DS just started sleeping for a 6 hour stretch this week. I've been pumping about 3 hours in for the past few nights but wouldn't mind sleeping instead. Will this affect my supply though?
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Go sleep. I didn't pump until LO was seven months. My supply has been perfect from the beginning.
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LO has slept through the night the majority of the time since 3 months and I've never pumped at night. Close to 7 months and no supply issues.
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Never. I sleep when the baby sleeps. But, I've always had supply issues because I have a really good sleeping baby...so it is a toss up for me on which was better. Although I did like all that sleep
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Hell. No. To me supply = what the baby needs. So if the baby is sleeping, he/she will regulate and tell your body what he/she needs during the day hours and your body will ante up!
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Nope. I usually will pump right before I go to bed though just so I'm not super engorged in the mornings. It took about 2 months for my supply to regulate so I'm not painfully engorged anymore.
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Unless you are really struggling with supply issues, sleep! Your body will get used to your baby's schedule and make what they need when they need.
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There was a magical period in my life when L STTN 9-10 straight hours every night and I would pump one side in the morning, I bulg a stash that way. Did I ever wake up to pump? Heck no!
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The first time C slept for more than 6 hours I was so engorged I had to get up to pump, but otherwise no. Your body will adjust but if you keep pumping it will think you need the milk then. It would be a good way to build a stash though, since you have the most in the early morning. I value sleep more.
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Never!
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I do but I don't really enjoy sleeping!
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OK, I'm taking your advice and skipping the pumping tonight! Yay, sleep
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Oh heck no! Get some sleep!!!
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Nope! Xander goes 8-9 hours between feeds now at 6 months and I don't ever pump between! Sometimes I'll pump right after his last feed for the night if I feel like he didn't empty me, and I always wake up VERY full, but it hasn't affected my supply at all! Get some sleep, lady!
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Sleep woman
LO has been STTN for 3 weeks now and I just pump in the morning when she gets a bottle. Supply is all good.
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