https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 15:07:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776276 Sun, 12 May 2013 11:48:49 +0000 shopaholic 776276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: YAY for 8 hours! Hppy Mother's Day! K went over 8 hours on Friday night and barely wanted to eat at all last night. </p> <p>IDK how long it takes your body to adjust, but this morning I really couldn't handle the engorgement on one side (since I only feed from one side each session) - it had been over 8 hours. I finally got up to pump and got almost 4 oz. out of one side!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776270 Sun, 12 May 2013 11:43:56 +0000 Beehive 776270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's wonderful! The engorgement definitely got better for me. For a long time I would leak a lot overnight (leak through the breast pads), but even that has gotten better over time. One thing that helped me is pumping right before I go to bed - I can get 4-6 oz that way, and that's actually what started my freezer stash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776242 Sun, 12 May 2013 11:04:06 +0000 heartonastring 776242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yay for your LO! That is an awesome Mother's Day gift!</p> <p>I hear that engorgement lessens over time as baby STTN more regularly. My DD has been sleeping in 6-8 hour stretches at night and I wake up covered in milk. When it gets uncomfortable I hand express a little bit and that seems to help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776179 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:07:00 +0000 Smurfette 776179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: I checked on her last night too since hadn't slept that long before. Then I was afraid I woke her up but she went back to sleep. I hope R keeps it up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776174 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:05:27 +0000 Smurfette 776174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I fed her at 530, just on the right and she was out. Then woke back up for the day, so I went ahead and pumped and got 3 ozs on each side which I never get. Score! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776081 Sun, 12 May 2013 08:24:19 +0000 cheert16 776081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: it was surprise when I woke up at 430 am and he was still sleeping- I jumped outta bed to make sure he was still breathing. Then he did it again the next night- it's been a week- so I am hoping it sticks! We turned on a fan and I think the noise helps him sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776017 Sun, 12 May 2013 07:16:22 +0000 blackbird 776017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump, but once I dropped my night pumpings, I woke up wet a few times and now I don't anymore. Yet, first thing in the am, I now pump the total or greater of all my previous night pumpings. So. Weird. I do have to stay on the pump longer in the AM but I'll take it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-776012 Sun, 12 May 2013 07:12:56 +0000 Smurfette 776012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: LO is already sleeping through the night, that is awesome! I hear you on the stash but I want sleep!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775983 Sun, 12 May 2013 06:11:55 +0000 cheert16 775983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my LO started sttn last week I woke up with rocks on my chest, now I just set am alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to pump. It sucks, but I get so much extra milk I think I might be able to start a freezer stash! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775982 Sun, 12 May 2013 06:08:21 +0000 Smurfette 775982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: not at all! It is Mother's Day after all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775980 Sun, 12 May 2013 05:58:00 +0000 aprk 775980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I agree! Sorry DH isn't feeling well. I can hear A grunting in the other room but I'm hiding in the nursery since I'd rather go back to bed and have my husband get up with him. lol, is that bad? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775979 Sun, 12 May 2013 05:55:35 +0000 Smurfette 775979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: She only went back to sleep for 30 mins and since DH isn't feeling good I am up with her. Good though, forced me to pump. But really I should be the one still sleeping, it's Mother's Day! Glad you got 5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775978 Sun, 12 May 2013 05:52:34 +0000 aprk 775978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A slept five hours last night which was glorious and I woke up with the same problem. He only wanted one side though so I just pumped the other. Probably not helping the "regulate to the baby" situation, but, oh well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775977 Sun, 12 May 2013 05:49:02 +0000 mediagirl 775977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It does! The few glorious times she sttn, I was so engorged in the morning but it got better every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775970 Sun, 12 May 2013 05:33:53 +0000 SleepyMonkey 775970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think most do, mine never did. i wake up engorged every morning. which is why i'm up at 6:30 pumping after feeding baby instead of going back to sleep immediately. and yay for 8 hours of sleep!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-engorgement#post-775965 Sun, 12 May 2013 04:46:05 +0000 Smurfette 775965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy Mothers Day to me, R just slept for almost 8 hours!!! Of course I didn't sleep that whole time thanks to bathroom trips and my boobs. I finally hand expressed some out at 330, cause I didn't want to pump cause I was sure she would wake up soon. Then I did again at 5. She made one little noise and I grabbed her so she could nurse. </p> <p>Fingers crossed, R keeps it up. Cause I would really like to take advantage of it and sleep better. But these rocks are to uncomfortable to do so! And I don't like waking up covered in milk. </p> <p>So my question is does my body learn to adjust for these longer stretches! She nurses before bed, and we usually go to bed right then too. </p>