OMG...... For the first time in my life of a mother I've just been able to express breast milk......but I've been taking ibrupofen though....DS4 can't have it can he??

[LadyTophamHatt]

I'm happy and gutted all at the same time.

You need one of these.

Oh blimey, I could never do it with an audience!

my favourite

I knew there was a better picture

yay .. what a lovely thread

LTH, i got my mn addiction using a double pump. MN and expressed at the same time, i could hold both thingies with one hand and one hand type. the expressyourselfmums website also does the bustier

lol at that woman with a diary and hairsprayed helmet.

is breast milk meant to smell so awful??

1.5 ounces this time, took about 35-40 mins.

Quite pleased with that, it's soooooo much easier than manually doing it.

Well done lth!! That is sooooo brilliant

This is such an ace thread

what do you mean by 'awful'.

no it is supposed to taste and smell very sweet - talking as someone who has tasted her own milk - curiosity and all that you understand

are you talking about "fresh" bm or stuff you have expressed and put in the fridge ?

well, it's really the breast shell thingies that smell awful...not so much the actual milk.

This is such a nice thread and i am so pleased for you too LTH, got no advice except to keep enjoying

oh ok, i just thought you may have had ebm in the fridge that may have gone off (i put a bottle in the fridge door once and it went off within hours - make sure you put any ebm towards the back of the shelves where it is coolest)

don't worry if it smells on your equipment although make sure you wash all your equipment in very hot soapy water - milk drops go off really really quickly !

oh another tip - don't EVER shake ebm - it is made of live cells that may die if shaken

i used to shake the bottle to mix the milk (foremilk and hindmilk separate in the bottle and it looks weird !) - but read that this kills the cells

Eh??
Explain the science of the no sjhaking thing to me

oh god moondog - i read i think on kellymom about not shaking as it may kill the live cells - sorry will look up to give you scientific back up for my tip

Well I'm open to all you say Yeller.....

have a look at this

see i wasn't making it up moondog

it is actually a link on kellymom.com

Blimey!
That really is news to me!!!

i remember mears saying once, 'don't shake it, you're not trying to make butter'.

ibuprofen is fine to take whilst b/feeding. I took it lots when i had mastitis and thrush.

and am sniggering at moondog being taught to suck eggs - rather successfully

Good one yellow!

How's it going, LTH?