Re: Too Much Milk?

Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,

> I lurk often and LOVE this group.

> In the early days of feeding my now 3 month old DS the LC helped me out with
> a bit of an over-active letdown problem. DS was pulling down off the nipple
> and choking and "clicking" while nursing.

> We have that mostly worked out now. We nursed one-sided a lot and now the
> supply seems to have leveled off, though he still pulls on and off a lot.
> Seems to be his way of handling the milk flow. Makes public nursing less
> than discrete  with a baby who is constantly pulling on and off. Any
> suggestions?

> Also I have a ton of milk in the freezer. At least it is a ton for me (about
> 60 oz or so). When I started back at work for DS#1 I had 8 ounces to spare.
> I had the opposite problem with him. DH jokingly complains about the fact
> that there is no room in the freezer for our food. DS only takes what he
> must to make it to lunch time when I come to feed him and to make it to the
> end of the day. I pump in the am and pm. I am WAY ahead of him. He will take
> maybe 2.5 or 3 oz while we are apart in am and again in the pm. I haven't
> even gotten into the frozen stash yet. He didn't take the bottle well in the
> beginning and I wanted to work on fresh first to make sure he would take it.
> Frozen smells a bit funky when thawed, though I understand it is OK to
> drink. 

> I keep thinking he will start guzzling soon and I will fall behind and have
> to give formula the way I did with my first son. I am NOT throwing it away,
> but what do you do with the excess if there is any? Am I crazy to keep
> pumping twice a day when I am pumping twice what he will eat?

If you're crazy, than I am, too! ;) I've got literally hundreds of ounces 
of milk in the freezer. I pump about 30 ounces a day and send 20 a day 
with DS to day care (he usually only eats about 16 though). I really don't 
have any freezer room left since we just have a side by side freezer unit 
on the fridge, but I keep squeezing it in there. I'm not sure what to do 
with all of it. I have to pump 3 times a day at work or I'll explode! In 
my early days of breastfeeding paranoia, I never once worried about having 
too much milk!

Manda