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Serious question here. How do I prevent myself from drowning in milk when I am sleeping? My LO is 6 weeks old and eating every 3-4 hours at night, as recommended by my dr. However, there are times when I will literally leak all night long.. I take this as i have an oversupply, so I’ve been making sure to pump while I’m feeding so both breasts are empty. But now I have to do an extra pump of both breasts in the middle of the night. I did order these collector things you put in your bra, hoping that’ll work better. But do you have any other recommendations?

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Following because same. I leak most the day and all night and he'll be 7 weeks tomorrow

The collectors typically have a slit in the top to pour out of that do not make them suitable for wearing while lying down. I would recommend thick breast pads or doubling up on breast pads.

You'll eventually regulate but the more you pump at night the more you'll produce!

so you’re saying that it’s counterintuitive to pump if you’re not trying to pump more?

@Carley yes! I have a manual pump and I try to just pump to comfort rather than empty in the middle of the night.

I used to have this problem too! It has started regulating a bit recently (at 9 weeks) but I still leak a lot. I second using breast pads. I also laid down a towel under me and a towel over me at night to absorb the milk.

You have to be really careful with pumping if you have an oversupply! Basically if you stimulate milk to come out, it tells your body it needs to keep producing more to meet that “need” even if it’s just caused by the pump not the baby nursing, and it can lead to a cycle of continued/worse oversupply. 😩 highly recommend using the passive collectors that just sit in your bra (like the Haakaa ladybug) to collect the extra milk from the other breast while nursing rather than pumping. Those will collect what leaks out but don’t trigger more milk to be produced.

the ladybug collectors will be in Friday! I am trying to create a stockpile, but I’d rather do that during waking hours, not in the middle of the night lol

but if you don’t pump to empty do you ever end up with clogged ducts? I have one breast that seems to always end up with a clogged duct

I've been taking lecithin to help prevent them!

definitely avoid the middle of the night pumping if you can then! Just be aware that if you’re pumping during the day with each feed also, you may keep having this problem at night haha. Also second the sunflower lecithin! If you feel a clog coming also icing a lot helps.

I noticed that when I used my travel/cordless pump- Elvie- I had an oversupply. So I switched to my spectra and found that it regulated out

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