Chapter 3. Infant Feeding

Table 3.71. Percent of mothers pumping each number of ounces of milk per pumping session in the past two weeks by infant age1, among mothers who pumped milk at each age

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

Average number of ounces of milk
that mothers pumped each time
Month 2 survey Month 5 survey Month 7 survey
<=1 ounce 7.9 6.7 5.3
2 ounces 15.0 11.2 10.2
3 to 4 ounces 44.8 38.5 40.0
5 to 6 ounces 22.3 29.8 29.1
7 to 8 ounces 5.9 9.4 11.3
>8 ounces 4.1 4.4 4.0
Total (%) 100 100 100
Total (N) 1,132 704 450

1Table is based on variables: M2D35, M5D34, M7D34