Sleeping affecting supply?

Question

My 9 week old has started sleeping through the night most nights. She goes to bed between 8-9pm and will sleep until I get her up at 5am to eat! If I didn't get her up then she would continue to sleep. She's still pretty much asleep when I do this and only nurses from one side. I then put her back to bed and pump the other side. I'm ebf and I'm worried about what will happen to my milk supply with these long stretches in between feedings..
Should I be getting up earlier in the night/morning to pump? What do other moms do in this situation?
I plan to breastfeed her for at least 6 months, and really hoping to get to a year; so I don't want my supply to drop!

Answer

My little one was sleeping that long (10-9ish)  even earlier and it doesnt seem to have affected my supply, i just nurse her from one boob in the morning as its very full and pump the other to get a bit of a freezer supply. The downside for us though is that she wants feeding every 2 hours in day, i guess she needs to make up her feeds!

Answer

You can get up to pump if your want to freeze some milk but if you don't your body with adjust. My dd sleeps through the night for months now and it hasn't affected my my supply at all. She goes to bed at 7 and wakes up at 5 to eat. I wake up engorged so I try to pump at 10pm before I go to bed.

Answer

You might want to get up to pump once through the night to keep your supply up. It will dip a little if you go too long without emptying your breasts.

Answer

Your body will adjust to her milk needs, so as long as she nurses all she needs to during the you will probably be fine. But that night time might be the best for pumping if you want to have a stash.

Sleeping affecting supply?

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