Bedtime pumping--keep or drop?

[packerup]

I've been pumping right before I go to bed pretty much since my son was born (3.5 months). I just went back to work last Monday, pumping 3-4 times each workday. I would love to drop that bedtime pumping session and leave my pump in the bag, ready for work the next morning. I have a large freezer stash, so I don't need it for that. Is there any reason I should continue it, or can I drop it?

[happyin14]

If you get enough milk without it, you can drop it. Your supply is pretty established at this point so you should be okay going longer without pumping. I assume this is an extra session and not when LO is getting a bottle.

I am keeping it up (LO is almost 4 months) because I need the milk for bottles.

[nursefrizz]

Dropping pumps can be so scary for some reason! Haha...I've thought about dropping my bedtime pump & it makes me all worried. Not that there's any reason to be. I'm just weird lol

[Deleted]

If you don't need it for the next day, I'd go ahead and drop it. You can always add it back in if needed. You may end up pretty engorged the first few nights and might be able to help counteract that by weaning down slowly, like reducing pump time by 5 minutes a day for a few days, or, that may not be necessary, depends on the momma.

[somerandomchick]

You can drop it, and pick it back up if your freezer stash starts tanking

If you don't need to do any pump at home, you can even get brushes to wash your pump parts at work and leave your pump at work all the time! I ride the bus so I found the hassle of hand-washing the pump parts at work well worth not having to drag the pump home every night!