Any tips for dropping feedings? My LO is FINALLY sleeping fairly consistently at night - occasionally waking but only for comfort, not food - and I've been pumping before I go to sleep because if I don't pump, I wake up with a plugged duct (plus I've trying to build up a freezer stash). So sick of pumping....do I just stop?
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hmm.... your body generally just stops producing milk for that feeding on it's own.
Once we sleep trained by son two weeks ago, he went down to one feeding at night. I was making enough milk for 2-3 feedings. But there was no way I was still going to get up at midnight and another time in the night to pump when I could be sleeping.
It was uncomfortable for a few days, but now I only make the amount he needs for his one night feeding.
It only took a few days for me.
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When LO started sleeping through the night, I'd pump as soon as I went to bed. For a little while I'd wake up (in the middle of the night) engorged. I'd pump enough so I could go back to bed comfortably, but not so much that I didn't have enough milk for LO in the morning. My body eventually adjusted and I don't wake up in the middle of the night anymore.
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I only had to deal with one night/morning of leaking boobs and my supply regulated practically right away. If you want to build a stash you can pump all you want but your body will just keep producing milk and it won't regulate.
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