Pumping- breast shield size

alisongem

sorry if this has been discussed already, I haven't been on this forum in a few months but... Here goes:
so when I started pumping I had to get the XL size breast shields. The mediums that it came with were too small and incredibly painful. I have to pump every day for my LOs daycare bottle the next day. It can take over an hour to get 3 oz, when it used to take maybe 20-30 mins to get 5. I tried power pumping, I tried new membranes, etc. then I realized (it just hit me after a good couple of months) that my breast shields were pulling my areola in and making a gulping noise and that that should not be happening. So I switched today back to the medium size and they fit PERFECTLY. And I got 3 oz in about 30 mins! My question is if this happened to anyone else? Did my nipples shrink? Will I finally get my boobs back to how they were?! I'm still in the same bra size (I think? I don't have any bras that fit "right" so idk) but I'm just so confused about how I could go from an XL to a M in nipple size. Thanks to anyone who kept reading this lol. 

nackie

When I first started pumping, I needed a smaller size than I'm using now.  I'm not sure why that would change, but apparently it can.  My breast size hasn't changed between now and then either

jblake320

Mine did the same thing! I'm not sure why the sudden change

ariasbabyblog

I have no idea, but I used Pumpin' Pals, so it didn't matter that much. A standard pumping kit comes with 3 sizes, so I assume it is not only possible, but common. During the course of a day, my breasts can go from "normal" to "extra large" depending on how long it has been since LO has eaten.

jessjuhnke

This happened to me as well. In the very beginning I used the small size but once my milk supply really ramped up (mostly EP) I switched to medium and stayed until my supply and boobs sorta leveled out. I switched back to small after that.