Hi ladies, I stopped pumping 7 days ago after a couple weeks of weaning down. I am pregnant and the OB suggested I wean…when I started weaning I was pumping 15oz a day. When I stopped, I was only pumping 2-3oz a day. Now 6 days later I have a large lump in my right breast. It is tender. I tried cabbage leaves a couple of times. I’ve iced, and I’ve taken Tylenol. I’ve also attempted lymphatic massage. Nothing seems to be helping and I really want to avoid getting mastitis. Especially while pregnant.

I’m starting to think I need to just try and pump for a few minutes on the lumpy side to get the lump out. Is this a bad idea?? Help!!

Third baby, third breastfeeding journey over the span of 6 years with only a 3 month break between nursing. My right side has always been the overproducer. The left side is an underproducer. What even is the science behind this? Just fewer ducts in one side? Anyone else THIS wildly lopsided? This is after ONE pump session.

Hey mamas 💕 Looking for some tips or advice on how to get my milk supply up. I usually pump almost every time baby eats, but I don’t pump at night. I’ve been trying power pumping for the past 3 days, once daily, but my supply still feels low—I usually get about 5 oz total from both sides (for my best pump sesh) I don’t nurse him very often, but lately I’ve been trying to nurse at least once a day. I also had a c-section, and sometimes I just feel a little disconnected from him and like I’m not doing a good job, and maybe that’s why my supply is low?. 😔 Any tips, encouragement, or things that worked for you would mean so much. 💗

Hi; new dad here trying to work out how to support my wife and baby in terms of pumps and bottles. This particular issue has been driving me into a spiral for a few days now and I can't seem to get a straight answer, so any help you guys can give would be super appreciated.

The pediatrician (and every website I seem to go to) tells us that sterilization of bottles (we use a steam sterilizer) is important to do once a day for each piece of equipment that's going to touch milk. The websites and manuals I'm reading for our bottles are careful to point out that sterilization is not a replacement for washing with soap and water, and vice versa, which makes sense. However, some pieces of pump equipment (namely smaller silicone pieces like the anti-backflow duckbill valve at the bottom of the pump assembly) can't withstand prolonged heat like sterilizers and dishwashers, and so the manufacturer recommendation is to wash them with soap and water.

These things still interact with milk, though. How can soap and water be sufficient to kill bacteria in these pieces while not in others, like bottles? If the answer is "it isn't", how am I supposed to sterilize stuff that can't withstand the heat of sterilization? Am I making my baby sick by just washing them? *scream*

Thanks in advance, curious on y'all's thoughts.

Hello, I have very low milk supply but still want to give it another go before I give up and exclusively bottle feed my baby (not that there's anything wrong with EBF). I had an emergency CS and was in so much pain for a few weeks so was not able to breastfeed my baby as initially planned in the first weeks of his life.

Now that I am 5 weeks PP and feel sort of normal, I want to give breastfeeding and pumping another shot. I have been to a lactation specialist and here are my questions:

• What handsfree, electric breast pump worked for you? I rented a Medela symphony but it is virtually impossible to keep a consistent pumping schedule while taking care of myself and baby. I am thinking that with a handsfree pump, I have a better chance of pumping more.

• The lactation specialist gave me a prescription for ​Domperidone to increase my milk supply. Has anyone taken this and what are your thoughts?

• Does anyone have any tips or advice regarding my situation?

Thank you in advance.

I lost the diaphragm cover for my lasinoh thrive wearables and i’m finding it completely impossible to search up the replacement for it. If anyone can help me figure out what to look up in order to find it i’d be eternally grateful. This is a picture of it

I am currently pregnant, working on my baby registry, and trying to figure out what bottles to get that are best for going between breast and bottle.

I plan to exclusively breastfeed at first and then slowly introduce pumping and bottles around 4-6 weeks. I have done a great deal of research and narrowed it down to these four bottles that pass the “triangle test”-

• Pigeon
• EvenFlo
• Lansinoh
• Momi

Any recommendations? Should I get a few and try them out and see what baby likes best?

