Getting rid of night breastfeedings - how?

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I had been breastfeeding my baby throughout the night up until last 2-3 weeks . Now that we sleep trained her and she sleeps longer stretches I need to somehow manage my milk supply in a way that I don’t get engorged during the night but still have enough for the day. How do I do that? I’ve been pumping right before going to bed at ~10pm and giving her that milk once out of a bottle once at night (as opposed to countless breastfeedings before). But then she wakes up at 6 am or 6.30 am, it’s way too long since the last pumping and I feel super uncomfortable by that time. Is it just that my body needs some time to adjust and stop producing as much during the night? Or do I have to pump in the middle of the night? The most I can go without pumping before it gets too uncomfortable is 6 hours. Please share your stories and best practices! 🙏

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Oooh best of luck mama! This is one of the reasons I don’t sleep train. I leak after 2 hrs since he eats so often. I believe when he eventually starts to sleep longer hrs naturally, then it will be a smooth transition for my milk supply. I can’t imagine stopping all of a sudden and feeding 8+ later. My whole bed would be soaked 🤣🤣🤣🤣 
If I were you, I’d pump at least once throughout the night to ease some of that engorgement. I wish I could be of more help 😩

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Your body will adjust momma. It takes a few days to tell your body that baby doesn’t need milk anymore at that time.

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Your body will adjust

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My baby still needs night breastfeeding. It’s really normal! Maybe dream sleep breastfeeding

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When I was breastfeeding my boobs got used to it after a little while. There were a few times I'd wake up about half an hour to an hour before my boy, and id just pump then. Then I'd still have enough left in my boobs to feed him when he woke up, and I could save the pumped stuff for later 😂.

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For me, it just took a little bit for my boobs to adjust. If my baby is sleeping thru the night the last thing I wanted to do was wake up to pump lol there were lots of mornings waking up with my boobs exploding lol but now I’m super comfortable! Just took some time

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You will just have to wait it out, your body will adjust to the change, if you pump at night you are just sending your body a message to produce more at that time.

Getting rid of night breastfeedings - how?

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