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Question

I feel like im making more milk then my son can eat in one sitting. He feeds on both sides and my Boobs still feel full. Is it ok if i pump after every feeding cause I dont want to get engorged or worse mastitis. Hes 1 month so im 4 weeks postpartum. Ive been exclusively breast feeding and haven't had this issue since my milk came in. I do plan on eventually exclusively pumping so it would be ok if I had a supply built up already.

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Pumping will tell your body to make more milk, so you will end up with even more milk. I would let your son eat then hand express a little if you are uncomfortable. Your son will naturally help regulate your milk supply and you will only make what he needs if you are exclusively feeding at the breast

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If you start pumping after feeds you’ll have to keep up with that oversupply or you will cause clogs/mastitis. Your supply doesn’t regulate until 6-12 weeks pp

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If you start doing that you will have even more milk than your baby needs. Especially if you pump after every feed. You’d be telling your body to make more. And risk of mastitis and clogged ducts would increase greatly. Just let baby nurse and regulate your supply.

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Engorgement is tough to deal with, but you just gotta tough it out. I pump when my boobs are rock hard. No more than once a day, if even that much and it’s usually in the mornings because the milk production hormone is the strongest at night, so my boobs are fullest in the morning. And when I do pump I only pump to take the edge off and make my boobs soft, not enough to empty them. 
In my experience you can pump, but do it sparingly with caution so you don’t create an oversupply as others have mentioned 🙂 hope this helps!

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