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made a bad decision last nigh

sarag0116sarag0116 member
in February 2011 Moms

So last night I decided to give myself a break and cut out my usual evening pump before bed.  I pump twice a day morning and night and EBF all day.  WORST MISTAKE EVER.  Usually DD wakes up at 3 or 4 am to nurse... well last night, she slept until 5:20am.  Which is wonderful of course, but bad timing b/c I woke up in the middle of the night in so much pain.  Not to mention I leaked through 2 nursing pads (yes I doubled up), my bra, and my shirt.  I was so miserable that I woke up several times and finally at 4 am when I realized baby girl wasn't waking up, I had to go pump.  I just pumped a few ounces on each side for relief.

I guess I'll have to keep up this pumping session.  Anyone have any suggestions for how to wean off of that?

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Re: made a bad decision last nigh

  • Jenniferk08Jenniferk08 member

    I always post before bed.  Anytime I skip it I end up leaking. Last night I thought I was safe because I had pumped just under 2hrs before bed at 11:00pm .  BIG mistake when I woke up at 6:30 with a soaked shirt/bra and pads. 

    Mj is STTN so I've been able to cut out the middle of the night pumping but before bed and right after MJ's first am feeding are 2 that I can never skip. 

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  • Firedancer1013Firedancer1013
    No advice here, but my DS sleeps sometimes 10 hours at night, so I leak every night. I've just kind of gotten used to it sadly.
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  • munica00munica00 member
    I thought after a few days of not nursing when your body was used to nursing, it would naturally stop producing all that milk at that time. That's what my advice would be, just wait it out for a few days and your body should stop producing so much milk. Any time you pump, it's telling your body, "I need this milk at this time so keep making it" is what i understood. But I'd just google the subject and see what happens. My body has gotten more under control in the past few weeks as DD is STTN. But by the 8th hour of her sleep, my breasts are very full and leaking, but the rest of the day is fine. 
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  • sarag0116sarag0116 member
    I decided to pump last night around 8:30 before going to bed (yes, I go to bed really early haha).  DD decided to wake up at 2:20am which is much earlier than usual.  And then again at 4:20am.  We need to get on the same page!  I could have probably skipped pumping without any problems if I knew she'd wake up so early.
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