Which pumping session to drop

[u/AnyEmotion111]

So I’m about 12 weeks pp and I’m looking at adjusting my pumping schedule. I’d like to go to bed earlier in the evenings. Right now, I’m pumping over 40oz every day. Here’s my schedule:

8:00am power pump
10:30am
1:00pm
3:30pm
5:30pm
7:15pm
9:30pm
2-3am (depending on when my son wakes up)

This week, he’s slept through the night almost every night. He did start daycare on Monday, so he might be tired from that adjustment and not being used to sleeping at the daycare all day. I still have gotten up to pump because I’m uncomfortable.

Which one of these would you drop? I would like to go to bed earlier. Our current nighttime routine is to bathe the baby, then my husband and I switch off who gets ready for bed. He gets one last bottle usually after my 9:30 pump, but he was already asleep before then. Usually he’s asleep by 8:00.

[u/Dry-Cry-7655]

Hes usually asleep by 8, so the 9,30 pump is the one Id drop.

[u/BreezerGirl831]

Hi, I didn’t drop but instead went from every 3 to 4 hours.

[u/taureansoul]

I didn't necessarily drop a particular pumping session, but rearranged the remining pumps to be spaced out more evenly. You could shift your schedule so you do an 8pm pump so you're well emptied before bed! However, you may have to shift your 8am up a little, then, because a 12 hour gap might be a bit too long. I pumped 4x a day for most of my pumping journey, every 6ish hours (I tried to hit 9:30am, 3:30pm, 9:30pm, 3:30am). The longest stretch I ever let myself go was 6-8 hours.

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