EBF but staying away overnight so need to a milk stash

Hi all,

I’m going to a hen do overnight so will be away from my ebf 7 month old.
I don’t pump anymore I only did at the start to build supply and to help engorgement through the night as my LO slept through pretty much from a month old.

Now hoping to gain some time back for myself I’m wanting to build a supply so others can feed him but not sure how this will work?

He goes down about 7.30/8 and I won’t feed him again until earliest 5.30am but usually after 6. My body’s got used to no feeds between this time so when I’ve been pumping around 10pm to try to get some extra milk stored hardly anything is coming out?

Not sure what the best plan is to get the most milk I can’t do it in the day as it would mean him missing a feed and I don’t want to use formula. If I keep pumping 10pm will my milk start to increase for that time? If so how long can this take?
Would love to hear what worked for others in a similar position

Thanks in Advance!

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