What do you ladies do to prevent clogged ducts? My baby will be 3 weeks old tomorrow, I nurse and pump every 3-4 hours but I continuously am getting plugged ducts on one side. I...

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What do you ladies do to prevent clogged ducts? My baby will be 3 weeks old tomorrow, I nurse and pump every 3-4 hours but I continuously am getting plugged ducts on one side. I am also in oversupply

ashley · Answer

I do have a question though, after all the mastitis last time I dried up naturally, but when I'm ready to stop this time, how do I get my supply to dry up? @cubanese,

ashley · Answer

And I start getting engorged after about 2 hours

ashley · Answer

@cubanese, I think I'm nervous to stop because when I did with my first (she was in the nicu for a month) and exclusively breast fed, I kept getting clogged ducts and I got mastitis 4 times in 3 months then I quit breast feeding altogether

ashley · Answer

@ashleydunn, @cubanese,  I had to pump when my baby was in the nicu, in currently trying to ween off the pump

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Pumping before you regulate at 4-6 weeks may be the problem. Maybe try hand expressing instead of pumping ?
@cubanese,  is a LC and also has a over supply :)

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