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@hilsy85: I totally did it and took advantage of that time to get myself a nice long stretch of sleep. Just let him go and expect him to wake up at some point. lol. C was STTN from about 6 weeks until her 3 months growth spurt. Then she was once a night until 6 months old and now she STTN 6:15pm-8am. It's awesome. I hope you're as lucky!

Don't have a baby, but I say that you are just lucky! Can you pump to help the engorgement?

@hilsy85: I know that women use foremilk to mix in with baby's cereal when he starts taking rice cereals. Also, if you do pump until empty and then your breast refills...what's wrong with that? Chances are: by the time they refill, DS will be awake again anyways. I pump until absoutely empty and my breasts refill to the max within 4h. At that point you'll have a stash....it could be nice to have a freezer stash for when he starts eating solids and you can mix milk into his foods for that extra umph of nutrients. You could also donate it.
And look at it this way: it'll make you loose calories and help your contract your uterus! hehe

As long as your baby is gaining well one 6-7hr stretch is ok. If you are concerned about an over supply, do not pump. Hand expressing can relieve the engorgement and it does not signal the breast to make more milk as long as you just take a little off the top

What makes you think you have an over supply? The best way to know is by poop. Is LO's poop yellow and seedy?

There have also recently been some studies saying that fore milk is not really an issue at night, since the fat contents because greater in the evening.

I'm in the middle of becoming an IBCLC.

@hilsy85: lol I "hate" you for this post!!!!

I agree, let him sleep and pump to relieve engorgement. If you don't want to pump, then maybe hand express a little milk under a warm shower for relief. I wouldn't worry about him getting dehydrated or anything from sleeping too long, if he's hungry he'll wake up to feed.

I say definitely let him sleep! If you eventually want to be able to go through the night without pumping, then I would try and wait as long as you possibly can, and then get up and pump, and you should eventually be able to stretch it out all the way to match LOs sleep time.

@hilsy85: hmm. I always massaged my entire breast (around where the hard lumps would be) and managed to get a steady stream for a good 5 minutes! It was kind of crazy. I'm not sure why you were only able to get a few drops.

ETA: if you want your body to adjust, I would just pump to take the edge off :).

Yeah, let that baby sleep and think about how awesome your life is. The engorgement sucks, though. You can pump if you think it's just a one time thing, but try to push through it if not.