How will this affect my supply?
I am back at work in 8 days and planning to express but never can express as much as DD takes herself.
Currently during the day she has a feed around 10 and 2-3 so although I plan to express twice at work I suspect my boobs will adjust supply as not as much is being used. If I feed her during the weekend (am working mon-fri for 4 months), will I still have enough milk to feed as I normally do on the weekend or will this compromise my supply for morning/night feeds which I plan to continue as normal? DH is on LSL on we plan to just offer her EBM/cows/goats milk during the day when i am not there and i will give her a bf as soon as i get home. She already has it in cereal etc and shown no intolerance
How will this affect my supply?
I express mon- fri and have for about 3 years in total so far (16 mths approx for ds1 and now about 8 mths for ds2). I started trying to express about 3-4 times originally when they were <6/7 mths. Currently I vary between 1 & 2 express sessions a day to try to keep up with ds2's 2-3 x 90ml bottles a day. Lately I've been lucky if I get one in as school's been mad for me.
Sometimes I try to express a bit qon the weekend to build up a stash for the freezer in case I don't get enough fresh milk that day (I freeze in 30ml lots).
My expressing doesn't affect my weekend supply, ds2 still feeds well at 12.5mths overnight (sometimes I feel like he's making up for no mummy contact by ridiculous night feeding).
ETA I went back to work when my boys were about 4 mths old and made sure I had a freezer stash then already.