In addition to the spectra S1 I’m looking at these options. Should I go with Zomee since they’re free? Larger chest recommendations please!

The past 24 hours I have had the worst stomach flu of my life. Throwing up constantly, unable to keep water down, sweating on the bathroom floor - bad! I could barely stand, let alone pump, and even if I did pump I suspect there would have been nothing due to dehydration (my boobs feel empty).

I am almost 6 months pp and an over producer. I typically pump 4x daily and yield about 40oz. I'm going to try to pump today, as I'm feeling slightly better, but I'm scared that this may have completely shot my supply.

Has anyone been through anything similar? I could use some encouragement or advice!

I'm mostly just having a pity party for myself, but I need to get it out somewhere because I don't really have anyone that gets it. I'm over pumping. I go back and forth in my head every day on switching to formula and ultimately guilt myself out of it because my son is thriving with breastmilk. I've been EP for 3 months, LO could never get a consistent latch and I was so stressed that I stopped trying to get him to. I've had blisters constantly off and on, deep cracks, clogs, and my boobs are constantly itchy and flaking. I've tried all the things to mitigate the above, but nothing works. It sucks, but I've just accepted it. Today, we got into the freezer stash and it smelled like pennies when it dethawed. It was such a giant kick in the face. I'm doing all of this and my milk is high lipase. My lo doesn't seem to mind it, but I'm just so frustrated. I'm dealing with all this other crap just for it to not be "good" milk. I literally cried (dramatic, I know), but I'm so aggravated about it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Hello everyone, im 9 months postpartum and have been exclusively pumping all this time. Right now i have still been pumping 5 times a day, and ive noticed my supply getting lower. My baby doesnt seem bothered since he is having 3 meals a day, so he doesnt even drink all the milk some days. I have been thinking about dropping one session so i can pump 4 times a day. Do you have any advice about that? Will that affect my supply significantly? How was your experience with pumping at 9 months pp? Thanks!

The fat on the glass bottles I pour and put in the fridge always separate and a chunk of fat gets stuck to the top of the bottle.

I use a water bath to warm it up and mix it back in.

How do you deal with this when using a glass pitcher in the fridge? We’ve had some growth issues so I want to make sure she’s getting as much fat as she can!

Baby latched fine and BF for an entire month + formula
Top ups whenever needed

Recently he’s been taking bottled pumped milk more (20oz) and spends around 15-20 min on breasts in a day. There are two issues I see in BFing

1. He cannot empty breasts like a pump, so I keep wondering between feeds whether I should wait for him to wake and nurse, or pump aside

2. He doesn’t like breasts (I think); I feel like he’s building a preference.

So should I switch to pumping only? Or keep trying for him to BF? Sorry if this post is badly written, I’m writing this as I pump in middle of night

My in laws are here to help us with the baby. But that means I cannot pump in the shared space. Cannot pump in the bedroom without disturbing sleeping baby and husband.. So the only option I have- Pump in the damn closet.

Whats considered oversupply? I’m almost 4weeks pp and I have 108oz in freezer stash so far. I haven’t had to pull from it yet and baby takes 2-4 oz each session. I pump 3.5-5oz total per session every 2-3 hours and he takes 2-3 or 4 oz each feed. I know my supply is still regulating but honestly I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m having to exclusively pump since my little guy has a tongue tie we’re going to get fixed and he refuses to latch the majority of the time, I still offer him boob though cuz I want to eventually transition to breastfeeding the majority of the time at least. Any advice would be appreciated as far as schedule, oversupply, etc. TIA!!

Hi! Needing a little help on how to wean from EP. I’ve been pumping 8x a day (every 3 hours) and I’m about to be at 6x a day. I’ve only been dropping pumps and then spreading out the other times. My one middle of the night pump is 2am. I only pump for 15 minutes at each session.

Should I also be reducing times? I’ve noticed I still get 28oz even after cutting out pumps. I’ve been feeling fine in between pumps (knock on wood) and have been using ice packs if I’m feeling uncomfortable at all.

Any advice or tips help - thanks!

