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expressing questions
Little Moo is 5 weeks old now and the feeding is settling in a bit.
Can anyone help me with some expressing questions. if you express does it make you produce more milk than the baby can drink? could I express last thing at night so his dad can feed him in the night? if i did, will my breasts explode from all the milk they produce? cheers teapot and the moo 8th June 03 |
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if you express does it make you produce more milk than the baby can drink? Your body then thinks that the baby needs more milk, so it will produce more. could I express last thing at night so his dad can feed him in the night? For me...I had nothing late at night. You could, but if he wakes up during hte night (or you wake up on your own), you could pump then. Mornings I've heard are good, after or during the first feed. if i did, will my breasts explode from all the milk they produce? I think you should wait a little longer...someone else will explain why. Really. E |
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expressing questions
Little Moo is 5 weeks old now and the feeding is settling in a bit.
Can anyone help me with some expressing questions. if you express does it make you produce more milk than the baby can drink? If you express regularly and/or frequently, it will tend to increase your supply. However, whether your baby will drink more, less, or the same amount of ebm from a bottle than he would if nursing, and whether he will drink more, less or the same amount of ebm as you can pump, are impossible to predict. There are babies in each category. If you only pump occasionally, it's not likely to affect your overall supply. could I express last thing at night so his dad can feed him in the night? Maybe. Most of us find that pumping yield is low at bedtime (it's highest in the early a.m.) so you might not be able to pump as much in that one session as the baby wants to eat during the night. You can see where that would lead if you did it every night. Even if you can "keep up", it's a lot of work, and if you develop that as your regular routine, you may have some trouble if one night Daddy isn't available or for some other reason you don't use the bottle, and you try to nurse at a time you ordinarily don't. Your baby may get very frustrated if letdown isn't as fast or supply isn't as high as she'd like, which it won't be, compared to a bottle. This is not fun to deal with in the middle of the night! Also, because the pump is less effective than the baby at extracting the milk (which I'm sure you've heard before), and your baby is still very young, your overally supply may suffer a bit (again, only if you do it regularly). Basically, I would suggest using the overnight-bottle-from-Daddy on an occasional, rather than a regular, basis, just to get some relief when you simply can't function with one more interrupted night. It's less risky. That said, yeah, some parents do what you're suggesting and it works out pretty well for them. It always seemed like way too much work to me, but then, my son almost always slept at least 5 hours at night. If yours is waking every 2 hours, it might be worth a try. if i did, will my breasts explode from all the milk they produce? Nope. :-) Any time you stop nursing or pumping at a time that you ordinarily did, you may get some engorgement. What you're suggesting is likely to result in your waking up in the middle of the night anyway, in a puddle of millk, for a while until your body adjusts. You can minimize the engorgement by making the change gradually, and there are various things you can do to relieve any pain if it does happen. But no matter how engorged you get, your breasts will not explode. g Grow to the size of beach balls, yes. Explode, no. Holly Mom to Camden, 2 yrs |
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