Breastfeeding and STTN

[traversity]

Jan 8, 2016 7:58:05 GMT -5 alicia0818 said:

With DD1, I still pumped for a while because my pumping supply at work couldn't keep up with her.

When this child starts STTN, so will I, because with a toddler and infant, I need all the sleep. Plus I have no reservations about supplementing with formula.

This all the way.

[Maggie0424]

DS started sleep regression. Joy. If we get back to him sleeping in large chunks, I may go back to getting up to pump. (When I do get good chunks of sleep I only get up once). But I don't get up every night only once in awhile. I currently have 3 1/2 of quart sized freezer bags full of frozen milk.

[ordinaryme]

Wes has been mostly STTN for the last month or so. I sleep too. I don't pump or anything. At first I was waking up very engorged but my body has since adjusted and it hasn't hurt my supply at all.

[Smootiepie]

I pump right before DS goes to bed. Then for a while, I was being woken up by engorgement, so I would pump when that happened. Now my body seems to have figured it out, so I just wake up when DS does and pump then.

[cnbpa3027]

There is no reason you NEED to keep pumping. But it is an excellent way to build a freezer stash.

When my other two finally started sleeping longer I would just pump right before I went to bed, whether it was an hour after they are or four hours. It was really the only way I was able to really build a stash.

[sasq09]

DD has been sstn since really early on (I'm super lucky, because my two year old has never been a good sleeper and i still have to get up for her sometimes) but I never got up to pump. I was engorged for a bit but my supply adjusted really quickly. She also nurses super often during the day to make up for it.

[MadMoe]

Once baby girl started sleeping through the night, so did I. I have been EP'ing with her since day 4, and it hurt my supply for about a week while I adjusted. I just had to make sure that I pumped a minimum of 15 mins every time, and my body started producing more milk during the day. Luckily I had a bit of a freezer stash to dip into during that week of adjustment. She eats 6 bottles a day, and I pump 7 times a day, so that helps make up for it.

[starry]

I would use a manual pump if I was engorged and then start sttn myself. I also don't care about supplementing with formula if it means I get more sleep.