In all of these situations you will have a varying demand for the pump, but nonetheless you will need the support of a breastpump to ensure you leave expressed breastmilk for baby and can continue your breastfeeding experience for as long as you choose. Whatever your reasons, if you are planning to express or not, every mum is now given information on hand expressing as part of their antenatal care and discharge pack.
After birth, milk comes into volume around day and often mums experience a sudden fullness and engorgement during this stage. Occasionally the pressure and tenderness within the breast at this time flattens the nipple and makes it difficult for your newborn to latch. Hand expressing a little of the milk off can soften the nipple and areola so that baby can latch on a little easier.
Managing engorgement in this early stage is a fine balancing act — as your milk supply is being established hand expressing supports this better. You may also want to express a little milk off to mix in with medication or to support healing with sore and tender nipples.
Many health professionals would say wait 6 weeks before you start to express. There is a reason for this, but to wait 6 weeks is not generally required, however there are a few things that need to be considered. Expressing your breast milk Expressing milk means extracting milk out of your breasts so you can store it and feed it to your baby later.
Why express breast milk? There are various reasons why you may want to express milk, for example: if your baby is premature or has problems after birth — you may not be able to breastfeed, but they can still have your expressed breast milk you're returning to work or study your breasts feel uncomfortably full your baby isn't able to latch on or suck well you want to boost your milk supply when you start introducing solids, you may want to include some breast milk If you do not need to express your milk straight away, it's best to wait until you and your baby feel happy and confident with breastfeeding before you start expressing milk regularly.
For confidential breastfeeding information and support, call the National Breastfeeding Helpline on Want to boost your milk supply? Express after each daytime feed to increase the order with the milkman! Remember, each time you express you are tricking your body into thinking that your baby has really taken that 10am feed!
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Between 24 to 72 hours after you give birth, your breasts feel much fuller. By about 7 days you can expect to produce about ml of breastmilk in a hour period. This increases to about to ml over the following 2 to 3 weeks. Breastmilk can be expressed by:. Expressing breastmilk by hand is a cheap and convenient method.
Once you master the skill, you can express your milk at any time. It may take a little practice to learn this skill, but it is worth the effort.
Before preparing to hand express:. You can watch a video and learn more about hand expressing from the Australian Breastfeeding Association. You will need to set aside adequate time to express each breast. Repeat the above technique on each breast. If you express each breast 3 times, for 5 minutes, it will not take more than half an hour to express both breasts. Even if you use a pump, it is a good idea to finish off the expressing session by hand as hand expressing is very effective, especially when the breast is less full.
Many mothers prefer to use either a manual or electric breast pump. They find it is quicker and may help with milk production. Breast pumps can carefully be used from birth in combination with hand expressing. Your midwife will help in this situation. There are numerous breast pump designs on the market. Some are well designed, others are not so good. A breast pump must be:. Hospital-style electric breast pumps are designed for women who have a baby in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU to establish breastfeeding and express very frequently — more than 4 times day.
Smaller electric breast pumps can be purchased and are suitable for expressing 1 to 2 times per day. The Australian Breastfeeding Association has breastfeeding and expressing information, and hire pumps at very reasonable rates.
You can choose double pump kits that allow you to express from both breasts at the same time. Avoid using supplementary bottles of formula. If breastmilk is removed, your body will make more; if you leave it in your breasts, you will stop making breastmilk. Breastmilk must be stored correctly to reduce the potential for bacterial growth.
Suggestions include:. Unwashed hands and unclean pumps or bottle-feeding equipment can contaminate breastmilk. Hygiene suggestions include:. This page has been produced in consultation with and approved by:. Children should always be closely supervised near animals and taught how to behave safely around pets. You can help your child overcome anxiety by taking their fears seriously and encouraging them to talk about their feelings. Pregnant women with asthma need to continue to take their asthma medication as it is important to the health of both mother and baby that the mother's asthma is well managed.
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