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EAT => Breast Feeding => Topic started by: maricar on November 15, 2005, 20:43:08 pm
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i'm not sure if i'm posting this in the right place so please redirect it if needed... thanks :)
ds still has 2 - 3 night wakings... so i've been pumping in between feeds (not all, maybe half of them) in order to increase my milk supply so i can "tank him up" during the day. he either gets a dreamfeed around 11pm or wakes up for one a little sooner. (btw, should i move the df up so that he doesn't wake up? i've been waiting until 4 hrs after his last feed. and i figure, the later i give it to him, hopefully, the longer he'll stay asleep until the next waking... make sense?)
my other questions are: how do i know when he's getting enough during the day so i can stop pumping? i assume it's when his night wakings decrease... but am not sure. should i be pumping regularly in between all feeds in order to increase my supply (i tend to forget until too close to the next feed which is why i only pump half of the time). and if i'm pumping in between feeds, isn't he getting less at the next feed than he would have if i didn't pump... or has my breast produced enough milk to replace it by then? (we're on a 4hr easy, btw) those are all the questions i can think of for now... i'm sure there are more. there's always more :wink:
thanks to anyone who can shed some light on these issues for me :) sorry it's so long, i know i tend to ramble on & on.
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Hi, I moved this to the breastfeeding forum because I think most of your questions better fit here. HTH!