Hi everyone

Please share ideas or tips in regards to expressing milk. Advika use to take breast milk atleast in night time now a days she is refusing that also. I am worried if she leave breast milk fully.

I purchased manual as well as electric breast pump but I didnt had any sucess in expressing milk... I tired electic pump it pains a lot and also my alora got swallon (is it normal)...

Please advice...

Thanks
Sangeeta replied. Thanks All for sharing the tips....

Ishi replied. Hi All ,
I have been exclusively pumping since 1 month using Medela Symphony breast pump and my milk supply is very good, I can pump avg 3 oz of milk from each breast, my son has refused to latch on my breast since 1 month now...so using a good pump really helps. Also, I would like to mention I drink lots of fluid and high calorie diet....a lactating mothers need an extra of 500 cal/day
Meenakshi replied. i have never heard of chicco or pegion brand..but i do have medela advanced pump in style which is very good.initially i had problem with Reyansh latching so to establish a supply LC suggested me to rent hospital grade medela symphony which did and it was very good.Initially it pains a lot but its nipples and not aerola.It might be due to the flanges you are using might be very small..so just shift to a larger size so that ur nipples or aerola dont rub the tunnel and second before you start pumping apply olive oil to the aerola and nipple as well.this 2 things helped me a lot.again using good pump makes a difference as u can be sure that atleast your supply will not diminish which is possible with cheap pump.Try Advika to breast feed.And last but not the least if you are exclusively EPing then try to pump every 2-3 hours,drink lots of water and have warm shower . Sangeeta replied. Thanks Ishi and sabitha

I purchased manual pump of Pegion and electric pump of chicco .... No idea whether it is good or not, or else may be I am doing sominthing wrong.

Sabitha my breast doesnt become hard like it used to become ealier .. even though i will be able to express milk .... I heard about medela pump a lot.. should buy that ?

hey Dimple I think you too express milk would you please share some idea.

Thanks in advance

Sabitha Jayashankar replied. Sorry about the problem.I dont express breast milk that much.iam just using a cheap electric pump from brand evenflo.but i pump just a couple of times in a week. earlier i used to pump once a day.
As Ishi had suggested try to check out if u get pumps for rent.I felt that before pumping breast taking a warm shower (helps me a lot)and drinking around 2 glasses of fluids helped a lot.If milk comes fast then it wont hurt the nipple as u wouldnt be pumping for a long time.Next look in the pump manual and see if there r different settings and sometimes pumps come with some flap like thing to suite the size of ur breast and nipple.mine comes with one which can be inserted in pumping area for women with smaller nipple.if u r pumping incorrectly it will hurt ur breast. Manual pumps r usually very very cumbersome.Try not to hurt ur breasts too much.i have been noticing that as babies get more used to bottle they r refusing breast completely. Ishi replied. Hello Sangeeta,
My son also has refused to take breast and I am expressing milk using hospital grade electric breast pump manufactured by Medela [its name is Symphony]Its a very good pump, the pumping action is close to baby' s sucking. Yeah, nipples do get swollen sometimes but not the areola. Pumping should not be painful,read the manual once more,maybe u r doing something wrong or its not the best pump. Make sure u are using proper breast shields. Are u living in the US? if yes, then rent the pump from the hospital or babies r us.
Hope it helps,