Milk supply and baby sleeping through the night....

Poshie · Oct 5th, 2010, 10:33 AM

My baby is nearly 10 weeks and regularly sleeps through the night for about 8 hours. At first I thought this was great as I got a much better sleep!

I initially had a couple of days of engorged breasts, but now I am now faced with less supply. Whilst i have enough to bf him, I am struggling to express enough for his one bootle a day (this never used to be a problem). It's taken several attempts to get it, rather than the one or two it would normally take.

I reluctantly got up at 2am last night to express and have fed baby a bit more often and expressed more than usual, in attempt to up my supply to where it used to be. It is a bit disappointing though that i have to sacrifice sleep to do this. I take it there is no other way to do it though? I was so chuffed when he started sleeping through too ......

zenmommy526 · Oct 5th, 2010, 19:31 PM

Yeah you probably need to wake up to express. Unfortunately. Maybe try pumping right before bed so you can hold off a little longer. Have you tried fenugreek? I swear by it and oatmeal. They really helped my supply and I had chronic low supply. This can help with not being able to get much at the one pump session your struggling now.

Oct 5th, 2010, 10:33 AM	#1
Poshie Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 8,549	Milk supply and baby sleeping through the night.... My baby is nearly 10 weeks and regularly sleeps through the night for about 8 hours. At first I thought this was great as I got a much better sleep! I initially had a couple of days of engorged breasts, but now I am now faced with less supply. Whilst i have enough to bf him, I am struggling to express enough for his one bootle a day (this never used to be a problem). It's taken several attempts to get it, rather than the one or two it would normally take. I reluctantly got up at 2am last night to express and have fed baby a bit more often and expressed more than usual, in attempt to up my supply to where it used to be. It is a bit disappointing though that i have to sacrifice sleep to do this. I take it there is no other way to do it though? I was so chuffed when he started sleeping through too ......

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Oct 5th, 2010, 19:31 PM	#2
zenmommy526 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Florida. USA Posts: 1,075	Yeah you probably need to wake up to express. Unfortunately. Maybe try pumping right before bed so you can hold off a little longer. Have you tried fenugreek? I swear by it and oatmeal. They really helped my supply and I had chronic low supply. This can help with not being able to get much at the one pump session your struggling now.

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