Trish, Specifically I am wondering about starting out with only 4 times a
day. Is that what you did? I thought one would need to start with say 8 or
more and then at 2-3 wks wean to 6 to maintain. Thanks for your response. I
wonder what others will say.  Mary Ann Krainz

-----Original Message-----
From: Trish Whitehouse, RN [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:15 PM
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Subject: exclusive pumping


Nikki Lee wrote":
    Mary Ann Krainz wonders about sustained milk supply with exclusive
pumping. I have heard of women pumping 15 and 18 months for babies unable to
breastfeeding due to congenital anomaly. They need an excellent pump, of
course."

I know it's not the main point of this post, but just for information sake,
I've been exclusively pumping for what will be two years this July 14th.
Sill going strong, with about a 20 oz. output/day.  I'm not a super
producer either, at my best, I was only producing about a liter/day.  So
yes, it can be done and a supply can be kept up for even longer than 18 mo.

Trish

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