Why should you keep track of the amount of milk you are pumping?

Well, sometimes in your foggy middle of the night pumping session, you realize you have lost track of how much you have pumped over the last 24 hours. Well, here is a pumping log that you can use to help you keep track. Why should you keep track? You may need to keep track of how much milk you are making if you have a preemie, or you may need to keep track of how much milk your baby is taking in over 24 hours and at each feed. This pumping log will help you keep track of how much milk you are making, to ensure you are pumping enough to keep your new precious baby fed! You can also refer to the document on helping to maintain or reach a full milk production for you baby.

http://www.motherschoiceproducts.com/pdf_documents/public/Reachingfullmilkproduction2010.pdf

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Pumping Log
	Name:				Date:
	GOAL:
	Stage 1 (Birth to milk increase, ~Day 3-4):
		8-10 pumpings/day, 10-15 min per breast, hand expression after
		Expect:  Drops, but pumping now “puts in your order” for more milk later
	Stage 2 (Day 3-4 to full milk production, 750-1050 mL per baby per day):
		8-10 pumpings/day, 20-30 min. per breast and/or hand expression after
		Expect:  More milk expressed every day
	Stage 3 (At full milk production: 750-1050 mL per baby per day)
	6-7 pumpings/day, 10-15 min. per breast to maintain milk production
		To maintain milk production, once a week total daily milk yield
		Expect:  To maintain milk production
	Time Started Pumping	Time Ended Pumping	Total Pumping Time	Minutes Hand-Expressed After Pumping	Total Milk Expression Time	Oz/mL Milk Pumped Left Breast	Oz/mL Milk Pumped Right Breast	Total Milk Expressed
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					0			0
					Total Milk Expressed per 24 hrs			0
	Minutes Spent Today in Skin-to-Skin Contact with Baby:
	Mother
	Father
	Other
	Total
	Flange size used on in mm:
	Left Breast-	21.0	22.5	25.0	28.5	30.5	32.5	36.0
	Right Breast-	21.0	22.5	25.0	28.5	30.5	32.5	36.0