Expressing
Some of you may have read in Baby I'm feeling abit blue and down, so I'm hoping to express some milk and give myself a break allowing hubby to take a feed.
I haven't done this yet though, I've hand expressed but not recently. How do I express with a pump, whens the best time to do it? Any advice or tips welcome please
I haven't done this yet though, I've hand expressed but not recently. How do I express with a pump, whens the best time to do it? Any advice or tips welcome please
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if you do it regularly at the same time everyday you can always store it in the freezer then when you feel you need a break take a feed out and let your OH do it...
take it slowly at first, and be prepared that you might not get much at the first couple of times. but every little bit can be saved. you can express say at 9am, then put the bottle in the fridge then express again at 11am and add it to the other milk, and again at 2pm etc etc.... without it causing any problems.
Hope you're feeling better soon, and that your OH can give you plenty of hugs
xxxx
It always took me a while to 'let down' when expressing away from baby, so don't be too discouraged if you dn't get much at first. (Photo's etc. do help, or I used to sniff her head!)
Corinna x