Do you wake the baby?

ateal2490

if your boobs start to hurt from being overly full?

DD is passed out but the lightening-like pains that keep shooting down my ta-tas are getting more and more intense and I don't have a pump.

 

So, to wake or not to wake....that is the question.

Input? 

twirlerbride

I was going to suggest to pump a little to make the pain less, but that won't help you.  You can try to hand express some to relieve the pain.  I wouldn't do too much in case she wakes up, but I would do that over waking her.  This is assuming that she is having the proper amounts of wet and dirty diapers.  Good Luck.

starbound6

Night - don't wake.  Daytime - yes wake.  That's my policy:)  

If you're in pain at night, I'd hand express a bit - kind of massage your boobs with 2 flat palms on opposite sides of the boob, in a sweeping motion moving towards the nipple.  Doing this in a warm shower is helpful too:)

WildcatPrincess

I don't!

gisa886

My policy is never wake a sleeping baby. Unless it has just been a ridiculous amount of time during the day. 

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stm510

As some others noted, I wake every 2-3 hours during day and feed on demand at night...sometimes DS will sleep 4-5 hours at night and I won't wake since he's back to birth weight. 

TucktheTurtle

I don't wake her at night, but I do during the day.

Christina_Diane

I still wake him every three hours...even at night. We are still monitoring his jaundice though.

dixee.deluxe

I never ever ever woke her to feed (she didn't have medical issues).  If I was engorged, I'd pump.

Are you planning on not getting a pump? 

huahualove

I've expressed some milk into a burprag a few times, just to get the pressure down some. But this morning, I woke up around 8 am, last feeding was at 5:30 but he only took one breast so one of mine felt super full. I went ahead and woke him up cause I knew he would be waking up soon anyways and he was very happy to eat. I think that if it was not around the time that he would normally be waking up that I would have just expressed a bit to let the pressure off till he woke up or I could wake him up.