Pumping & maintaining your milk production
Pumping & maintaining your milk production
Review these considerations for when to pump or hand express, pumping comfortably and how to personalize pumping routine.
About this document
The best way to make sure your body is making as much milk as possible is to feed your baby every time they show hunger cues. For many people, this ensures they have enough milk to meet their baby’s nutritional needs.
If you have had chest or breast surgery, are co-feeding or inducing lactation, or have a baby with sucking challenges (such as a preterm baby), you may need to add hand expression and pumping to your feeding routine to establish and maintain your milk production.
