What time to pump for night bottle?

CrystalEOh · April 2016

We just gave LO her first bottle - 5 wks old- and thankfully it went well. I would like to pump enough for DH to take on a few hours of night watch; is anyone else doing this? If so, when do you pump so as to avoid supply problems?

4N6s · April 2016

If he's feeding her a bottle, pump at that time.

VitaLuna · April 2016

4N6s said:

If he's feeding her a bottle, pump at that time.

Ditto this. Especially this early on, you should pump at the same time LO is taking the bottle.

ashton2190 · April 2016

I typically pump both sides while she's taking the bottle if I can, but at least the side she's skipping because she's taking the bottle.

If you're looking for when to pump to fill the bottle for the evening, I like to pump during her morning nap because I can get a lot and that's typically her longest nap so I can get a bit full. I also will pump the side she didn't take after a feeding. I'm trying to get a bit of a stockpile going for when I go back to work and this seems to work for me

beharrington · April 2016

I pump after every feeding because I'm trying to keep up my supply for LO to use while I'm at work. DH gives LO the midnight bottle (which I pump after the 8pm feeding). I do not wake up and pump during that time since the point of him giving the bottle is so I can sleep. I then do the 4am feeding and go to work and DH sleeps till 6. I've been pumping religiously since about 3 weeks and we started this schedule right before I went back to work at 6 weeks. During the day, I pump at around the same time LO is getting a bottle from my mom.

sheslikeasunburn · April 2016

My dh does the middle of the night feeding so I can sleep. I find I build up enough over the night that there is plenty to do a feeding then pump once she wakes up around 7.

CrystalEOh · April 2016

Thanks, all. I have a LO who feeds almost constantly and rarely sleeps more than 2 hours so it's hard to squeeze in pumping as well. I'll keep at it!

VitaLuna · April 2016

CrystalEOh said:

Thanks, all. I have a LO who feeds almost constantly and rarely sleeps more than 2 hours so it's hard to squeeze in pumping as well. I'll keep at it!

If LO is nursing every 2hrs and you're just having H take one night feed, you'd probably be ok to skip pumping, since that would essentially just put you at a 4hr stretch, which probably wouldn't hurt your supply. Try to really tank LO up at night and hopefully you can start getting longer stretches!

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