30-04-2024, 05:10 PM
Hello, anyone using breasts pumps dedicated to get milk for babies ?..
(07-05-2024, 11:27 PM)CM213 Wrote: Very interesting. Looking forward to hearing updates on this.I have posted before about my breast pumping regime. I have upgraded to a Spectra Gold hospital grade pump, which is a dual motor pump, enabling full breast suction on both nipples.
(05-05-2024, 10:44 AM)Isabela Wrote: Hi Shiraz and thank you very much for the reply
I may say I'm very happy I've find someone who's doing that, I hope you will be ok to exchange regarding that
I'm on breastfeed pumping with a serious device since around 3 years, please let me explain
I've always try to pump at maximum level, the device I use has a 24 mm flange which was far too wide for my nipples, so when I begun pumping, I was pumping the whole areola, this was damaging my breasts, so I had to reduce the level of pumping.
After reading so breastfeeding forums, I realized I was not doing well in pumping the whole areola. The pumping had to go on the nipple and not the areola, so I realize that women with small nipples were using silicone adaptators to reduce size of the 24mm flange to 20, 17, 15, or even 10mm depending of the their own nipples
So I bought 10 mm adaptator which was my size. This allowed me to pump at maximum level without damaging my breasts
I realized the pumping was now affecting my breasts from inside, through the ducts to the lobules of the mammary gland
As you say, I may say I had some breasts enlargement and as far of nipple development are concerned, I'm now pumping with 15mm adaptators and I just ordered a 17mm ones
I guess doing so is giving an hormonal effect. My breasts are very sensitive and if I stop pumping, sensitiveness goes away after some days.
Best wishes
We keep in touch ?
Isa
(Using Spectra S2 device)
(05-05-2024, 10:44 AM)Isabela Wrote: Hi Shiraz and thank you very much for the reply
I may say I'm very happy I've find someone who's doing that, I hope you will be ok to exchange regarding that
I'm on breastfeed pumping with a serious device since around 3 years, please let me explain
I've always try to pump at maximum level, the device I use has a 24 mm flange which was far too wide for my nipples, so when I begun pumping, I was pumping the whole areola, this was damaging my breasts, so I had to reduce the level of pumping.
After reading so breastfeeding forums, I realized I was not doing well in pumping the whole areola. The pumping had to go on the nipple and not the areola, so I realize that women with small nipples were using silicone adaptators to reduce size of the 24mm flange to 20, 17, 15, or even 10mm depending of the their own nipples
So I bought 10 mm adaptator which was my size. This allowed me to pump at maximum level without damaging my breasts
I realized the pumping was now affecting my breasts from inside, through the ducts to the lobules of the mammary gland
As you say, I may say I had some breasts enlargement and as far of nipple development are concerned, I'm now pumping with 15mm adaptators and I just ordered a 17mm ones
I guess doing so is giving an hormonal effect. My breasts are very sensitive and if I stop pumping, sensitiveness goes away after some days.
Best wishes
We keep in touch ?
Isa
(Using Spectra S2 device)
(11 hours ago)Shirazmn Wrote:(05-05-2024, 10:44 AM)Isabela Wrote: Hi Shiraz and thank you very much for the reply
I may say I'm very happy I've find someone who's doing that, I hope you will be ok to exchange regarding that
I'm on breastfeed pumping with a serious device since around 3 years, please let me explain
I've always try to pump at maximum level, the device I use has a 24 mm flange which was far too wide for my nipples, so when I begun pumping, I was pumping the whole areola, this was damaging my breasts, so I had to reduce the level of pumping.
After reading so breastfeeding forums, I realized I was not doing well in pumping the whole areola. The pumping had to go on the nipple and not the areola, so I realize that women with small nipples were using silicone adaptators to reduce size of the 24mm flange to 20, 17, 15, or even 10mm depending of the their own nipples
So I bought 10 mm adaptator which was my size. This allowed me to pump at maximum level without damaging my breasts
I realized the pumping was now affecting my breasts from inside, through the ducts to the lobules of the mammary gland
As you say, I may say I had some breasts enlargement and as far of nipple development are concerned, I'm now pumping with 15mm adaptators and I just ordered a 17mm ones
I guess doing so is giving an hormonal effect. My breasts are very sensitive and if I stop pumping, sensitiveness goes away after some days.
Best wishes
We keep in touch ?
Isa
(Using Spectra S2 device)
Hi IsabelaI haven't checked this website in a while (life...), sorry for the late reply.
I never thought that adapters existed. Like you, I am using the regular funnel and the suck in all my areola. As a result, I often get red irritated rings on the edge of my areolas, and once even blisters. I will look up the adapters and try with those too. I do believe that pumping with milk pumps helps growth, and if there is a way to send a stronger signal to my brain to grow more milk ducts this way, I'm all up for trying.
I am pausing most herbal stuff until after Summer, but I will look these up next week for sure! Thank you