i tried
pumping before his bed time but i barely filled the bottom of the bottle.im not sure if its more of a comfort think like a pacifier to him, which is something we refuse to go to because of his teeth.
Not exact matches
I felt like being tied to my
pump in the evening was causing me to miss out on family
time, so I decided to drop to five
pumps per day: one in the morning
before my daughter woke up, three at work, and one after my daughter went to
bed.
So I always
pumped one last
time at night right
before I went to
bed.
When I wanted to increase my supply again, I followed a similar pattern with extending my
pumping times and adding a
pumping session in the morning but it was adding an extra
pumping session
before bed that led to the morning
pumping session to increase even more in just 3 days
time.
I always
pump right
before i go to
bed (to make sure I'm good and empty) and then I also
pump about an hour after morning feedings and seem to get a lot at that
time.
In other words, if you could
pump another
time right after your son goes down to sleep, and then again right
before you go to
bed, you could end up in a week or two producing more milk in the evening and being able to
pump enough then to make up for his needs during the day.
Then
pumping again
before you go to
bed will drain your breasts and give you
time to refill
before your next nursing session.
To make sure you keep up your supply at night, I'd add a bowl of oatmeal as a bedtime snack (it can be instant — it doesn't have to be the kind you cook on top of the stove) and add in a
pumping session right
before you go to
bed (you can
pump and eat oatmeal at the same
time) and right after her first morning feed.
Adding a
pumping session in
before you go to
bed can help decrease the total amount of
times you'll be
pumping at night.
Two days later, when I
pumped and dumped from my cancerous breast for the first
time in my life, alone in the dark, after the kids went to
bed and
before my husband came home from work, I cried because the liquid gold was suddenly a potential poison to my baby and there was nothing I could do about it.