Cutting out a pump session

AK is three months old now and up until about a week ago I was pumping 7-8 times per day and yielded 22-26 ounces per day. AK drinks about 20 ounces per day so I'm able to put away a small freezer stash.

Anyway, AK is a great night sleeper and generally sleeps from 8:30 until 3:30 and then again until almost 8. I've been wanting to cut out that 4am pump session because it is just so tiring to be up from 3:30 to 4:30 and then get up for the day at 6 to get older kids off to school. My last pump session was around 11 so I got to bed late too.

Well, a week ago I decided to take a chance and make my last pump session of the night around 9 or 10 and my first morning session at 6am. Guess what? I've been able to cut down to six pump sessions a day, yielding 26-30 ounces total and am getting much more sleep. Success! AK is starting to drink more per feeding (closer to four ounces than three) so I'm a little paranoid that I'm screwing myself here, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. So far, I'm still meeting her needs and putting some away in the freezer for later.

I also realize that at some point I need to share my story about why I'm almost exclusively pumping and I promise I will do that soon.

With that, here's my view from the pump today. Just a mess, no kids. Grammy is leaving today though so later I will have a different view.