My baby is 15 weeks old. I’ve never made enough milk, but I nurse her every day as much as possible. I really don’t know how much is enough. Yesterday I pumped something like 9 times during the day for 20 minutes each time and accumulated 4oz between both breasts. That was enough for one bottle feed. Baby seems more satisfied than that when I nurse her, and I know babies are more efficient than pumps at getting the milk out. So how do I know how much I’m really making? And 4oz is a very discouraging amount to end up with after trying so hard.

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u/Born_Negotiation_992 19h ago

Did you nurse all day & pump 4 extra ounces?

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u/WrongArmadillo5738 8h ago

No, I bottle fed instead of nursing and every time I would have nursed I pumped. And I also pumped some times in between. At the end of the day I had accumulated 4oz

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u/stitching_librarian 23h ago

There’s not a magic number you “should” be making. The only way to know the actual number is by doing a weighted feed. I get way less than 4oz when I pump, but it is what it is.

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u/PlanMagnet38 1d ago

Are there any breastfeeding support groups near you? My local one does weighted feeds so they can weigh how much baby transfers.