Breastfeeding/pumping moms...How much milk do you get from one pumping session, and how old is your baby?

It varies from time of day (mornings I have more) and how long it's been since the last feed/pump. I think the average amount collected is 2-4 ounces per pumping session, although some variation on this is normal. Remember that baby can ALWAYS get more milk than a pump, so it is not a good way to determine how much baby gets when nursing.

When my milk first came i could get like 5 or 6 oz.. but then after i could usually get about 4. I started my baby on a bit of formula at night time when he was 5 weeks old and it really helped him sleep longer as he wasnt always waking up starving (he was 9lbs 8 oz baby)

When I first started to pump my baby was 3 weeks old and I would get a total of 3 oz out of both breasts. Now my son will be 6 weeks on Monday and I'm pumping 3-4 oz out of each breast which brings me to a total of about 6-8 oz. I've been alternating breasts though. At each session I pump only from one side and let the baby suck on the other. Then after 3 hours I switch. Good luck!!

The only way I can pump out my milk is if I feed my daughter off of one breast and pump from the other. She is 15 weeks old and I can usually get 4-5 ounces depending on the time of day (early mornings I get MUCH more than night time). Sometimes I can stimulate my let down (if I feel really full and I need to express my milk) and get up to 9 ounces total from both breasts.

Am wondering what the reason is to ask this as all women produce different quantities of breastmilk. Regardless of breast size women have differerent storage capacity also. For some it is about 150mls & others up to 600 mls. This means babies will feed more frequently with smaller capacity. All individual. The other thing is it depends on how old baby is - in the 1st few weeks some women can only express a very small quantity (hand or pump). For others they quite a lot of 'excess'. Basically it depends on whether your baby has had lots of unrestricted access to the breast in the early days to stimulate a plentiful long term milk supply. The more you feed the more you make. The less you feed the less you make & pumping is not as effective as a babyfeeding. As long as what you are doing is satisfying baby's hunger & you are not putting the supply & demand out too much with heaps of pumping you'll be fine. If your breasts get over stimulated you can get blocked milk ducts & possibly a breast infection when the milk is not taken off regularly. Good luck

My baby girl is 6 months old and I usually pump 3-4 ounces from each. I usually always have enough left over for next week. Started donating extra milk to Prolacta-breast milk project.