If my baby is sleeping 5-6 hrs do I have to wake to pump?

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Her weight gain is perfect, we give her a bottle of pumped milk before bed and I pump before I go to bed. If she doesn’t wake to feed (just started sleeping through the night at 4 months), should I set an alarm to pump. Will it effect my supply if I go longer than 3 hours without milk removal?

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It’s going to lower ur supply for sure. But if she isn’t needed it then it shouldn’t be a huge deal🤔 I never pumped I just nurse and when she started sleeping all night my body adjusted pretty quickly after a few nights of engorgement. Moral of the story: if u don’t pump during the night it will lower ur supply because ur body is realizing it doesn’t need to produce any milk during that time

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It’ll lower your supply. Happened to me and I regret it.

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It will decrease your supply, at night. There shouldn’t be any effect on your day time supply. If you haven’t had a PP period yet expect it when you stop nursing/pumping at night though

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It has not lowered my supply personally. I pump longer before bed (usually 20-25 mins) and go 7 hours before either nursing or pumping again. I couldn’t do it right away, I sorta worked up to it. I think it probably varies by person.

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My experience was that ones my daughter started to sleep thru the night i didn't got up to pump anymore like i used to (i would pump every 3hrs) like she wouldn't wake up i tried sleeping too (biggest mistake) my milk supply started to dry from pumping 17oz total i was able to barely pump 5oz then it was 2 and its when i just stopped pumping may not be the same for you so good luck 😊

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If my baby is sleeping 5-6 hrs do I have to wake to pump?

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