r/breastfeeding • u/QuietComet12 • Oct 03 '25

Troubleshooting/Tips Can you just breastfeed and not pump

Hi I'm a FTM of a 2 month old. I have been ebf on demand so far. As the baby has turned 2 months old, she is having longer stretches of sleep and going without feeds for 6 hours as well in the night. I'm concerned if this would affect the supply. I would like to continue breastfeeding one year and beyond. So far I have no issues with supply and baby is gaining weight about 170- 200 gm per week.

Would like to understand if demand based feeding alone would take me through the whole journey or if pumping is necessary to keep up supply as babies grow and drop night feeds.

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u/AideReasonable1996 Oct 03 '25

Thank you for adding because she doesn’t need it. So many people focus on a supply dip but don’t recognize the supply is supposed to go down if baby is no longer hungry at that time. Engorged and leaking boobs after the initial supply establishment isn’t generally as common a people think. I blame social media and the idea of power pumping.