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title: "Log pumping and set a pump alarm · Cami Help"
description: "Tap Pumping on Home, start the timer, then stop it and enter the amount as a total or per side. After you save, Cami offers a next-pump alarm."
url: https://camibaby.com/help/pumping
language: en
updated: 2026-11-06
---

# Log pumping and set a pump alarm

Tap Pumping on Home, start the timer, then stop it and enter the amount as a total or per side. After you save, Cami offers a next-pump alarm.

## Time a pumping session

1. On Home, tap **Pumping** .
2. Tap **Start Pumping**.
3. When you finish, tap **Stop Pumping**.
4. Under **Amount**, choose **Total** for one number, or **Left / Right** for each side. Set the amount.
5. Tap **Save Pumping**.

![The Pumping form after the timer stops: the time pumped, the Amount card with Total and Left / Right, and Save Pumping.](https://camibaby.com/help/pumping/review.webp)

A running pumping timer shows on Home, and on your Lock Screen when Live Activities are on. You can leave Cami while it runs.

## Log a session you did not time

1. Open **Home** , **Pumping** and tap **Switch to manual entry** at the foot of the form.
2. Set **When** it started and the **Duration**. To type an end time instead, tap the switch on the **Duration** row.
3. Enter the amount and tap **Save Pumping**.

![The Pumping form in manual entry, with the When and Duration rows and the amount.](https://camibaby.com/help/pumping/manual.webp)

## Set an alarm for the next pump

After you save a session, Cami shows **Next pump**. You can also open it any time with the alarm button at the top of the Pumping form.

1. Choose how to set the time: **After pump** (counted from the start of your last session; it reads **After feed** when you nursed more recently), **In** (from now) or **At** (a clock time).
2. Pick the time.
3. Tap **Set alarm**.

![The Next pump sheet: After pump, In and At, a time, and the Set alarm button.](https://camibaby.com/help/pumping/next-pump.webp)

The alarm rings even when your iPhone is on silent. When it rings, you can stop it or tap **Start pumping**. The countdown on your Lock Screen has a button to snooze it for 15 minutes.

To change the time, open **Next pump** again and tap **Move alarm**. To cancel it, tap **Turn off alarm**.

The alarm is for this iPhone only. Your partner’s phone does not ring.

### Alarm options

In **Next pump**, tap the **Alarm options** button (•••):

- **Ask after each pump**: turn off to stop the sheet from opening after every save.
- **Show on Lock Screen**: shows the countdown to the next pump on your Lock Screen.

## Pumping belongs to the family

A pumping session is yours, not one child’s. With twins or siblings, your pumping shows on each child’s Timeline, and the export of each child includes it. Only one pumping timer can run at a time in your family.

## Troubleshooting

### Cami says alarms are blocked

You told iOS not to let Cami set alarms. Tap **Allow alarms in Settings** in the **Next pump** sheet and turn alarms on for Cami.

### Cami asks to turn off my next pump alarm

If an alarm is set when you start pumping, Cami asks **Turn off your next pump alarm?**. Tap **Turn it off and start** or **Keep it on and start**.

## Related articles

- [Log a bottle of breast milk or formula](https://camibaby.com/help/bottles): Tap Bottle on Home, choose Breast milk or Formula, set the amount and tap Save Bottle. To time the feed instead, switch the form to the timer.
- [Time a nursing session, one side at a time](https://camibaby.com/help/nursing-timer): On Home, tap Nursing, then tap the breast you're feeding from. Tap the other side when you switch. When you're done, tap Stop Nursing, then Save Nursing.
- [Add a past entry, edit, reopen or delete it](https://camibaby.com/help/edit-delete-entries): To change an entry, open it on the Timeline, tap the ••• button and choose Edit or Delete Entry. To add one you forgot, tap + on the Timeline.

## Still need help?

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