expressing- when to "give up"

Nelly,

I'm in no way an expert, but hope this helps a little

My LB is 7 months old, and I express all his feeds for during the work day, and then feed him mornings, evenings and weekends.

I express during the feed - he gets one boob, and I express simultaneously on the other side, alternating each time - then I usually get anywhere between 50-100mls.

Then I also express once a day (afternoon) at work - from both sides - and I can get between 150-225mls.

I give him all his feeds over the weekend, and he still gets enough milk for his mid-morning feed (the one I miss at work).

I struggled a while ago and asked advice, and got some really nice tips/links - here is the thread
www.moomie.co.za/forum/5-your-baby/16672...sing-breastmilk.html

What seemed to help for me in the end was lots of jungle berry juice (or coke if I didn't have).
Also, I've been trying to keep on expressing for a few minutes after the milk stops flowing - aparrently this help due to the 'increase in demand'

Lastly, I express as much as I can over the weekend, so that I'm a bottle (or 2) ahead by monday - helps to take the preasure off during the week

@Nelly: I don't have any wise words for you but I never liked the idea of expressing at work so I never did it. I would feed her in the mornings, express about 1 &1/2 150ml bottles when I got home and breastfeed her in the evenings as well so I had quite a lot of milk. But after about 2 months of being back at work, my boobs no longer got sore & full during the day & slowly but surely my milk supply dried up...

So my guess is,if you stop expressing at work, it will definitely slow down or even stop your milk supply.

But BF experts, pls do comment.

Alessandro has just turned 6 months old! And I've been expressing at work and topping up with formula, as I only make 70mls per session!

When does one know: ok, it aint cutting it! Is it worth to continue expressing for only 70ml? I'd like to continue breastfeeding for all his feeds when he's with me. But then if I stop expressing in the week, won't that mean I'll have no supply on weekends?

He gets a morning and evening breast feed and 2 bottles in the day.

When is it time to stop expressing? Ur help will be greatly appreciated!