https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:10:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104471 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:54:48 +0000 Adira 1104471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to just pump for a couple minutes - just enough to relieve the engorgement. But eventually your boobs get used to it! Xander now goes 8-9 hours between eating (at 6.5 months), and my boobs don't hurt in the morning anymore! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104392 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:18:39 +0000 Sapphiresun 1104392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get up and pump since I'm trying to build a small freezer stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104356 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:19:25 +0000 Mrs. Schoolbus 1104356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO first started sleeping longer stretches at night, I would pump the side she didn't feed on. But that made me have and oversupply and it exacerbated the situation and I HAD to pump otherwise it would be so uncomfortable or when I would feed LO,she would get frustrated because it was coming out too fast. Lately, I've been just massaging my breasts in the morning and expressing some either into the nursing pad (when I'm super lazy) or a towel/burp cloth that I keep by the bed. Since I stopped pumping as much, I'm less engorged but still have full breasts in the morning (esp the side she didn't feed on the previous feeding.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104283 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:36:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 1104283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like if I'm going to get up to hand express (which I suck at) I may as well sit with my pump for ten minutes and actually get a whole bottle out of it. As for my body adjusting I am sure it will if this STTN thing becomes a regular thing (please oh please let it become a regular thing!). In the meantime I may practice hand expressing just enough to help me sleep. </p> <p>@autumn865: and yes it is so annoying when I can finally sleep and these melons are keeping me up! I actually soaked my first nursing pad when she was still eating in the first side after she woke up. The other side couldn't wait any longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104210 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:45:58 +0000 autumn865 1104210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hear ya! The irony of it all you finally get the opportunity to STTN but can't because you're so full and uncomfortable. When it happened to me I just hand expressed a little and worked through it until my supply adjusted :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1104017 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 18:48:00 +0000 Revel 1104017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure if this was suggested but I pump on the front end of LOs long stretch of sleep, like an hour after she last nursed. Now I woh full time so I'll take every drop I can get, but might not be a bad way for you to build a small stash and offset the engorgement without having to wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103945 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:53:02 +0000 junebugmama 1103945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure if anyone said it, but I would just hand express into the sink until I got a little relief. Much easier than pumping and dealing with all of that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103891 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:16:20 +0000 Cherrybee 1103891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay, go C!! I have no advice - its not going to help you to know that I leave my full bottles in the fridge until E is hungry - but I wanted to chime in to cheer C on!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103709 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:51:23 +0000 Purpledaisy 1103709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly if you're not going back to work I would say let your body self regulate. If you were going back to work it could be a good way to build a freezer stash but if you don't need it I would get the extra sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103707 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:39:50 +0000 marionberry 1103707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This post just saved me! My 8 day old son already sleeps for giant stretches but he hasn't eaten as much in 24 hours and my boobs are killing me. Our pump won't be here until Wednesday so I hand expressed and it did help a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103474 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:01:23 +0000 hellobeeboston 1103474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yay for STTN! :)</p> <p>I also did not pump once he was consistently sleeping through because i didn't want to get up to pump... it took a few nights but it leveled out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103463 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:54:59 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1103463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Since the engorgement was so uncomfortable it kept me up (I couldn't go back to sleep when they were so full!) I used to either hand express a little, or pump for a few minutes... just enough to relieve the engorgement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103452 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:41:56 +0000 californiadreams 1103452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my baby slept those hours for about 3 months (2 - 5 months) and i pumped almost every morning and built a huge stash! now he wakes once during the night and so i don't wake up full like that anymore but i need to replenish my stash so i am hoping he starts STTN soon.</p> <p>but if you don't want to pump, you can suffer for a few days and your body will adjust. </p> <p>oh and i think in all those morning of pumping did i ever get the sense that baby was still hungry when he woke so i gave a bit more in a bottle. Although i also typically pumped right after he had his morning nursing session so it was never usually an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103448 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:37:29 +0000 lovehoneybee 1103448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't pump unless you want to commit to getting up and fully pumping. I hand-expressed a little bit into the sink or a towel, just enough to relieve the pain. Your body should adjust soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103396 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:12:16 +0000 yellowbird 1103396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I pumped anyime she sttn for the first couple months and kept it for my frozen stash. I did have an oversupply and that's probably why, but I didnt mind since I WOH full time and needed the extra! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103359 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:41:24 +0000 emg86 1103359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would squeeze just a bit into a burp rag. I let my body just regulate itself. Even after almost 3 months of her sttn I still wake up with bowling balls unless I dream feed her before I go to bed but it's not as bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103356 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:36:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 1103356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: @sslm: I'm dying laughing over that typo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103347 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:10:30 +0000 sslm 1103347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: that's maybe the best typo ever... Lol. Who do you have in there right now? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103344 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:06:15 +0000 Bookish 1103344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay for sttn!! I had engorgement at first and then my body adjusted. The few nights where she has woken up in the middle of the night, I've still had enough to feed her. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103341 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 07:01:37 +0000 delight 1103341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I'm awake right now for this very reason and pumping. My LO isn't STTN yet but she does give me 6 hour stretches and only eats from one side during the night so I pump the other. I'm trying to build a stash and can get way more in the night or early morning. Plus my boobs just get uncomfy.</p> <p>By the way remind me to never to come to your house since you like to have "someone" in the freezer ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103340 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:53:07 +0000 aprk 1103340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: hand express some into a towel? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103335 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:41:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 1103335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: yeah I like to have someone the freezer and I'm going away for one day in October but not going back to work so I don't need a huge stash. But it's true, the times I've pumped during the night I get twice as much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103331 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:39:14 +0000 sslm 1103331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't pump, that just makes the problem worse because it's telling your body you need that milk. If you're trying to build a freezer stash though, that'd be a good time to do that :). If not, your body will adjust eventually. Yay for sttn!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103329 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:34:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 1103329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: thanks- it's the second time this week and I'm so excited for it to happen more often!</p> <p>@aprk: I've done that before and it works. But I hate to get out of bed if I don't have to! Lazy mom. But that probably makes the most sense- plus I get so much at that time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103325 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:28:55 +0000 aprk 1103325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pump for ~5 minutes. Baby can always get more milk out :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103324 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:28:35 +0000 swedishfish 1103324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I welcome the sleep! R also slept from 9:30 to 7! It is definitely uncomfortable though but, at 12 weeks, my breasts aren't feeling as engorged as they used to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-and-engorgement#post-1103320 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:18:31 +0000 Foodnerd81 1103320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C has started sleeping through the night every once in a while- YAY!! But if course on those nights I wake up completely full and uncomfortable since she doesn't usually do it and my body doesn't know what to expect. I'm afraid to get up and pump those mornings since I MWeber know when she will wake up. </p> <p>How did you handle it as your LO started sleeping longer and longer stretches? Pump for a few minutes to relieve the fullness? Just lay there super full (what I did today)?</p> <p>Also I am so very excited to be having this dilemma. Baby slept from 9:30 to 7! </p>