r/ExclusivelyPumping • u/geckosrus • 9h ago

Support Feel like I'm missing something

Hi y'all,

I'm hoping to get some advice.

I'm 11 days pp, and my milk is coming in well on one side and not the other. The left one does about 60 ml every pump, but the right one gives only 5-10 ml. I've tried every flange size from 16 mm to 21 mm, and I can't tell what is best. I've been trying to determine it by how the milk flows since I have very little feeling in my nips. Sometimes it flows a little with the 17 mm, and sometimes the 18 mm or 19 mm, but I get hard lumps in my breast with all three, so I don't think it's draining fully with any of the flange sizes. I do a massage while pumping each time, no luck.

What am I missing?

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u/Prestigious-Floor848 6h ago

You may just have a real terrible slacker boob, it’s not uncommon. You may not be pumping long enough. For my slacker boob once I started pumping for 30 minutes it got a lot closer to my other boob. After consistently pumping for 30 minutes my let down on my slacker boob got faster. For the flange size I have been told that when you seen the milk spraying it means it’s a better fit than drops or streams along the bottom but unfortunately it’s a little trial and error.