How to deal with not breastfeeding at night?

Milk is made on a supply and demand basis. If you are extracting milk every 2 hours (a newborn’s schedule) then its very hard to avoid the mastitis at night because your breasts are trying to keep the schedule you set during the day.

As the baby ages and feedings are spread out (the baby slowly eases you into this if you are exclusively breastfeeding), this won’t be as much of an issue, so long as you modify your pumping to match the baby’s schedule.

So basically. How frequently you extract milk (whether through breastfeeding or pumping) determines how long you can go throughout the night.

That being said, I personally experienced engorgement the first few months which made it impossible for me to get through the night. When the engorgement went away, I was able to go for significantly longer stretches without pain or “hardness” from swelling with milk. This process also coincided with my baby not wanting milk as frequently.

Hope this helps. Message me if it doesn’t make sense. 😂

Thank you so much! I’ll hang on for a bit then (: