Breast pump

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CommanderShepherd · 07/04/2016 14:29

I am probably just being dumb but how do you work a manual breast pump? My milk has come in and I tried to use my breast pump but no milk came out? I can manually express no problem is this just a case of trial and error?

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howabout · 07/04/2016 14:36

Make sure everything is properly dry and tightly screwed together. Make sure the bit that goes over the breast is creating a suction vacuum with the nipple in the middle. Should get going after 2 or 3 clasps of the lever (I had the Avent one but I think they are all similar). I could use these but never got on very well with the electric ones.

murphyslaws · 07/04/2016 14:40

Ok I've been here. In the end it took a good 10 to 15 mins of having pump on lower setting then increasing and things started happening.

Cakescakescakes · 07/04/2016 14:42

Can be hard to express in the early days as your supply is still establishing so just keep persevering! And yes make sure it's all tightly assembled. I had a medals swing electric and there was a little white plastic membrane part that would get worn eventually and when it needed replacing t made a huge difference to the effectiveness of the pump.

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