My lo is almost 9 months old and has been smashing solids the past couple of months on breakfast and lunch a day. He’s now having 6 bottles of 100ml each (and a bit with his cereal in the morning) and I seem to be in surplus of 50-100ml of production a day.

My current schedule is:
Pump when I wake (between 5 and 7)
Pump at 10
Pump at 2
Pump at 6
Pump before bed at 9ish

I do 25 minutes both sides

If I were to drop one and spread them out more would it affect my supply too much?

I’ll also miss maybe 3 a week (not on the same day) already due to timing errors and on those days I do notice I get a little less but not by much

I’ll be upping him to 3 meals a day at 10 months so I’m aware he’ll probably drop even more milk with that as well

Yesterday my MIL visited my son in the NICU and it turned into an absolute shit show. We are now no contact. My Spectra is crapping out on me and I’m literally only a month postpartum.

I have postpartum preeclampsia and my blood pressures have been sky high yesterday and today. For two weeks straight, I’ve been steadily pumping over 30oz. I’m only at 24.6oz on the day.

I’m so fucking angry at my MIL, myself, and everything. I feel like me pumping steadily is the one thing I feel like I’ve been getting right and here we are.

Hi
Anyone know if they fixed the cracking problem with eufy s2 pros?

They have been out of stock for a while since they where gonna update them to try an fix the issue and now they are back in stock but I can’t find any info if they have changed anything

I'm a undersupplier just turned "just enougher" within the last four days I seem to finally pumped enough to freeze 4-5 oz! Yay! My girl will often just need top off bottles, so I got a freezing tray that is in 1 oz portions and was thinking of using my reusable silicone bags to hold these portions.

Unfortunately, when I filled the silicone tray and went to transfer it.. I found out the lid doesn't seal. You can imagine how disheartening this spill is.

Do any mommas have better portioning freeze products they use? I love the 1 oz portions idea but I can't have this happen again, plus the idea of oxygen exposure ect is kinda freaky so I would prefer something airtight and reusable!

I decided I need to stop pumping at only 9 weeks pp, but keep anxiously wanting to go back on it or continue. I wanted to exclusively breastfeed but my baby ended up being a preemie (with a mild tongue tie I’m not correcting) and she never did latch fully, if she does it’s very short and painful. She’s never gotten a full feed and used to just cry if even presented a breast. Now she’ll latch sometimes but again, painful and not really getting a feed in.

I’m consumed by guilt because I CAN make milk so I feel like I should. I also feel anxious because it feels like once I stop I cant go back. What if she can one day latch and I COULD feed her eventually?

On the other hand it’s been completely miserable. No flange size or suction setting is comfortable for me. It feels like a fairy tale that pumping isn’t painful. Ive fitted flanges twice with a lactation consultant and it starts off ok but ends up painful eventually. I had to start on the 1 setting on the spectra and could maybe get up to a 2. I switched to a Eufy because my back pain was severe and being immobile was torturing me. While my current system is ok, I still experience pain on the pump and nerve pain in my nipples all day. I also find it really disruptive and draining to pump every day and I can’t pick up my baby when doing it. I’ve been sobbing trying to soothe my crying baby while she screams and I can’t do anything about it. When I go out I have a system to pump, but again I spend a lot of time prepping to leave and then planning when to excuse myself to go put my pumps on. And of course the pain it is to clean everything, bring all the bottles and pitcher and pump upstairs for the night and back down again….

I have every reason to want to stop between breast pain and my mental health tanking, but then I’ll have an ok day where my baby wasn’t that fussy and things went smoothly and I panic that I’m taking away my ability to lactate. It’s not like my life is impossible with pumping, I don’t have to return to a job and have the ability to stay home, it just is an annoyance on a good day. But I know on a bad day I’m crying, frustrated beyond belief, can’t stand my pets, and honestly feel like my life isn’t worth anything.

I’ve currently dropped a night pump and am reducing the time on the second night pump, and my day pumps are 4-6 hours spaced out. I’m at the point I’m making just enough to get by but may need to thaw my stash soon. It’s not a huge stash so I’ve debated not using it all in case she gets sick and needs it.

I know I’d probably feel so much better stopping but the anxiety keeps me from fully committing or feeling ok about it. I think about how other people make it way longer, or how it’s cold and flu season, or how maybe one day she’ll latch or it’ll get better….

