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overnight pumping/breastfeeding question
google is not solving this very well.
when you babies started STTN, did you still get up to pump/feed when you got engorged? right now C generally wakes before they do (they have one 4.5 hr sleep now, woot). This seems like a dumb question but we're hoping they'll be sleeping 8-10 hrs by the time she goes back to work and it seems ridiculous for her to pump overnight if they're not eating at 4 am
Re: overnight pumping/breastfeeding question
I did not, because I was so thankful to have the full nights sleep. I would typically pump one side when I would wake before N, knowing that N would take care of the other side when she woke up.
C's body should adjust in a few days to the new schedule. So she will be engorged a bit those first couple of days of full sleeping.
Craig had a co-worker that did continue to wake up in the middle of the night and pump till her DD was about 1. Maybe that is why she had a huge stash and I could barely cover what was needed... But C should do whatever she feels most comfortable with.
Eli has been sleeping through the night for over two months and I am still dying of engorged by the time I wake up (but I am also constantly engorged). Unless it's a random night and he misses his last feeding, I never pump when he doesn't eat because if he isn't eating at that time, I don't want to continue producing (more).
Unless she is trying to build up a freezer supply, I would say not to pump if the girls aren't eating at that time.
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nope if the babies are sleeping then so should C.
If she gets up to pump then , her body will keep thinking it needs to make milk then which it won't
I'm late to jump in but I will let you know what I did just because it is different than the other ladies but it worked for me.
When I went back to work Brynn usually went to bed between 8-9 at that point and I would nurse her at that point and then I would pump right before I went to bed anywhere between 11 and 1. It was a hassel but in order to produce enough not to need to dip into my freezer stash every day. Brynn was also only eating on one side at that time so I would pump the opposite side in the morming.
I hope C doesn't have a problem when she heads back to work and gets to sleep all night.