Hi Laurie,

I like to teach power-pumping as mimicking a baby's periodic increased feeding frequency (cluster-feeding) during growth spurts, which is a great way to normalize cluster-feeding by the baby, as well as to normalize the need to periodically increase pumping frequency for increasing volume, particularly but not only in those who are exclusively-pumping. 

Kelly Bonyata's tremendous resource, KellyMom.com, has a helpful page on that website entitled, "I'm Not Pumping Enough Milk.  What Can I Do?".  I especially like that she refers to "cluster-pumping".  Here's link to that page:  http://kellymom.com/hot-topics/pumping_decrease/

More frequent nursing and pumping is mentioned in a mother's response on La Leche League International's website here.  Please see the comment 
near the bottom of the page for information on more frequent pumping to increase volume.  http://www.llli.org/nb/nbmayjun08p46.html

Nancy Mohrbacher also has a teaching sheet/infographic here, but am having difficulty enlarging it enough to see whether increased frequency is mentioned for increasing volume.  http://www.noodlesoup.com/ProductImages/1532hr.jpg

With best regards,

Debra Swank, RN BSN IBCLC
Ocala, Florida USA
More Than Reflexes Education
http://www.morethanreflexes.org










 

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