However, if keeping up supply meant waking up and
pumping in the middle of the night and waking to feed at 5 am, i'd probably not do it.
The biggest challenge was having to
pump in the middle of the night and / or first thing in the morning when all I wanted to do was sleep!
If for whatever reason this isn't the case for you, you might want to keep
pumping in the middle of the night.
Some are using breast
pumps in the middle of the night to build up their supplies.
«I read every book while
pumping in the middle of the night.»
Breastfeeding mom still need to nurse or
pump in the middle of the night because the most milk production happens overnight.
The only reason to wake up to
pump in the middle of the night is your own comfort level, i.e. you're waking up anyway with rock hard and leaking boobs.
Aside from time constraints, some mothers will find their milk supply wanes if they do away with
pumping in the middle of the night.
Not exact matches
This lightweight
pump is great for nursing mamas who want a convenient portable
pump, an easier option for expressing milk
in the
middle of the
night, and for capturing additional ounces while nursing.
I continued to nurse my son
in the
middle of the
night until 6 months, which is when I finally gave up nursing (going back to work and
pumping just wasn't working to keep my supply up).
Nursing is the one area
of parenting where it seems that dads can do little more than go get the baby
in the
middle of the
night and maybe wash some
pump accessories when applicable.
Is it better for a mother to put her
pump parts
in the fridge between uses, or to wash her
pump parts every time as described — and then give up and stop breastfeeding altogether because she can't stand over a sink and spend 15 minutes washing
pump parts
in the
middle of the
night when she is exhausted and has already been up for an hour
pumping and feeding the baby?
I can't tell you how many times I was up
in the
middle of the
night crying because I had a plugged duct, or because my nipples were so sore from
pumping so often that it hurt to even touch them.
I spend 20 minutes
pumping because that is what I have been told and
in the
middle of the
night that is all I have patience for.
But it's hard to know whether the writers considered the fact that some women
pump 12 times a day, sometimes when they are not
in their homes, sometimes
in the
middle of the
night, and thought about possible safe alternatives to washing immediately after every use.
My baby sleeps through the
night, but I still
pump right before bed,
in the
middle of the
night, and first thing when I wake up
in the morning.
In the
middle of the
night, my husband would wake up with me to tend to the baby while I
pumped, or I would
pump while feeding him.
For example, many women are able to
pump more milk
in the
middle of the
night than they are at other
pumping sessions.
I dozed through
pumping sessions
in the
middle of the
night, and I figured out I could do other things while I nursed and
pumped during the day.
If it was
in the
middle of the
night and I couldn't find (or didn't want to look for) my breast
pump and my kid was done eating, I was left doing all the work.
I settled
in to seven
pumps per day, including one
in the
middle of the
night.
I also
pumped in bed after
middle of the
night feedings.
By five weeks, I was totally exhausted, those babies still didn't want to eat
in the
middle of the
night, and on the understanding that the advice to do this feeding was out
of concern for my milk supply, I started getting up to
pump instead and let the babies sleep.
Eventually I had to stop
pumping after his breastfeed
in the
middle of the
night because I couldn't sleep afterwards.
I have read several things that say you produce the most milk between 1 - 5 am... but if your baby is sleeping through the
night, who wants to wake up
in the
middle of the
night just to
pump?!
I had to
pump at home before offering my breasts to Skye and then wake up
in the
middle of the
night to
pump some more and then really early
in the morning just to squeeze even more milk.
If they push you, suggest that they come over
in the
middle of night and
pump your breasts while you sleep.
We drifted off to sleep for the
night, but I woke
in the
middle of the
night to some contractions and decided to spend some time
pumping.
Around three months, the weebles started sleeping through the
night and I only had to get up once
in the
middle of the
night to
pump.
Because
of my small «storage capacity,» I had to still wake up
in the
middle of the
night up until I started to wean from the
pump, but I stuck with it.
Also, when I had dropped the
middle of the
night pump, I took the last
pumped milk
of the evening upstairs with me to bed and then was able to feed it to my baby
in the
middle of the
night without needing to warm it.
I almost never made a special trip down
in the
middle of the
night just to
pump.
I tried
pumping every 2 hours and taking fenugreek and blessed thistle (which do help for those
of you wondering about them) as directed by my LC, even getting up
in the
middle of the
night when the baby was still sleeping to
pump, but it wasn't enough to keep my production up.
I know some moms who get up
in the
middle of the
night to
pump enough milk for the next day.
After a difficult first few weeks with her newborn daughter — brilliantly illustrated
in a montage
of diaper changing,
middle -
of - the -
night wailing, and breast milk -
pumping (and - spilling)-- Marlo decides to take him up on that offer.
Microsoft's Panos Panay is
pumped about a lot
of things, but the one gadget that got him out
of bed
in the
middle of the
night is the much - rumored, now - confirmed, Surface Mini tablet.
Likewise a badly installed builder sump
pump that starts «screaming» metal on metal
in the
middle of the
night on Christmas holidays.
Hi Sam, here are a few examples
of water damage we've had: — refrigerator
in an upstairs condo was installed incorrectly and the ice maker gradually leaked over a 3 - day weekend, saturating the floor, insulation, and into the unit below — bottom floor
of a duplex was flooded when the sump
pumps tripped the breaker
in the
middle of the
night — pipes burst
in a vacant unit shortly after we purchased it at foreclosure, saturating the carpet, pad, and drywall — upstairs unit shower had small crack
in shower pan which caused the ceiling to gradually saturate with water and tenant was slow to report the issue