Wake a sleeping newborn to feed? ( breastfeeding.)

Question

A) Yes- feed baby every 4-5 hours. 
B) No- let baby sleep. He/she will wake when hungry. Go pump.
C) I have no answer. I’m in the same boat.
My 3 week old daughter just slept for 5 hrs and is still sleeping. My breast are leaking everywhere. I don’t know if I should pump and let her sleep or wake her, change her diaper & nurse??

Help me

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You never need to wake a sleeping baby unless there is an issue with weight gain

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It really depends on baby. If baby is underweight/having trouble putting on weight then I would wake and feed.
My daughter was on the bigger side, lactation consultant said she was comfortable with 6-7 hours at night. The other nurses wanted her woken up after 3 hours, but we let her sleep. I would pump a little and then get some extra sleep.

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Your baby will wake up when they’re hungry, do not wake them.

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As long as baby has reached their birth weight, let them sleep (unless otherwise instructed by the pediatrician). I only wake them every 3-4 hours during the day to catch those extra hours of zzz’s at night. Feel free to pump to get some relief and/or start building a stash. Enjoy your sleep! :)

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I'd wake her. When my daughter was a newborn, I just made it a routine at the same time every night to wake her up and feed her, unless she woke up earlier. It made it easier for me so I wouldn't have to face the decision in the future, and it made it so I didn't have to worry about her waking up later and starving when I just want to get sleep, if that makes sense.

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My doctor told me that I had to wake my daughter every 3 hours to nurse until she gained back her birth weight. After that, I could let her sleep as long as she wanted. Funny thing is that once I was allowed to let her sleep, she started waking up after a couple hours on her own. 🤣 But when I was meant to wake her every 3 hours, it was impossible to wake her up. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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U need to figure out how to do a dream feed..

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If your baby is below birth weight then yes wake to feed. I probably would wake after 6 hours though even if baby was at birth weight.

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Unless the baby is having issues with growth or is just refusing to eat when you offer I would let baby sleep. The nurses at the hospital worried me to death about my son and I should’ve listened to my mom and let him sleep. Because I woke him up so much he got into a routine and he literally didn’t sleep through the might until he was 9 months old. Until then we were up every 2-3 hours. It was AWFUL. Baby will let you know when they are hungry trust me. Their bodies wont allow them to go without food.

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Hmmm... well, has she gained past her birth rate? If yes id let her sleep but I dont know if for much longer. Use a haaka to take the edge off your engorgement,  and your going to have a heavy let down when she does feed if you dont release that pressure. Remember too, the longer you go the every day the less supply you make so you want to counter that by pumping or using the haaka. And this only goes for night time. During the day I'd say wake her and feed every 2-3 hours.  My 9 week old doesnt sleep more than 2 hours in the day to help her sleep at night. She just woke up after 5.5 hours.  Hope this helps 🙂

Wake a sleeping newborn to feed? ( breastfeeding.)

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