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Milk supply and EASY
« on: September 06, 2014, 14:29:21 pm »
Hi. My DD is 14 weeks and we are on a 3 hour EASY. She seems comfortable with this and her weight gain is fine. The thing is, since 5 weeks, she has been sleeping through the night ie: 7 pm (ish)  to 7 am with a df at 10.30 (ish). So that means I am breastfeeding her a total of only 6 times in 24 hours. Is it normal? Could my supply be affected by this? Do you think I should pump in between? I already pump once after the first feed in the morning and just before going to bed. I used to wake up in the MOTN to pump but since she is sleeping I decided I should too since her day sleep is pretty crappy. I am very concerned about this because I'm determined to bf for as long as possible.
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2014, 14:53:16 pm »
Do you have any reason to think your supply is being affected? If not then I would just carry on as you are. There is a big growth spurt at 4mo so you may find she starts feeding more anyway. If not then your supply should naturally stay level with demand.
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2014, 17:53:58 pm »
My DD3 sttn for 12 hrs a night from 4 weeks - 16 weeks (darn growth spurt ;)). It did not affect my supply at all and she was not having a df...she packed 6-7 feeds in during the day and that was all until she was 4 months and started being more active. From then on she had 2 nf's usually up to about 7 months and then 1 feed until maybe 9 months (I think - my memory gets more spotty with age!).
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2014, 13:43:41 pm »
Thank you both for your help. But now you've got me dreading the 4m growth spurt. Hadn't thought of it at all! Haha. Seems like there is always something new around the corner. As DH says. we are constantly going to be playing catch up :p Can I just ask though.. at 4m, she would move to a 4 hour EASY, right? So are all the extra feeds during the night? Or did you find your babies needing to eat more often during the day?
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2014, 14:06:32 pm »
You probably wouldn't want to move to a 4hr easy until after the growth spurt.  Many BF LOs are older than 4mo before they make it to 4hrly feeds.
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2014, 19:22:18 pm »
Mine did not make the 4 hr feed until closer to 5/6 months really. DD3 ate more all day and night during the growth spurt and then backed off to normal but kept the night feeds.
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Re: Milk supply and EASY
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2014, 07:24:01 am »
Thank you both. Will keep this in mind
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