how does BF supply work?

genkidesu

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Pandril19

In general your body will adjust to not make so much overnight and make more for each feed as she'll take more.

But each woman is slightly different.  Some women do feel like they take an overall hit.   E routinely goes ~10-12 hours without feeding and feeds on only one side at a time, so a boob can go for ~15 hours without feeding/pumping.  I don't feel like it has affected my overall supply.

 

aylafsu88

From what I have heard and experienced your supply should adjust.  When LO started sleeping 6-8 hours at night I was really engorged for a few days but over time my engorgement has gone down.  Occasionally LO will wake up in the middle of the night to nurse and I have never had a problem with milk supply.  I also still pump the same amount of milk at work, so my supply has not been effected by her STTN.  I have also heard of women who stop pumping at work and just nurse in the evenings and morning when their LO is 9m+.  From all of this I gather that milk supply is a very fluid and is based mostly on supply and demand.  I would not worry about your supply tanking from LO STTN.

lilahbean13

I stopped reading at 13 hours straight at night.
Side eyes my own baby

elampl

Your body and supply should just adjust, maintaing enough supply for the times that she demands (which is generally during the daylight hours).  My LO has been sleeping about 11 hours since 4 weeks and I stopped being too engorged/leaking during the morning after a month of those long stretches.  My sister trained her boobs to only produce in the morning and evening and feed formula during the day though I don't think everyone can do that because of supply issues.    

jenna888

lilahbean13:

I stopped reading at 13 hours straight at night. Side eyes my own baby

lol don't worry she will figure it out soon enough

I agree with other posters.  I think my supply did take a little bit of a hit but I think it was also due to other factors (not just sstn)

genkidesu

thanks everyone!!! i'll just keep doing what i'm doing then. yeah, definitely by morning, my boobs are rock hard. it's like free implants lol...and i feel like DD has to concentrate so hard so she doesnt choke haha...normally during day feedings she plays with my bra, or shirt, or whatever, but during that morning feeding she has a look of concentration hahaha

 

lilahbean13:

I stopped reading at 13 hours straight at night. Side eyes my own baby

don't worry! your LO will get there!