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recommended you another way of expressing your breast milk.
2. In the following cases You can always use Your breast pump:
•If you have more breast milk, you can express some of it between meals in order to reduce the pain of the
bulging breasts, and this way it is easier for the baby to suck.
•If your nipples pain or are cracking, you can express some milk for feeding until the nipples get back.
•If you need to separate from your baby and hope to continue breastfeeding after reunion, breast milk can be
expressed periodically to maintain milk secretion.
B. HINTS:
1.It takes practice in order to use the breast pump the best way possible. So, it will take you at least several
attempts before starting successfully to use the manual breast pump.
2.Choose a quiet time to use the pump – time, when no one will disturb you. If you are working again , it may
be needed to express in the breaks.
3.You should find the optimal expressions for the day, for instance right before and after the first
breastfeeding in the morning, when Your breasts are full or after breastfeeding, when the baby hasn't taken all
from both of Your breasts.
4.The picture of Your child may help to stimulate the expression of the milk.
5.Sit in a comfortable chair, in a perpendicular position to the ground. Please, put a comfortable cushion
behind your back before you start using the breast pump. Take a glass of water and place it near you, because
you may feel thirsty during the pumping process.
6.Place a warm cloth on Your breasts for a few minutes before starting to express the breast milk as this may
make the process easier and relieve the tension in the breasts.
7.Warmth and relaxation help for the easier expressing the milk, so before using the breast pump, you can
take a bath or a shower.
8.Try to breastfeed the baby on one of the breasts and in the same time to use the pump on the other, or
continue to pump right after you stop feeding the baby.
9.Changing the position of the pump on Your breast from time to time may lead to better stimulation of the
secretion. Practice in order to find the best expression technic for You.
10.If the process is causing you breast pain, stop immediately and consult with a doctor at once.
11.Breast pump use errors:
The manual breast pump is an appliance, which helps the women after birth to calm the pain in their breasts
and to prolong the breastfeeding time. It uses the premise that there is sufficient milk and smooth mammary
gland. For some women, which are mothers for the first time, the mammary gland usually is not smooth
enough. A reason sometimes can be the congenital nipple inversion or milk water shortage. So, we suggest you
before purchasing and using the pump, to consult with a doctor who could confirm that your mammary gland
is smooth and that the breast milk is in normal condition. Do not buy and use the pump only as a device to
unblock your milk ducts.
C. USAGE OF THE MANUAL BREAST PUMP:
1.Wash your hands well and make sure that Your breasts are clean. Express some milk, in order to check if the
milk ducts are not blocked
2.The pump should be sterile and assembled.
3.Press the pump onto your breast:
•Make sure that the nipple is in the middle in order the silicone massage pad to fit perfectly to Your breast so
as to create a perfect vacuum (do not let air into).
•Start carefully pushing the handle downwards until you feel a slight suction. After that leave the handle to
return to the starting position. Repeat this step a few times fast in order to stimulate the expression.
•Establish a slower rhythm by pushing the handle downwards and keeping it pushed at most 3 seconds, before
leaving it to return in the initial position. Continue doing this until expressing. If your hand tires, try with the
other one or leave the hand to relax onto your body and express from the other breast.
•Make sure that the milk flows successfully and the process of pumping does not make you uncomfortable.
•It is not necessary to push the handle completely downwards, but only to this position in which you feel
comfortable.
4.Do not worry if the milk doesn't flow immediately, relax and continue pumping.
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