Really dumb question about hand expressing.

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BethAndHerBrood · 10/12/2006 16:22

I had advice on another thread yesterday to try hand expressing. So I did. Worked a treat, saves me buying a breast pump! My question is this: What can I use to "catch" the milk? I tried just expressing it into the dish I was going to use, but it squirted all over the kitchen!!LOL!!! Short of shoving my norks in a bucket, what else can I use?

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PinkTinsel · 10/12/2006 16:23

a pint glass tilted to the side so the milk sprays in is good

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BethAndHerBrood · 10/12/2006 21:48

Thankyou!

So simple - rather like me, I think!!

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PinkTinsel · 10/12/2006 23:23

lol, no one can think straight with mommy brain

mears · 10/12/2006 23:27

I just expressed directly into a wide neck feeding bottle or EBM bottles from Boots. Catch drip milk in nipple shields - you get them in Boots too. Pop it in your bra with the little lip facing upwards (otherwise you get milk in your knickers!)

Hand expressing is the easiest thing - I wish more women would try it. Less ahssle than using hand pumps.

TwinkleInSantasEye · 10/12/2006 23:34

Ooooh, I couldn't get on with hand expressing at all! But when I did try I used a large bowl - the dismal amount I produced looked a bit pathetic in the bottom though!

Skribble · 10/12/2006 23:43

I used a pyrex pint jug oh the memories.

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