If your breasts still feel full after a feeding, do you just wait until next feeding+

Re: If your breasts still feel full after a feeding, do you just wait until next feeding+

• jllmb79 member

  May 2014

  In the first few weeks I would hand express if I was engorged and uncomfortable.

  

  
  

  
  

   

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• Richardsmom_817 member

  May 2014

  So I keep hearing that you should NOT pump as it will cause an oversupply, but isn't hand stimulating about the same thing?  Won't that cause an oversupply too?  

  ~Jen
  Married since 8.17.03
  Mom to Richard 7.24.05, Ava 3.27.08, Isabella 5.19.09 & Timothy 10.22.14

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• jllmb79 member

  May 2014

  When I pump I get about 4 oz....when I hand express it is probably only a tablespoon. Pumping made my oversupply worse.  The only time I really had to hand express was when my breast were engorged and rock hard. Hand expressing never increased my supply.

  

  
  

  
  

   

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• cinderin member

  May 2014

  I have had struggles with my supply, so if for some reason DS doesn't want to nurse or doesn't want much milk, I will pump after (if I am home and able to do so).

  
  

   
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