Will pumping make things worse??

[baby1wanted]

Hi All, first time mum here just looking for a bit of advice

I am exclusively breastfeeding since my little man was born just over a week ago. He is tending to sleep for long periods in between feeds, 3 hours during the day and sometimes 5 hours at night. I don't have any concerns as to whether he is getting enough as he is gaining weight well.
But I spend a long portion of the day with my breasts uncomfortably full of milk and leaking loads.

I don't have a pump at present. I have done some hand expressing in the bath when my breasts have been really sore which has helped a bit. I was wondering if it was worth getting a pump and pumping off some of the excess milk. Or will that make my body think that I need to produce more milk and just make the situation worse? Should I just instead wait things to come down naturally?

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Yes Hun pumping this early will confuse your system and make it worse in the long term. Xx

It should settle down pretty soon.

Hand expressing a tiny bit and hot compresses should help until then.

On the bright side sounds like you have a wonderful supply and you and baby are doing great so far. Xxx

 

[baby1wanted]

Thank you! I suspected that might be the case. Didn't think of the hot compresses so will give that a go.
And yes it's definitely a better problem than not having enough milk!
Thanks again