i had my baby 4 days ago. She wont latch on so they told me to pump it into a bottle. The pump takes forever i can pump for 20 minutes on one breast and only get an ounce. my breast def. have milk they are like rock hard and sore. What can i do to get more milk when i pump?
2007-12-02 11:52:54 · 10 answers · asked by boy_lover47031 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Keep working on latching. If their answer was "just pump" then you aren't getting very good support. Have you talked to a Lactation Consultant or a La Leche League Leader? LLL will help for FREE and with a young baby who isn't latching you may be able to find a Leader willing to visit you at home.
Your milk is probably just now starting to come it. (Average is 3-5 days post-partum.) Prior to this you only had colostrum, which comes in very small amounts (teaspoons, not ounces) and is thick and difficult to pump. Now that your milk is starting to come in (sounds like it with the rock hard boobs) then you should start to see greater yield when you pump. Try applying heat to your breasts and massaging them (outside in towards the nipples) before you nurse or pump. This will help to soften things up and get the milk flowing.
What kind of pump are you using? Double/single? Electric/manual? Brand? Do you have a good seal between your skin and the pump?
2007-12-02 12:03:00 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was able to breastfeed for 22 months..and the 1st few weeks were the hardest. If your breasts are HARD, get in a warm shower, let the heat of the water warm up your breasts and start massaging, light and slow at first, from under your arm and stroke all the way to your nipple. keep this up until the hardness is not so bad...this will not make you waste milk, not at this point in the game..it will only help to start the flow, like it would when the baby latches on, NOW you can milk yourself ( no embarrassment here, huh?) I found I got more milk when I massaged my breasts as I was pumping...and it is a slow process, much like working out, you dont show any success until you are well along in the process....then you can attach the manual or elec pump to capture the milk..at this point the more often you pump, the more milk you will start producing, but it does start slow and builds depending on how much/long you pump. and 1-2 ounces is okay and normal
You should pump at least 1x every 2 hrs for the 1st few months, thats how much the baby would be eating...if you need anymore help, just email me...take care of you, and God bless you and your new baby
2007-12-02 12:17:55 · answer #2 · answered by Marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pumping so early really doesn't do much. You're milk supply isn't well established. Babies that young don't eat much more than an ounce anyway, some less, so you're fine. Right now you are going through engorgement- your milk is coming in. In a day or two it will start to flow freely. My OB made the mistake of telling me I was full of milk and needed to pump to empty them but the things is, is that ppl naturally go through a period of engorgement as their milk comes in and it's not necessary to empty them. They won't go down. So for now try to hand express and use warm compresses. Your breasts will get better soon, just take care of them. You can put them in warm water or warm shower and massage them. But I would keep working on latching, I think she will get it if you work with her A LOT. Otherwise the more you pump the more time it takes for her to get it.
ADD: I tried the pumping thing when I was having problems w/ breatfeeding and also when my milk was coming in. I even used a hospital grade pump... didn't work until a couple of weeks later.
2007-12-02 12:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by throughthebackyards 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry about it. A few days from now she'll be latching and breasfeeding well.
I wasn't able to breastfeed my baby too until 5 days old because i had her by CS and i was too drugged and immobilized. But I dont want her to be trained on formula either (coz that's expensive on the long run). So when we got back home the next week, I really tried breasfeeding her. My breasts were humongously engorged then and I have to pump after warm compresses Before breasfeeding the baby.
You just have to keep on pumping because babies cant latch on a nipple from a very engorged breast. And they may not be able to handle the milk let down as well. Try the Medela pump or the Avent Isis. Working by hand works too.
2007-12-02 12:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by trisha_alexandria 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the start it takes a while to pump what seems enough out, but remember you littleone will only want a couple of ounze. At the start i was pumping for like 30mins but now (4mnts) i can do it in 5. Your breasts have got to have time to adjust. You often have more at the start and get engorged easily. Ths will settle down after a week and your breasts will meet your babys exact demand. To increase flow you can place warm flannels on your breast, pump just after a shower or pump in the bath as hot water helps the let down of milk from the glands to the nipple. Also massaging your breast in small circles with two fingers can help and reduces clogs. Good luck, its hard work but worth it when you watch your baby grow because of you.
2007-12-02 12:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by Topaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should only be pumping each breast for 10 minutes at a time, and it's better if you use a dual pump hospital grade pump. you should pump at least 6 times during the day and twice in the middle of the night. you don't get more milk by pumping longer, you get more milk by pumping more frequently. good luck
2007-12-02 11:57:33 · answer #6 · answered by stevies_mom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey practice to have her latch on and pumping just help you stimulate the milk to come.
You should try to breast feed first few weeks then you can start pumping. You need your milk to come in and you need to drink water when you feeding your baby.
just take easy.. have you baby latch on you is to practices put her on.
2007-12-02 12:17:42 · answer #7 · answered by babyg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to get help from a La Leche League leader or a certified lactation consultant to work on getting your baby to latch on. A pump isn't going to be as efficient as nursing the baby, and pumping is a whole lot more work.
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/basics/latch-resources.html
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/2/T021000.asp
2007-12-02 12:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by daa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i might say placed it on your p***s, you will get far extra milky white stuff out of that with the pump than you will on your breast. You do understand which you ought to have a new child to get the hormones to supply the milk on your post being pregnant enlarged milk ducts, ideal?
2016-12-10 10:37:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you need to teach her to latch......and yes she can latch it just pure laziness on the part of your hospital staff to not help
and i am apologizing for the idiots who refused to help you and your baby
go back to the hospital and ask to see the lactation consultant
look up a la leche league in your area
some very good links were given above ....check those out honey
good luck and keep at it!
2007-12-02 12:29:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