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I already posted but just wanted to say that not waking LO didn't hurt my supply at all. She has generally only gotten up once or twice a night since the first two weeks (besides the four month sleep regression). At the beginning I'd pump when I felt super uncomfortable, but everything regulated and I've never had a problem at 5 months in.

I set my alarm for every three hours, but that was definitely wishful thinking! She was always up way before that alarm went off, and most of the time I hadn't even been able to go to sleep from the last wake up since it took forever to get her down. Don't be scared, just prepared! It is tough, but you'll get through it.

I woke LO every three hours until the pediatrician said not to when he was at his discharge weight on day five, indicating that he had passed the low point and was gaining back weight. After that LO slept one 4-6 hour stretch, and his weight gain has been good. I have never had supply problems, even since going back to work. I continued to wake him to feed every three hours during the day.

I know this thread is super old but I wanted to say....in the hospital they may do this whether you want to or not! I went into recovery around 11 PM and they woke us up at 1:00 AM saying it was time for eating (he had nursed a few minutes after birth but he was mainly messing around). I was totally shocked. But I dutifully tickled my child's feet and put a washcloth on his head....he didn't want to feed only wanted to sleep. But the nurse is assigned to the mother and the baby so she/he is required to make sure that a mother nurses a certain amount while they are in recovery. They would come in every few hours and make a note of how long we nursed etc. This had the effect of making me so paranoid that I did wake to feed, although it was usually every 3-4 instead of 2-3. Once he got back to his weight I quit.

In the very beginning we always set an alarm but except for the first night he always woke us up before it went off.