Astrid nursed every two hours consistently since birth, until last week when she discovered the joy of sleeping longer and skipping a meal.
Awesome, right? It is, except for this little detail I hadn't thought of: my body still makes milk for her every two hours.
So I did some research online and found that the best thing to do is... nothing. It will take some time but your body will eventually stop producing milk so frequently during the night. You may be tempted to pump when you wake up engorged, but that will send your body an inaccurate message of how much milk is needed. I did wake Astrid up to nurse one night last week because one breast was painfully engorged, and I was able to get her to nurse just long enough to get comfortable again.
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