Meems
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It depends, do you mean the mother would be spending feedings away from the baby and pumping during those times or that the mother will be pumping on top of breastfeeding all the child's feedings? If the mom would be missing feedings and pumping to make up for it then yes, the pump will never do as good a job as the baby. If she is pumping on top of every feeding then it will just increase supply.
anette
first of all "FRIEND" is wrong. Sorry friend but you have it backwards foremilk is the less fatty milk consider it skim or 1% them as your baby nurses or as your pump you gradually get into the 2% milk so to say then you are getting to the end os your session and you have reached the hindmilk which would be the whole milk persay. if you want to you could pump to take the edge off your let-down than feed your baby than pump again so your getting both in your bottle for the freezer. Other options are to pump a bit on one side to take the edge off than nurse and at the same time pump on the other side as you will be getting much more because your body is being stimulation from the baby and also the pump and thus you'll increase your out put and increase your freezer stash! And you'll be getting both foremilk and hindmilk. if your not able to either than just freeze the formilk because as someone else said some breast milk is better than no breast milk. Good luck and keep up the good work!
kat
No. The more milk you express the more you will produce whether it is expressed by a pump or by nursing doesn't matter. If you want to increase your milk you should nurse more often and if you can't then you can also pump to increase your supply.