this has been asked a thousand time re pumping and STTN

Ohio_Wedding

do you get up to pump? DS just started sleeping from 8AM until about 4AM, up to eat, then back down until 6:30 or 7.  should i set an alarm and get up to pump?  i have been waking around 3AM, engorged, but not wanting to pump then because i am afraid he will wake soon.  but don't want my supply to tank either.

MrsSteelerTeacherLady

If you have supply issues then you should get up.  I don't, DS has STTN since 8 weeks.  During the work week I get up at 5:30 and pump go through my morning routine and get DS up at 6:45, change and feed him then take him to the sitters.  I pump at 11:30, pick him up at 4:00- he's never hungry so we go home he plays and watches sesame street while I pump.  Normally that's enough for the next day- my supply struggled last week so I added a pumping just before I went to bed and I'm back to 3 pumpings with 50 oz to freeze by the end of the week. 

Maybe you could try pushing back the pumping by 1/2 an hour every couple of days to let your body adjust.  

ETA: on the weekend I wait for him to wake me up (usually around 7:30), feed him and then pump within an hour.  I don't pump at all the rest of the day. 

pinkmoonlight

DD has been sleeping through the night since she was 2 months old I have never gotten up in the middle of the night to pump. You milk supply with adjust its self and if you DS happens to get up in the middle of the night for some reason and want to eat your supply will adjust again.

I have been doing this for 2 months now and have not had a problem with supply issues.

rach10782

I do not wake up to pump.  The first week or so I was very engorged and would leak a little bit.  I still wake up full but nothing like before.  This has not affected my supply during the day because my body knows that during that time he needs to eat every 3 hours. 

norman25

I stopped pumping in middle of the night and my supply tanked. Oversupply to barely anything.   Boo.

inluvwitcowboy

My Daughter is on a very similar schedule.  I started off my pumping in the middle of the night because I was feeling very ingorged.  However, that made the problem worse because I was telling my body that baby needed more milk throughout the night, and I was even MORE engorged.  So I started to pump just a little bit to take the edge off, maybe an ounce from each side, which I was able to do in about 1 1/2 minutes because I was so full.  And now I don't pump at all at night.  My body has worked itself out that I am not so uncomfortable at night. My daughter only eats off one side in the middle of the night and doesn't even finish it.  So, one side or the other is going at least 12 hours if not 13 or 14 with out being eaten from.  I have had no loss in supply.  On the days when I work 12 hour shifts I am still pumping about 2 oz more than she is taking.  I hope that helps you.

Ohio_Wedding

thanks, ladies.  if he continues this consistent schedule, i plan to pump in the night.  just too worried about supply issues and definitely wanting to BF until one year.  thanks!!

ricejl

I woke up the first few nights to pump and then my body adjusted. However now he is taking a lot more from the bottle during the day and I'm struggling to keep up. So I wish I would have continued getting up to pump or at least pumping the other side before going to bed.

bdakerman

norman25:

I stopped pumping in middle of the night and my supply tanked. Oversupply to barely anything.   Boo.

 

me too

JJ1973

I did this,initially, but it got to be too much, especially after I went back to work. My body has adjusted and my supply hasn't tanked, thankfully. But, I keep an eye out for shifts and amp up my pumping if I notice a decrease in my supply.