Parenting after a Loss

Lefty is an overacheiver, Righty is a slacker

I've been pumping twice a day---once in the morning, and once at night after Gabriel goes to sleep.  Between the two pump sessions, I get about 12 oz. of milk.  It's kinda funny, though, because my left boob always gives up 4-6 oz., and my right boob barely gives me 2 oz.  I feel lopsided.

Re: Lefty is an overacheiver, Righty is a slacker

  • Yup. Same here.  12 oz in two pumps is great though! That's what I get and I have 2 babies to feed!
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  • Same here...lefty always produced double or more what righty did...totally normal!


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  • Same here, except I don't get 12 oz.  It's becoming an issue these days because DD hates righty...
  • Yep, Mine is exactly the same, has been all along.  12 oz is great!
  • My left side is better too.. but it is not usually double.. tonight it gave me 1.5 oz more than the right side.
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  • Totally normal mine were the same way, very strange and frustrating!

  • Mine is the complete opposite. My right one is the overachiever and the left one has always been the slacker. I have pretty much lost production in the left one since it hasn't produced a lot in months. Finding bras that fit just right is such a pain, though :p
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    It's funny because mine were about equal in performance until around 6 months.  After that - lefty has continued to become a much better producer than righty. SO strange...
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  • Mine flip-flop back and forth.  Once I focus on getting one to work better, the other slacks off!
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