Magic number pumping

I recently came across the magic number technique. Where basically the most amount of milk you’ve pumped in the am determines how much you should be pumping a day due to your breast capacity. Something along those lines lol. The most I’ve pumped is 16 oz, and on the chart it says I should be pumping about 3-4 times a day to maintain my milk supply, but this worries me. I pump around 6 times a day, and I make about 40 oz of milk a day, which I am happy with. Im just scared to drop some pumps tho. Has anyone else tried this technique out and has it worked for y’all ? Because from what I understand it’s “supply and demand”. Hopefully I can reach someone out there who has tried this.

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Hmm very interesting. According to this I am not pumping enough!

it also depends on if your a exclusive pumper or breastfeed as well. According to this I’m pumping to much and I would love to drop some pumps . Just to scared to since I’m not sure if it would work for me or not.

Mmm I'd be scared to try this too... rn I make around 40 ounces and I pump around 6 times... I accidentally missed a pump at night so my max I pumped was 16 ounces as well... my normal is 12 to 14 after not pumping for 5 to 6 hrs... but it hurts, I pump because the pressure hurts... I can't imagin only pumping 4 times...waiting 6 hrs in-between each time! I normally pump ever 3 to 5 hrs so at least 5 times... hope I'm not still building a supply! I don't want to pump any more!

So is this chart for people exclusively pumping?

My longest time in between pumps is 5 hours and that’s from 9pm to 2am when I do my MOTN pump and I usually get 9oz out! I pump 6 times a day and was planning to drop a pump every two months but my freezer stash is starting to get too large so I wonder if I could drop a pump now and still maintain 🤔 because right now I’m still at the increase numbers according to this graph! I’m scared too because I’ve heard your supply drops off around the 12 week mark so I’m scared to mess around with my pump schedule until I’m past that point!

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