besafe20

I had my son 10 days ago. From day one he has been an excellent nurser. So he is not the problem. My breasts produce so much milk and seem to be unwilling to slow down. As soon as my milk came in I was mildly engorged which turned into severe engorgement this week. The lactation consultant said to pump a little so he can latch on and then pump the other side for relief afterwards. She said 3-5 minutes of pumping won't tell my body to produce more. My pediatrician recomended the same thing except she said it would be better to to aviod using the pump completely and just pump enough out for him to latch if my nipples are hard. well all of this was only supposed to last for a couple days but I have been dealing with it for 6. Usually the engorgement is pretty moderate during the day and I had a couple nights of severe engorgement because my son slept 5 hours at night. The rest of the time he is always on a consistant 3 hour schedule. He is gaining weight great, has lots of dirty/wet diapers, and stays on the breast for a good amount of time. So I don't see why my breasts are making so much milk. I after the two nights of terrible pain and swollen lumpy breasts I have been making sure he wakes up to eat every 3 hours. It is unfortunate because I could use the extra sleep. So basically the past 24 hours my breasts are big and hard but I am not in pain or feeling rocks in my breasts like I am when I am severly engorged. Does anyone know when this will end and I can just nurse like a normal person without needing to touch my pump?