HELP for morning engorgement!!!

amynorange · Nov 16th, 2010, 02:28 AM

Hi ladies, I hope that some of you can help me here.

My little boy has his last feed at night around 7ish and sleeps through so he isn't having his next feed until morning. However, when morning comes, I am becoming engorged and leaking everywhere (from the breast that he is due a feed on) even when wearing 3 breast pads on each boob!!!

How can I avoid this? I need advice! I'm sick of waking with really sore boobs in the morning and milk all over the show!

sausages · Nov 16th, 2010, 02:39 AM

It should eventually adjust so that you don't leak, but in the meantime you could get up and express some into the sink? That's what i did when DD started to sleep longer in the night.

amynorange · Nov 16th, 2010, 03:43 AM

I hope it does subside and soon! It has been going on for a few weeks though now

I think I might start expressing just before I go to bed and then shouldn't become engorged? Do you think this is a good idea?

sausages · Nov 16th, 2010, 04:35 AM

You could do that, but just remember as long as your boobs think milk is needed they will keep producing it.

If you want to build up freezer stash you could make it a permenent thing to express from that boob every night.

Otherwise just expressing a little to take the edge off means they will eventually adjust.

amynorange · Nov 16th, 2010, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sausages

You could do that, but just remember as long as your boobs think milk is needed they will keep producing it.

If you want to build up freezer stash you could make it a permenent thing to express from that boob every night.

Otherwise just expressing a little to take the edge off means they will eventually adjust. :)

Oh right lovely! So that should eventually work? I've heard that's the way that you go about stopping BF too?

Think I might start expressing at night and keep my freezer stash going

sausages · Nov 16th, 2010, 13:45 PM

Yeah, it worked for me. When it came to stopping altogether i just cut out a feed at a time and expressed a little bit when i felt uncomfortable.

amynorange · Nov 16th, 2010, 14:01 PM

Yeah its looking like thats the way to go! Thank you!

When do you plan on stopping BF? Also are you going to you formula after?

sausages · Nov 16th, 2010, 14:33 PM

Last time - with DD - i breastfed until she was 11.5 months. I went back to work at 9 months, so i just cut out the two daytime feeds and gave formula then instead. She was on 4 milk feeds a day by this point - 7, 11, 3 & 7.

This time i hope i can go to a year again and i'll see what happens if i go back to work again.

What are your plans?

amynorange · Nov 16th, 2010, 15:19 PM

Well Drake is my first and to be honest I dont really know how to work it (or more importantly how it works

). For example I want to BF for 6 months at least and start weaning then, but do I use "Follow on milk" or something up until 12 months where he wont need to be fed on the milk anymore? Im so confused with it all!

sausages · Nov 16th, 2010, 16:21 PM

I originally planned to breastfeed until 6 months with my first, but by the time it got to that point i was like, hang on... It took so long to get this established, it's easy, it's free... Why would i start BUYING formula!!

So i carried on.

But yeah, if you go to formula before a year old you need follow on milk. We used SMA Gold, but there are others. Cows milk from one year, but DD was a fussy eater at that stage so she was on one year plus formula for a while cause of the extra vitamins in it.

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amynorange Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nr Warrington Posts: 570	HELP for morning engorgement!!! Hi ladies, I hope that some of you can help me here. My little boy has his last feed at night around 7ish and sleeps through so he isn't having his next feed until morning. However, when morning comes, I am becoming engorged and leaking everywhere (from the breast that he is due a feed on) even when wearing 3 breast pads on each boob!!! How can I avoid this? I need advice! I'm sick of waking with really sore boobs in the morning and milk all over the show!

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sausages Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,003	It should eventually adjust so that you don't leak, but in the meantime you could get up and express some into the sink? That's what i did when DD started to sleep longer in the night.

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amynorange Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nr Warrington Posts: 570	I hope it does subside and soon! It has been going on for a few weeks though now I think I might start expressing just before I go to bed and then shouldn't become engorged? Do you think this is a good idea?

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sausages Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,003	You could do that, but just remember as long as your boobs think milk is needed they will keep producing it. If you want to build up freezer stash you could make it a permenent thing to express from that boob every night. Otherwise just expressing a little to take the edge off means they will eventually adjust.

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Nov 16th, 2010, 13:45 PM	#6
sausages Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,003	Yeah, it worked for me. When it came to stopping altogether i just cut out a feed at a time and expressed a little bit when i felt uncomfortable.

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Nov 16th, 2010, 14:01 PM	#7
amynorange Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nr Warrington Posts: 570	Yeah its looking like thats the way to go! Thank you! When do you plan on stopping BF? Also are you going to you formula after?

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Nov 16th, 2010, 14:33 PM	#8
sausages Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,003	Last time - with DD - i breastfed until she was 11.5 months. I went back to work at 9 months, so i just cut out the two daytime feeds and gave formula then instead. She was on 4 milk feeds a day by this point - 7, 11, 3 & 7. This time i hope i can go to a year again and i'll see what happens if i go back to work again. What are your plans?

Status: Offline

Nov 16th, 2010, 15:19 PM	#9
amynorange Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nr Warrington Posts: 570	Well Drake is my first and to be honest I dont really know how to work it (or more importantly how it works ). For example I want to BF for 6 months at least and start weaning then, but do I use "Follow on milk" or something up until 12 months where he wont need to be fed on the milk anymore? Im so confused with it all!

Status: Offline

Nov 16th, 2010, 16:21 PM	#10
sausages Other BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,003	I originally planned to breastfeed until 6 months with my first, but by the time it got to that point i was like, hang on... It took so long to get this established, it's easy, it's free... Why would i start BUYING formula!! So i carried on. But yeah, if you go to formula before a year old you need follow on milk. We used SMA Gold, but there are others. Cows milk from one year, but DD was a fussy eater at that stage so she was on one year plus formula for a while cause of the extra vitamins in it.

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