I unfortunately did not track the first 8 weeks with my first baby. Every pumping session since was meticulously logged in a pumping app.

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  1. Data was collected through a pumping app “Pumping Work” and then exported to Excel. The graph was made in excel and the rest of the graphic was made in Canva.

  2. Congrats, mama! So much hard work in this data viz.

  3. Looking at your history you seem like a elite mom.

  4. your choice of font and my poor vision makes the word PUMP sort of look like DUMP so I read it both ways and the DUMP version is much funnier

    edit – great data collection and graphing btw

  5. This is awesome! Incredible numbers and incredible commitment. Pumping is no joke. Care to share what pumps you used? I’d also be curious to know how many times a day you pumped.

  6. Average ~21 cal/oz or 512,000 calories pumped (21 x 24.4k oz). That’s 393 cal/hour, similar to high intensity cycling. Good work!

  7. Speaking as a guy, a half gallon in one day sounds like a lot! I had no idea that kind of volume was possible.

  9. Damn you are quite the producer. So many women struggle to get 10-20oz a day.

  10. It is weird that I’m curious about what it tastes like?

  11. If I may ask, if there is excess, what is done with it? Is it donated or thrown away?

  12. This is fascinating!  Also really impressive time commitment represented here.  Wish I was able to produce so much so early on in the first weeks pp too.  That’s a lot of production for baby 2 right off the bat.  That’d take a lot of the stress out of wondering if they’re getting enough that first time moms often have. 

  14. My wife is starting her breastfeeding journey in a few weeks and hope to have this much production. Thank you for sharing and would love to hear any tips or best practices for having as much success as you

  15. Lol, before I read the entire graphic I thought the “Milk Production” Chart must be left and right! This is impressive – Congrats!

  16. Ha, I can’t share this link with my wife because you pumped about twice as much per day as she did and I know better than to provoke lactation jealousy! But I’m excited to see all this data work. We tracked everything in a very detailed Google Sheet that I then piped into an R workbook to chart.

    Do you have data on feedings? I was struck watching the share of milk consumed between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. rise over my baby’s first 8 months, from just under 50% (what you would expect if feedings happened randomly/constantly throughout the day) to 65% or so today.

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