Dropping my 1 pump/day

catycate

I SAH with DD (12weeks), so I don't need a huge stash, but wanted DH to give a bottle at night and needed a small stash bc my son had surgery and I needed to be away from her for a while. So I started pumping at 2 AM, in between my last nursing session and my early morning nursing session (gets a bottle at 12ish). It's not really a harsship, I naturally wake up around then to pee anyway. But I am able to pump 2 bottles generally (6 oz), so now I have this pretty big stash (100+oz) that I don't really need to increase. I am pretty engorged by the time I wake up, but I don't want to mess with my supply. Should I just drop the pump all together? Stop it gradually? Will I be able to pick back up with it if/when I need my stash back up?

surpriseaddition

I would try cold turkey to drop it. You may leak for a day or two until your body adjusts and then you'll be fine overnight and get some of that precious sleep! I let my LO STTN for a month before I did a MOTN pumping to build my freezer stash for going back to work at 6 months. I didn't have a problem building back in that MOTN pumping where I was netting 7 oz. I did the same of waking to pee so it wasn't too bad. GL!