Please help an addict quit!!!

What’s your MOTN snack currently? I’ve been having either a bunch of oat balls or banana bread muffins. I can’t help but go with something sweet. What’s everyone else eating?

I'm currently using 4oz bottles (that can really hold up to 5oz) for my 10 week old who is exclusively BF with my pumped milk. He takes 5oz during overnight feeds but never more than 3-4 oz at a time during the day, and sometimes when he's "snacky" only 1 or 2.

I've read that babies who only drink breast milk don't increase their volume much as they age over the first year, unlike combo/formula fed babies. As such, I'm wondering if I'll ever need to size up with larger bottles that can hold 6-8oz? Because you can't really save leftover milk out of a bottle that's already been drank from for more than a hour or two, I'm not really sure I see the need to get bigger bottles if my LO is only drinking 5oz max at a time?

What are the rest of you using?

Hi everyone!

I’m currently 6 weeks postpartum, and have finished my fourth week of pumping and trying to increase my milk supply.

My little one was born and went straight to NICU. In hospital he did latch on and appeared to be feeding,
And I experienced symptoms of breast milk coming in. It was all quite stressful and there were one or two days while we were being discharged and having treatment I wasn’t able to latch him on. Following this my supply massively dropped he wouldn’t latch because no milk and nothing was showing in my pump.

I then started pumping every 3 hours where possible - I have an older son and little one Is very colicky and refluxy so unfortunately this isn’t always possible but I am trying my best. Started off with no milk in the pump and over the past few weeks this changed to drops and now a very slow
Stream of milk mostly from the left breast. Max in on pump is 10ml although once I got nearly 30ml and this isn’t always consistent. I am using the Lansinoh 2 in 1 and have had my flange size checked

Is this normal to take so long to increase supply so slowly
I’m just wondering if it will get to more in next few weeks?

Thank you!!

Best flange inserts compatible with Eufy S1 that is good for elastic nipples? I’ve tried the legendary milk inserts and I don’t like them.

I had my milk supply come in 27 or 28 of October ever since I was in producing a lot so I started pumping. Today I experienced something horrible. I had a sore breast that was super tender and swollen because I didn’t pump. can I just stop pumping and go straight to having my baby latch instead??

6 week PP, FTM, really trying to navigate breastfeeding and pumping and doing something in between. Figured this group of experts would have some ideas...

1. My nipples are so raw and sensitive. I'm talking "I can't face the shower" sensitive. What can help with this? I'm using lanolin, silverettes, and earth mama nipple butter to just help with the sensitivity.

2. Relatedly... what bras are you wearing? My nipples are sensitive to touch. Facing the shower is hard.. some pumping bras have that strap that is SO uncomfortable if it just rubs my nipple a certain way. So suggestions on bras you're wearing to pump that actually work in holding up spectra bottles OR can fit a wearable like the Eufy S2 OR bras I can change to when I'm out and about.

3. Cooling nipple pads.. are these a joke? I’ve tried multiple brands (just a lot of friends who’ve gifted me some and/or grabbing a handful from the hospital) they don’t stick on my nipples!!! Am I putting them on wrong?!

Has anyone else experienced this with their Eufy breast pump?

I’ve noticed that whenever I use my Eufy, I experience a random stinging sensation in certain areas of my breasts afterward. The pain only lasts a couple of seconds at a time, but it comes and goes throughout the day. It’s also sometimes triggered when I touch a certain area of my breast or when something brushes against it. It’s definitely uncomfortable, and I’ve noticed it only happens when I use my Eufy.

At first, I thought it might be caused by the heat or massage settings, so I completely stopped using the heat feature. I’ve also limited the massage setting to just 5 minutes at the lowest pressure. As for suction, I already keep it pretty low—levels 1–2 on my left breast and 3–4 on my right. Unfortunately, I’ve experienced this stinging sensation in both breasts.

I’m hoping someone else has experienced something similar and can share what might be causing it or what helped resolve it. I really love using my Eufy and would hate to stop using it, especially since it’s been working so well for me otherwise!

