If you want to increase milk supply then DON'T SKIP night feeding.

If you want to increase milk supply then DON'T SKIP night feeding. 

Here is WHY NIGHT FEEDING IS IMPORTANT? 
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1. Milk Production
Nighttime feeds are very important for “informing the breasts” how much milk to make for the next day. When a mom doesn’t nighttime breastfeed, she risks decreasing her milk supply to the point of not being able to continue breastfeeding. If a woman is not producing enough milk and she’s not nursing at night, she can co-sleep with her child and breastfeed on cue to restore her supply.

2. Prolactin
Prolactin levels are at their highest between 2:00 and 6:00 AM. Prolactin is the hormone responsible for helping the alveolar cells in the breast to make breastmilk, and it is released from the pituitary gland in response to a suckling baby. Research has shown that the level of prolactin in the milk is higher during times of highest milk production and that the highest prolactin levels occur in the middle of the night. This means that babies who are allowed to nurse on demand will nurse with the frequency in order to ensure the correct milk supply for its unique growing needs. Nature doesn’t make mistakes. Babies who nurse during the night are helping to release the prolactin to make more milk for the next day. So moms who wean their infants at night in order to get more sleep but who want to continue to breastfeed during the day may have some problems maintaining the same milk supply.

3. Nucleotides
Naturally occurring chemicals called nucleotides that have previously been linked to sleepiness only reach their highest concentrations in human breast milk that is produced at night. Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA & tissues development, but they also participate in cellular signalling and metabolic processes within cells. It is a mistake for some mother to express the milk at a certain time and then store it and feed it to the baby at a different time. Why? B'coz baby is not getting the required nutrient as mother nature have planned.

(Again if in any circumstances whereby a mother is not able to direct feed baby at night, EBM is still better than giving baby FM)

4. SIDS Prevention
Night waking is also nature’s way of helping to keep our babies safe from SIDS for the beginning of 6 months of life. A hungry baby wakes up and we attend to them. We rearrange their blankets and their sleeping position, and we breastfeed them. This is all a part of SIDS prevention. When my babies didn’t wake up every two hours, I used to get worry and would check on their breathing.

5. The Science of Mothering
A recent national survey indicates, that breastfeeding mothers are three times more likely to bedshare than bottle feeding mothers, safe bedsharing combined with breastfeeding could itself eventually be statistically shown to be protective [from SIDS]“. So not only can bed sharing and breastfeeding at night help protect your infant from SIDS, those nighttime feeds can maintain a correct milk supply as well as help meet your child’s attachment needs.