Re: supply issues again?
I'm guessing your pump is electric? Some electric pumps have a letdown button. If you have one, press it a few minutes after you stop seeing milk stream out and it should encourage a second letdown. If you don't have a button, you should be able to increase the speed of the suction somehow- one of the ones I used had a knob you turned to increase/decrease speed. A few minutes after your milk stops, increase the speed of suction and let it go fast for a minute or two. Once milk starts flowing again you can turn the speed back down.
If you use a manual you can do the same thing by just pumping faster for a minute or two.
It doesn't always work, but probably 80% of the time I can get a second letdown.
I know, I don't always find time to pump in the evenings either. As for getting up in the middle of the night- forget it, I can't do it. When I do pump in the evening I shoot for an hour after I've nursed DS to sleep. That way I usually have another hour or two before he wakes again. BUT even if your lo wakes to eat right after you've pumped they will be able to get milk because the pump will never completely empty your breast and you are always making more milk. It might flow slower than usual, but baby will definitely not go hungry because you just pumped.
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