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Expressing Colostrum

I'm 5 months(22 weeks) and my boobs are just so full of colostrum that they constantly leak and hurt. I'm really tempted to start hand expressing to help relieve them but I've heard that it can cause contractions. Would it be okay to do it maybe once or twice a week? Or is there another way?

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