Can I whine, ***** and cry?

[Jojo]

:cry:

My boobs hurt so bad!!!!!!!!!! My left breast is so engorged. I don't know why it's not responding to the pump as well as my right.

I just want to cry...not from the pain but from this whole situation. I can't wait for it to be over.

(I forgot about this section so I'll have to put all my PP breast pains in here)

[Heather]

:hugs: Of course you can ***** and whine! Wish you didn't have to go through that mess. How long did it take last time for it to be better? I know I had pretty bad nipple pain with both kids, but it only lasted about a week both times, thank God.

[Ashley]

Can your lc help you pump maybe?? I don't know what I'm talking about, I'm just trying to throw out anything that might help! I'm so sorry mama, I don't know what I would have done without being able to pump.. ouch! :hug: :support:

[PinkPaisley]

i also had huge problems with my left breast. try massaging it before pumping

[Jojo]

after doing some ahem "research" I saw what I did last time and did it again (put the pump on max/speed 1 instead of speed 5/min suction) and got an oz and a few out of my left :hula: That's a lot compared to the 1/2 oz I was getting for the past 2 days.

I feel a bit better now. It's still a bit hard but not as hard. And now I"m off to bed. (only to wake up in 3 hours to pump again!)

[Elaine]

:bighug:

You're probably already doing it but massage and compress your girls, especially the left, when you're pumping to help get the milk flowing.

Oddly enough, this time around I'm a Hefty Lefty while with Ben I was a Mighty Righty (like I could pump an ounce more from the right side). It's weird. I guess our boobs change each time we have a baby.

Hang in there mama! *****, whine and complain all you want. It's well earned. :support:

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Do you rotate your flanges at all?

I remmeber my LC suggesting this when I was pumping in the beginning. Kind of like nursing the baby in different holds, it will stimulate other milk ducts and should help releive some of that engorgement.

Like sometimes I would hold the flanges so that the bottles were pointing to the left instead of down, or to the right, or all around. It really helped.

[Jojo]

Do you rotate your flanges at all?

I remmeber my LC suggesting this when I was pumping in the beginning. Kind of like nursing the baby in different holds, it will stimulate other milk ducts and should help releive some of that engorgement.

Like sometimes I would hold the flanges so that the bottles were pointing to the left instead of down, or to the right, or all around. It really helped.


I have never heard of that...

My flanges detach from the bottles so how would I go about doing that? I'm a bit confused :blush:

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Uhh let me see how to explain it better. Like... the bottles attach to the flanges while you're pumping right? So that they collect the milk?

So assuming that is how your pump works (I've never seen one otherwise)... assuming you start and you put the flanges on your boobs. The bottles are typically hanging down right? So like vertically. Pump like that for awhile until it seems like you might not get anymore. Then detatch the flanges from your boobs and (Carefully as to not spill the milk, which I;ve done) move it so the bottles are say pointing slightly toward your arm pits instead of straight down. So the suction will now be stimulating different ducts. Let me see if I can draw a picture...

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Ok hopefully this helps explain better.

Start pumping this way:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/SignOfTheFishBurger/Jopump.png

And then you can remove the flanges completely from your boobs (turn the sucker off, lest you want to lose your nipples...) and re position like my illustration below.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/SignOfTheFishBurger/Jopump2.png

You can do this all around your boob to stimulate different milk ducts... though upside down might be a trick without spilling all the milk.

[Jojo]

The flanges on mine attach to the membrane part which attaches to the bottle. I have this:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21yw2cbEbAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

The flanges on mine and that other part detach. Then the bottom attaches to the bottle. They aren't connected.

The good news is I just got a combined total of 3oz. Most yet. :whew:

I think I am worrying for no good. I am just so nervous that I'm not gonna have a supply and wind up with Mastitis or something.

[Jojo]

OMG :roflol: I love that drawing and needed (totally!) something like that right now!

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

OMG :roflol: I love that drawing and needed (totally!) something like that right now!

Well at least I can provide some comic relief :D

But seriously that helped me so much. I would always get a bunch more milk whenever I would rotate half way through.

My husband looked at m computer screen and asked why I was drawing boobs :hehe:

[bettercowpatty]

I sort of do something like that when I pump at work - move boob out and reinsert it at different angles to get different ducts working. Does seem to help a lot.

[bella_bella]

candice seems to have you covered....but :hug:

[Elaine]

OMG Candice that's awesome! :roflol: You should publish that as a scientific diagram. :twothumbs: :hehe:

I used to angle the flanges and that would help with the milk flow. Let me see if I can explain it (I don't think a diagram would help :hehe:). While pumping I'd hold the bottle and tilt it away from my body so the top of the flange, still attached with suction, would push into my boob while the bottom of the flange had less pressure on my boob. Does that make sense? I'd do the same at all different angles to make sure I was getting all the milk ducts. Massage and compression definitely helps too.

[Jojo]

OMG Candice that's awesome! :roflol: You should publish that as a scientific diagram. :twothumbs: :hehe:

I used to angle the flanges and that would help with the milk flow. Let me see if I can explain it (I don't think a diagram would help :hehe:). While pumping I'd hold the bottle and tilt it away from my body so the top of the flange, still attached with suction, would push into my boob while the bottom of the flange had less pressure on my boob. Does that make sense? I'd do the same at all different angles to make sure I was getting all the milk ducts. Massage and compression definitely helps too.


I get it! See, I wear the special bra (so attractive) so I'm never holding them. I'm going to try this with my next pumping session.

[Mari_Posa]

Candice, awesome job on the drawings!!! :lolabove: You've been given some great advice Jo. I know that I had to compress my breast to get the milk to flow well, especially to get as much hind milk out as I possible could.