What to do bout being engorged?

Question

4 days into breastfeeding my 3rd is going great! She latches great and feeds on demand which is quite a bit lol. But I do have a question. I feel like I should know all the answers since I breastfed my first two for a year year but that feels like forever ago. (They are 4&1/2 and 3&1/2) my daughter feeds for about 10-15 min every hour& half-2 hours. But I feel like my boobs are still very engorged after the fact. She has enough dirty diapers so I know she’s getting what she needs out of each feed but why am I not getting any relief from my boobs ? I’m trying not to start pumping for another week or so to start stocking up on milk for when I go back to work but now I’m contemplating starting sooner due to the uncomfortableness. Also I’ve tried hand expressing in a warm shower and that didn’t really help. I know most have said that pumping right away will just cause an over supply so I’m not really sure what else to do until she starts intaking more.

Answer

if you’re gonna start pumping anyways i’d start now. if you wait and your milk adjusts to only producing what she needs you’re gonna have to up your supply again if you wanna pump enough to make a stash

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In the hospital a lactation consultant told me that in the begining your body doesn’t know if you had 1 baby or 4 so if you start pumping early you could have a better chance of keeping up that “ over supply”. 
But right now your body is unaware that you only have 1 baby. It should simmer down in the next few weeks when either 1- baby gets more efficient and takes more milk, or 2- your supply levels out

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I use the haakaa a bunch in the beginning while I feed my LO for the first 3 months. It helped a ton because it caught the letdown so that they wouldn’t be soo full in the beginning. After a while your breast even out on the feeds and they get a little softer. I didn’t pump in the beginning but I definitely caught expressed milk with the haakaa. Definitely something you should buy(10-20$ and they have cheaper ones on wish for 2$)

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If your going to be pumping start now. Right now your body is trying to figure out how much milk to produce. I felt like I had rocks on my chest for the first week but after that it’s all good. Just take a hot shower if you can and wait it out honestly

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Have you tried expressing to comfort? This happened to me more so at night but I would place the engorged breast in a bowl of warm water and then express into my haaka until I reached a comfortable feeling (not draining the breast). That way you wont feel as engorged and you won’t signal to your body to produce more.

What to do bout being engorged?

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