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I sat for an hour with hot hot hot water and two rags. I dipped them and squeezed the excess water out and put them on my breast. I massaged them and began to press on my breast and express the milk in a bowl because I didn't have a pump. But otherwise you can pump.
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I am 3 days pp and in so much pain right now. My BBs are rock hard and look like they might burst. I've been nursing on demand every 1 - 2 hours and even pumped a little bit. I've done hot and cold compress but nothing is giving any relief. It just seems like the milk doesn't want to come out. They're so heavy I'm getting lower back pain. Is this normal? Should I be worried? I don't remember it being this bad with my first.
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Try massaging them in a warm shower. Are you getting milk to come out when you do feed and pump?
Je
I got a couple of oz from each breast with the pump. I'm not totally sure about nursing, my baby boy lost almost a pound since Sunday but I think maybe it was because I wasn't getting to feed him as often as he needed.
When I was engorged at about 5 days pp, I was pumping and a lactation consultant came by to check up on me (I was still in the hospital). She felt my breast and felt how hard they were and she actually squeezed/put pressure on my breast (focusing on the hard areas) to help empty them out. Kind of painful but it helped!
Last night I was so desperate thinking my baby wasn't eating and my breasts would explode off me and I'd die miserable and swollen in a pool of my own milk. Woke up this morning and noticed a huge difference. They're still pretty bad, but at least I can breathe without pain now and I know my little guy is eating because you can barely touch these things without milk going everywhere!
Ta
I had this around the same time, just cobtinue to feed on demand and i even pumped a little around an oz per breast to relieve the pressure. Mine leveled off after a few days. And weren't painful anymore
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