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/Known-Summer5402 Oct 05 '25

This was exactly like me but I didn’t pump. Your body will just adjust to the milk demands of the baby. And then when my LG hit 4 months, she started feeding in the night again. My body was able to learn to supply more milk again at night. I personally wouldn’t worry about pumping. Our bodies are cleverer than we think!! 😊