Hello moms,
I exclusively breastfeed my 7 month old and I just started pumping because i'm returning to work. Somehow I have got plugged ducts and it is soooooo painful! I have tried many things like continuing to pump, massaging, hot shower, etc...Any advice would be plenty helpful.
Ladies I called my insurance about breast pump and they said with their insurance in order to get a pump I get a prescription from doctor then I call 3 different numbers to see what my insurance covers but the only thing is I have to wait til baby is born to call and get pump so I want to at least buy a hand pump which do you ladies recommend for hand pump and when I can get a pump from insurance please n thank you 💖💖
Short Luteal Phase? I've just started temping because I believe that the reason I haven't had a BFP yet, after 20 months, is because I believe I may have a Luteal Phase Defect.
Kinda sad I have to pump and dump all of that
Breast pump covered by insurance I've already done what I needed to find out what type of pump I get covered through insurance. It turns out, with my insurance, I can't even get my pump shipped to me until I call them with all the birth details of my baby. So...wth am I supposed to do having a baby and no pump?! I plan to pump exclusively and this REALLY throws a wrench in my plans.
My breast are heavy and full with milk but when I squeeze nothing comes out and when I try to pump nothing is pumped into the breast pump its like I have milk but its stuck and wont come out...any tips or help on this.. i really would like to breastfeed my daughter....
Jelly 🔮·
Have baby nurse from it , I put warm compressors on it I would heat them in the microwave and put them on my boob
MoT·
Okay this is going to sound horrible and disgusting. I would get a hard white plug that would block the end of my duct, sometimes it was deep and hard to see but there was always one whenever I had a plugged duct. If you take the nipple and inspect it very closely you should be able to find it. You have to squeeze it almost like popping a pimple to work it out. Usually once I got it out the nipple would just start spraying milk so have a bottle handy to catch the milk in. It's very painful and while pressure will be relieved you are still going to be sore for awhile.
Priscilla Pouncy ·
Get on all four boil some water till it warm but not super hot dip ya boobs in the water for ten min the try to pump this works with or with out water the gravity pull will release the milk
Emily ·
Dangle nurse! Works every time! Get on all fours and lay baby underneath you to feed.
Emily ·
@mct, that is called a milk bleb. It is recommended to see a doctor before trying to pop your milk blister by yourself. Other forms of treatment are: Epsom salt soaks, hot compresses, and lightly removing the epidermis covering the plugged pore.
MoT·
@northwoodsmomma I exclusively pumped for 15 mths with my daughter and it happened a fair amount. There was no way I was going to go to the Dr for it when I could fix it myself. I talked to a lactation consultant and she is actually the one who told me about it.