MSE Parents Club Part 8

carlamagee

sounds amazing sugar! ill take a slice if its going!

carlamagee

seems everyone is off having a life today!!!??

Becles

carlamagee wrote: »

seems everyone is off having a life today!!!??

I had to do an audit for work this morning. Just having lunch then I'm taking Charlotte and Bob for a walk, then fitting a new ball valve float to the toilet to hopefully stop it sounding like a foghorn when it's flushed. Busy busy

karen1907

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. Unfortunately I only seem to come on here when I have a problem (cause i know all you lovely people have such a wealth of knowledge)

well my health visitor advised trying to express 4 oz of breast milk. At the mo I have borrowed a manual pump off a friend but it took me several hours to express 2 oz but that was mostly done by hand and not by pump. so I was wondering is there any tips to using a manual pump? Or is it just perseverence? It seemed that it just sucked on my breast with nothing coming out? Or would it be worth me getting an electric one - not that I am expecting to express much at the mo (but it depends on how tegan is after she feeds on the 4oz) if so - can anyone recommend one that is reasonably priced?

thanks for any info.

carlamagee

karen, I dont know breastfeeding, and the breastfeeding experts arent on at the minute, but im sure they will be at some point later on. Krystal is a guru, and i cant remember who else (sorry!)

SugarSpun

Karen, all I can add is that I'd be lucky to get 4oz expressed even with my little electric pump - you could try expressing from one side while Tegan feeds from the other, that's supposed to help

Pumps seem to depend a lot on personal preference/boob shape etc. I love the little Medela Mini but someone else (I want to say Tia but maybe not) hated hers.

Good luck!

redmel1621

Hi everyone

Sami - whens the posh do? have you time to try Ed with a bottle a few times before the date. Oh and get a move on with your passport photos;)

Carla - Glad you had a good night out:)

I am so :mad: at my dh......won't even go into it at the moment but he is a lazy/selfish pig!

Need to go make a couple of bottles and then get back to the boys room, I am in the middle of dismantling the wardrobes. My back and hands hurt now but need to get it done:(

tiamai_d

Karen, your HV is putting a LOT of pressure on you to express 4oz. Most women even when BF without any problems at all can only get 1-2oz! Try massaging the breast first and express while feeding and in the morning. It may take you a few sessions to get 4oz.

Best small electric one I used (I went through a few) was the medela mini electric . Hand pump I only used the medela harmony (which can be picked up on ebay used for a few quid if your ok with that)

SS, I loved my medela mini, loved teh double mini version even more but HATED the swing

Tigsteroonie

Tia beat me to it with the advice - massage your boobs first before trying to express, it seems to stimulate the let-down reflex so that you start leaking sooner. But 4 oz is indeed alot, I'm on domperidon & fenugreek to stimulate my production and I still only manage 3 oz a session.

I used to find a handpump as productive as electric - I only went electric because I'm expressing all day & bottle-feeding. I loved my Mini, the Swing was okay but took longer, and now I'm on hospital grade kit.

elle_gee

:rolleyes: I've been trying to sell the small room size offcuts from our carpets for a while. Now I'm fed up of the sight of them (and the money isn't such an issue now) so put them on FreeCycle... five emails in two minutes! :cool: Knew they would go straight away. OH has gone out.. wonder if he'll notice they've gone when he gets back!