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Engorgement Question
What happens if you are engorged, feed your baby and don't pump?
I'm still pretty full, but Morgan fell asleep. -- ~Carol Ann Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04 http://tinyurl.com/28zno ---Pictures! |
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Engorgement Question
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:51:03 GMT, "Carol Ann"
wrote: What happens if you are engorged, feed your baby and don't pump? I'm still pretty full, but Morgan fell asleep. Your body gets the message to not produce so much. It can be uncomfortable but it's the same as women who don't feed at all - their body eventually realises that it doesn't need to make so much milk (or any at all) so it slows down production. When I was expressing exclusively for my third child I was obviously overdoing it because when she went onto the breast I got engorged and mastitis. This is not necessarily going to happen to you, but you might want to slow down on the pumping if you aren't going to use the milk soon. -- Cheryl Mum to Shrimp (11 Mar 99), Thud (4 Oct 00) and Mischief (30 Jul 02) |
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Engorgement Question
"Carol Ann" wrote in message news:baWxc.4683$2i5.3116@attbi_s52... What happens if you are engorged, feed your baby and don't pump? I'm still pretty full, but Morgan fell asleep. If it's only on occasion, probably nothing. If she starts skipping feedings regularly your body will get the message and start producing less to accommodate the supply/demand. If it's not something that happens often, just maybe pump or hand express to relieve the pressure. She's a little young to start skipping feedings on a regular basis so I doubt you have to worry too much. HTH -- JennP. mom to Matthew 10/11/00 EDD #2 10/24/04 remove "no........spam" to reply |
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Engorgement Question
Carol Ann wrote:
What happens if you are engorged, feed your baby and don't pump? I'm still pretty full, but Morgan fell asleep. To start with, when DD slept through a few night feeds, I would drip over the sink till I felt a bit less full (those were the days when I could bring on a let down at will, hadn't learned to hand express, and didn't yet have a pump). Later though, I would put up with the discomfort as I knew my body would adjust. Cathy |
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