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Hi everyone I need some help. I would love to drop my 4am pumping session I will be 19 weeks pp on Friday ( I strictly pump 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm). Should I slowly stretch out my 4am pumping session till 6-7 and pump longer then for a few days then if I drop more than 5 ounces or so add another day pump? I currently get 54-55 ounces a day and 8-10 ounces each pumping session mainly 9 ounces though. Picture for attention ☺️ (freezer stash trying to get my baby to try it as I’m pretty sure I have high lipase, before I tried to get her to try it awhile back and she was fine with it. But now she doesn’t like it but will drink it which if she doesn’t like it I don’t wanna make her)

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essentially you’re pumping to fill your baby, so you can definitely drop a pump if you have this large of a supply excess. is baby sleeping through then? because you definitely can drop it!x

She only wakes up once for bottle then back to sleep usually every 4-5 hour mark

I can’t remember when I stretched mine out to 7 hours at night but I know that when I did I had no issues with milk dropping. That’s just me. I got around the same as you each time.

When I stretched it out I was getting 10-14oz in the morning and around 8oz during the day. You’re better than me, I was waking up every 4 hours at night but pumping strictly every 2 hours during the day LOL

Ultimately, I say just listen to your body. I could always tell when I needed to pump or I could go a little longer and be okay. But I knew that my supply was super consistent. It wasn’t until he was 9 months old that I was dropping milk because I became pregnant again lol

Just wondering, have you been pumping at those times consistently since baby was born?

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