Comments | thehobbit: Hand expressing

thehobbit

Hand expressing

May 21, 2011 12:58

Mike has asked me repeatedly if we needed to take classes and then like the techno nerds we are we turned to the internet. I told him one of my biggest concerns was hand expressing. I just really didn't even know how that worked. Before I had done any sort of searches I noticed poking at my boobs worked to get milk out but it wasn't really ( Read more... )

boobs, breast feeding

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finding_helena May 21 2011, 17:33:10 UTC

I've done that... so far only gotten drops, which hopefully is ok.

thehobbit May 22 2011, 12:38:07 UTC

I would think so. I'm just afraid of not being able to figure out breast feeding so I'm trying everything now. I'd have dreams about over producing during pregnancy and needing to start a freezer stash or not being able to breastfeed at all.

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thehobbit May 22 2011, 12:39:30 UTC

Well, I technically have a manual pump but it seemed like pumping might be a bit much for just some wee measly colostrum. However I figured if I could figure out hand expressing colostrum now then I'd be set for when real milk shows up. I don't think my aim will be any better, btw.

bodyinthegarden May 22 2011, 02:56:54 UTC

cool! i think everyone should be curious about and know what's going on with their bodies, especially in a pregnancy situation.

i've been looking for colostrum but nothing yet, which i guess is good. i keep forgetting to buy breast pads for sudden leaking.

thehobbit May 22 2011, 12:41:13 UTC

Well I should forwarn it hasn't been a gush at all. Mostly me trying to figure out if something was there at all and mashing my nipples (not the world's most sensitive nipples as is though I'll admit the first trimester nipple sensitivity made me want to DIE). It's more like...a slightly runny nose. Something you may not really notice until there is random wetness somewhere unexpected.

bodyinthegarden May 22 2011, 22:05:24 UTC

i think i was thinking about this last night because i either dreamed it or did it. i remember being in bed and squishing my left tit and did succeeded and was like, "ok, i can go back to sleep now." i was happy.

god, my poor tits were super sensitive then too. my husband already was rarely getting any sort of sex; add to that not being able to even look at my boobs without me grimacing. he's been such a trooper through all of this.