Breastfeeding mums - baby sleeping longer at night

Those of you whose babies are starting to sleep longer at night, how are you coping with your boobs being so full?! My little boy often only wakes for a short feed about 4am after going down around 10pm-11pm and often doesn't want another short feed until 8am.

He's also getting better at sucking so he's feeding for a shorter amount of time and doesn't need both breasts so one breast can go from 10pm until 8am the next day!

I don't want to pump because it will just keep up supply and quite frankly I enjoy my sleep too much to go downstairs and pump/store milk safely afterwards when I don't necessarily have a supply issue and don't really need to have a huge stash in the freezer.

Will my boobs figure out he doesn't need feeding as much at night? Sick of leaking through bras every night!

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Ur boobs shud learn to settle. I currently exclusively pump but I’m the same in dropping the night time one between 11-7/8.
I wake up super engorged. What I have started to do if I’m feeling too sore it’s just take the edge. So not empty my boobs but just express a tiny amount this way my body thinks that’s all I need then eventually this production should slow down completely and your boobs shouldn’t be engorging it is just an adjustment but my god they get hard don’t they xx

Your boobs will get used to it but you could always hand express a bit off into a sink or something to relieve a bit of pressure? X

Your supply will adjust to the new routine after a few days. But as above I hand express some out of the other boob at the same time x

I am the same and mine have adjusted now and not so sore but still full by the morning

They will get used to it! I was waking up to the sheets being absolutely soaked! He goes 8 hours in one go usually and they have started to feel less full and don’t really leak unless my nipple has slipped out 🤣xx

I have the same issue and i wake up painful full breasts but i really dont want to wake up pump and go up and downstairs

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