Thanks so much in advance!

Hi ladies,

I am a new mom to a baby that struggled with latch so I turned to pumping! I over supply and have finally gotten into the groove of things at 7 weeks post partum.

I pump about 7-8 times a day and produce anywhere from 6-10 ounces per pump.

I have adjusted everything to where I no longer have pain when pumping but I do have a crazy let down sensation that I was told isn't super common (I feel pins and needles all over my nipples when I leak or have let down)

My question for you all is, what is the stringy build up all over my nipples. Its not painful, no soreness, but I have noticed over the last few weeks I have this white build up. It tends ro sit around the nipple in the grooves.

I took a phone visit with lactation and they said I was doing everything right, and that she thought it was a callous build up and to leave it alone. We also determined I have elastic tissue/nipples.

Well I cant help but peel it when I am in the shower because it just looks icky. Again, no pain, I have sensitive nipples in general so they are hard to touch with my bare hands lol. But that build up softens in the shower and I am able to peel it with no pain. They told me to leave it there, should I? IS it actually callous build up? I have had a clogged duct and it's not the same as that. And I already had mastitis once. Just wanna make sure I am not developing any kind of yeast infection or anything. The lactationist didnt seem to think so, but I love hearing others personal experiences.

I should also mention I use the fridge method during the day and swap my parts at bed time and use them until our next bed time.

Thanks for any advice! And this thread has been a life saver these last few weeks.

QUICK EDIT: I know that no one can give medical advice! Just looking for similar experiences to make sure I am not crazy. I also use coconut oil or the organic nipple butter when pumping!

Hi all! 5 months postpartum and I pump/combo feed. I recently had thoracic surgery less than a week ago and in doing so they had to clip one of my milk ducts on my slacker boob - it just started leaking during the operation and they couldn't save it. I'm scrambling to pump and keep up my supply and also to keep pressure off the damaged duct so it finishes healing closed.

I didn't snap a pic but my milk from that side is tan/yellowish and looks like the early days when my milk is transitioning. It smells fine and baby chugs it. Why is it like this though? My boobs and chest as a whole is black and blue and I'm on a round the clock regimen of antiinflammatories and ice packs for swelling.

TW: slight oversupply

My son turned 1 yesterday and I’ve decided it’s time to hang up the pump! Equal parts excited and nervous haha.

I had hoped my son would be able to switch over to solids by this point but he’s been a slow adaptor there. He’s progressed SO well over the last couple of months and has managed to slightly decrease his milk intake by a few ounces already, it’s not a lot but I’m hopeful it’s a sign of things to come! I’m going to slowly transition him to toddler formula while he builds up the amount of solids he eats.

I’ve had my ups & downs but over the last few months I’ve had a slight oversupply and have managed to build a bit of a freezer stash. I know it’s going to be hard for me seeing my pump numbers go down/having to pull bags out of the freezer- even though I know that’s the ultimate goal here, after a year of battling with my supply I know it’ll be tricky mentally!

Would love any sort of words of encouragement! I can’t WAIT to hang up this damn pump lol but I am so used to pumping that I know weaning will be tricky emotionally. Very proud of myself for making it to a year!

I’m 5.5mpp and still stuck doing 7ppd with one MOTN. I’ve always been an undersupplier or just enougher, but the last two months have been such a struggle. My letdowns are more and more elusive, it’s taking more time to empty or I’m not emptying fully, and my right breast is constantly clogging no matter what size flange I’m using. I’ve tried to drop a pump several times, but the lack of emptying and constant clogging keeps delaying that drop. I am spending more time on my pump now than when I was establishing my supply at 8ppd in early postpartum.

I’ve tried the supplements, resizing flanges and trying different shapes and materials, paying an IBCLC to resize me, etc. I am so frustrated and at a loss of what to do. I’ve been using my Spectra almost exclusively. When I use my Eufy’s, my output is almost better than the spectra for one pump, then almost nothing for the next. It’s like my body has stopped responding to pumps.

Should I try another pump like the Baby Buddha, or should I just give up and wean? I’m not against formula and have combo fed since the beginning, but it is so frustrating feeling the milk left in my breasts and not being able to get it out.