milk come in... pain for how long?

[Nagoo]

I can't remember how long I'm going to be in pain for with my new Dolly Parton boobs?

Can someone remind me please? DD feeding well, but as soon as she's finished I want her to 'relieve me' again!

I've been letting her 'finish' on one side before offering another, is that the best thing to do? sometimes she takes it, sometimes I have to wait.

She was born on Friday.

[DrewsGirl]

Mine were only painful for one day but i was expressing as baby in scbu so just kept pumping until they went down a bit, 2 hours ish later i was back on there, they settled down after only 2 days

[crikeybadger]

Congrats on your new DD nagoo!

Yes, best thing to do is to feed on one side then offer the other. Feed frequently too.

Having a nice warm bath might help with the soreness aswell.

[lizE09]

I found expressing and then freezing the milk helped if he wouldn't feed from both sides. I used the milk in a bottle at a later date when breatfeeding was established. Boots do some great bags to freeze breast milk in.

[Nagoo]

thank you everyone!

I did try expressing but was afraid of increasing supply... so I got in hot bath and milked out all the hard bits by hand in a place where I couldn't see how much milk I was getting!

blessed relief, and the answer for how long it would hurt was 48 hours...

everything lovely for mow!

thanks again...

[crikeybadger]

Good news that things have eased now nagoo-enjoy these early days with your new LO.