how soon can I pump ?

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2 days post. 
My boobs are rocks. 🙄
How soon can I start to pump ?

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I started pumping as soon as i got out of the hospital. If your milk gets too backed up, you could get an infection called mastitis which can really mess up your supply. It also gives you flu like symptoms and who wants to be sick with a newborn? And if you plan on going back to work, now is a great time to start building a stash

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Not now! Your milk is just coming in and if you pump now your body will only make more. You can hand express a tiny bit to be comfortable but just let your body adjust. Having rock hard booms is normal.

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Unless there's a real reason to pump, you're not supposed to until around 6 weeks PP. It takes a bit for your supply to regulate. And like someone else has commented, your body will produce too much milk. If your breasts become engorged, and baby doesn't want to nurse, you can hand express to relieve some pressure.

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I started immediately, and I regret it now. I didn't have any supply issues and I created an oversupply. Those rock hard boobs will get worse if you pump when you don't need to.  Your body will adjust in a few weeks to what the baby needs and the bowling ball feel will decrease! If you pump right away you will have that feeling constantly!!!

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I was freaking pumping in the hospital. Seriously? Maybe this is why my damn supply was awful and now I'm formula feeding exclusively! I'm pissed.

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I had to pump at the hospital. My son was LGA so they monitored his glucose hourly the first 5 or so hours. They were concerned he wasn't getting enough from me, so they had me pump colostrum and cup feed it to him while also cup feeding him formula. I struggled with supply on off and had to supplement with formula until he weaned. I was only engorged like that a couple times and just pumped and stored it.

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Start pumping asap! Pump after you feed baby or pump one side as you feed baby on the other

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I was told to start IMMEDIATELY. We were home in 12 hours, and I was supposed to start pumping as soon as we got home.

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