uneven supply between breasts

"Liz" wrote in message
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"Kathy" wrote in message
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Liz wrote:

Lately I've been finding that my right
breast gets a lot fuller of milk than my left
breast, especially first thing in the
morning. I try to get my 9.5 week DD to
nurse about the same amount on each
breast, alternating at each feed, but now I
have to give her the right breast more -- is
this going to exacerbate the problem? Any
suggestions on how to even things out?

Hi Liz...

Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I had to point out that I was
just about to post this EXACT same question today. I also have a 9.5
week old DD and have more milk on my right side...so needless to say I
will be watching your post closely!

Kathy


Hi Kathy,
Well, most of the responses I got were variations on "feed more on the
emptier breast", so yesterday I made sure that I fed her on that breast at
every feed, and only sometimes on the full breast. Sometimes started on
the less full breast, swapped to the full breast to ease the pressure,
then back to the other. This morning, after an 8-hour sleep, there was a
lot less disproportion between breasts. The fuller one is still fuller,
but not as bad - the previous morning I'd had to put ice packs on it to
ease the pain. So I'll continue this way and see how it goes. Good luck to
you!
Liz


Ice pack idea I learned in the hospital - get a diaper (CLEAN of course!
), wet it throughly, put it in the freezer. Reusable ice pack, which you
can probably stuff in a bra! When I first started getting milk, I had four
in the freezer at all times, always a fresh pair available.

Good luck!

KD