I have enough milk to feed several babies...we are into crazytown oversupply again. I took a nap at the hospital today, and I woke up with boulders in my bra. I've fed my little boyfriend on demand (plus some) and pumped a lot already.
So, to manage this oversupply, it is basically just block nursing and pumping until I'm comfortable, right? Anything else I can do?
I have hard spots in my breasts after nursing...should I pump those out or just live with the tenderness? There is still a lot of colostrum in my milk (it really just came in good today), so I hate to mess with it too much.
Thoughts??
Re: Remind me about managing oversupply?
I had a HUGE oversupply also and it took a good 3 days for my milk to fully come in. But once it did it was crazy time!!
I just pumped ALOT..Jake was in the NICU and was just so mall we never reallygot the hang of BFing so I pumped for 6mnths. I would wake up with bolders instead of boobies and they never really recovered from that. Anyway to take away some of that pain one of the NICU nurses told me to use hot compresses (like scolding ot water) and that REALLY helped.
I also just had to PUmp and pump and it did eventually even it's self out..I would say like a month or so later..
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