Dropping pump sessions

Has anyone dropped a night pump and had their supply stay same or increase? I’m 10 weeks pp and have been doing 8ppd since birth, but I’m thinking of dropping to 7ppd when I get to 12 weeks. I’m an over supplier and make about 55-57oz per day, which has helped me build a great freezer stash. My goal is to stop pumping at 6 months and have enough freezer milk for the rest of the year, so I would like to at least maintain my supply for now.. I’m scared to drop a pump because I don’t want my supply to decrease, but I also need more sleep!! My current schedule is 6am,9am,12pm,3pm,6pm,9pm,1am,3am.. Each session is 30min. I’d like to drop the 3am pump and pump at 10pm and 2am instead. Any tips on how to do this without decreasing supply??

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Yeah I dropped at 6 weeks and was fine. I was an over supplier I didnt lose much as I was still over producing overall

@Louise good to know! Do you know when your supply regulated?

I regulated a bit later i think I had a dip about 16 weeks and started to feel less full. I think that was mostly because I had a sick baby in and out of hospital so pump times etc were a challenge my body couldn't get the rhythm at first

I’d keep it at 9pm and then do one at 2am - give yourself some time to sleep! I would have thought it wouldn’t affect your supply and if it does you can always reintroduce it

I have always done just one pump at night. I'm now slowly moving that round to when I will be waking for work , so no more night pump hopefully in few weeks. My daughters nearly 1

@Rachael yes I thought about doing this but I’d get sooo engorged after 5 hours 😭 I get clogged ducts easily and it’s no fun 🥲

I pump every 3 hours, dropped my 2am pump. supply remained the same xx

I pump a similar amount per day for my twins who are 10 weeks old. I went down from 8 PPD to 7 several weeks ago and it has been no issue for supply. I pump when babies eat during the day but sleep through one feed at night. Roughly: 6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, 3am The extra sleep is good for your supply too 🙂

@Caroline that’s so good to hear! did you add the extra minutes to your sessions when you dropped a pump??

@Bianca pretty much, but it's not exact. I only pump 15 minutes if I don't have much time. If I have more time I'll pump 20 minutes or until I see that nothing is coming out. Sometimes I pump longer at night when I'm really full.

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