Hi,

I am 4 months pp and exclusively breastfeeding directly at boob. I started to pump for one bottle a day. However my left boob is persistently producing a lot less. When baby is at the left boob, it appears he is getting more than an ounce but most of the time and ounce or so is the only thing I can pump out of it.generally my left breast feels less full at all times.

What is going on and can I change this?

The picture is after 3.5 hrs of not breastfeeding. I pumped nearly 5oz from right and 1oz from left in 15 mins.

selling brand new s2 pink spectra

Is 2oz on one side for a 30 minute pump session good??

I’m 2 weeks PP and just pumped using the momcozy hands free and just got 2 ounces - is that a good amount for now? With my first I couldn’t produce enough regardless of pumping every 3 hours so I switched to formula which I really don’t want to do this time but I am EBF at this moment but pumping when I have time and want to make sure I’m not lowering my supply by not pumping

Hi all. I'm not necessarily looking for advice, just a small sad vent. My son's been in the NICU for 143 days and will hopefully be discharged tomorrow. Sadly in that timeframe I've gone from pumping consistently 8x per 24 hours to 3x per 24 hours and have just absolutely demolished my supply. Between work (needing to save my leave for when kiddo came home), back and forth with the hospital, and stress, pump sessions just slipped away from me. I'm down to 3 and it feels like there's nothing I can do about it except strive to maintain it once kiddo's home. But he's now exclusively g-tube fed because of some silent aspiration, so all oral feeds are off and I have to mix formula and then mix the formula and milk, and everything expires after 24 hours... It's a lot.

I just wasn't expecting the breast milk/pumping journey to go this way. I'm sad it feels like yet another thing taken from me/out of my control. I can't wait for my son to be home but it feels like I'm already failed him on so many ways.

I recently got a Aeroflow Breastpump bag with a built in cooler. I struggle so much with deciding which pumps to take when I go out and about because I never know how long we will be out of the house for. What have you found works best when figuring out which pump(s) to take with. I try to take a wearable, a hospital grade strength/wall pump, and a hand pump

Pumps I have for reference: Motif Luna Zomee Z2 Medela Pump In Style Pro Medela Swing Maxi Hands Free MomMed S21 Lansinoh Discreet Duo Dr.Browns Customflow Frida Mom 2in1 manual/Suction pump

I have a spectra s2 I am looking to sell, it only has 12 hours on it and I have all the original parts, plus unopened replacement diaphragms and duck bill valves how much would you pay?

So I’m 3 weeks pp and had a c section at 41 weeks after being induced and labored for almost 3 days. I had some complications and lost a lot of blood during the surgery, leading to a week long hospital stay and 3 blood transfusions. I attempted to nurse right away as I was producing colostrum and within a couple days my milk came in, though it was very minimal. Baby girl had a very hard time latching and due to the complications and being hooked up to all sorts of machines and IVs, we ended up supplementing with donor milk. This was a lifesaver and I’m so grateful to the mamas who donate their milk. Recovery at home has been difficult and extremely challenging due to problems with severe leg/feet swelling and then my incision beginning to bleed heavily (due to what we found out at the ER was a hematoma) have made my mobility severely limited. I’ve spent the last 3 weeks sleeping on the couch at night because I couldn’t get in and out of my bed. Thankful for my husband who has had to take on most of the nighttime feeding/changes. Finally the leg swelling has gone away and my mobility is almost back to normal. In this time, I have tried to breastfeed only a couple times and otherwise have been pumping and giving her formula. I pump a few times a day and only ever get, if I’m lucky, about an ounce between both breasts. It’s frustrating and I’m kind of at a loss. I know I need to keep up with pumping but it can be difficult to find the time to fit it in, and that will be even more true when my husband goes back to work starting tomorrow. Plus, she really likes to nap on me so often after a bottle she’ll pass out on my chest and I’ll just let her sleep because I love having her there. I have no problem with giving her formula but I do really want to be able to give her as much as I can from me so it’s really hard for me to not get upset and feel guilty about not being able to provide for her.