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One breast producing barely anything!

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123456kent · 16/02/2018 08:50

Has anyone experienced this? This breast has been problematic from the beginning, was so painful from the start. No pain now, but barely a thing comes out, whereas the other is fine, in fact had a bit of a forceful let down problem which is better now. Baby is 4 months old. Any ideas how I can improve the supply to one breast? Has the ship sailed to get this boob up to standard?
I can not use it all night and it still isn’t engorged. And I do look quite ridiculous with one bigger breast and one smaller! Confused

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northdownmummy · 16/02/2018 09:03

First of all, well done for 4 months of feeding, you should be getting to the point t where it’s getting easier.
How are you judging that one boob is producing less? When I expressed there was always a big difference between sides, but my DD was equally satisfied with either. I now realise that she was much more efficient at getting the milk than the pump.

I was lopsided, probably about 2 cup sizes for the first year, then t did settle down

northdownmummy · 16/02/2018 09:05

Also meant to say. If you really want to increase on that side, it should really just be a case of always putting baby to that side first and also to use it more frequently, it’s all about supply and demand.

123456kent · 16/02/2018 09:17

It’s lovely and easy now :-) I can tell there’s barely anything because she sort of gets bored and I can hear there’s no swallowing. I swap her over to the other side and hear gulp gulp gulp. I try and give her the rubbisb boob first to stimulate production but if I want a quick feed (if i’m out) it wastes time and in the night I don’t use it at all because I want to get her as full as possible. I also get nothing when I pump from it. Perhaps it’s just one of those things, it’s not a terrible problem, I’d just like to have two efficient breasts!! :-)

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arbrighton · 16/02/2018 16:26

First off, what you can pump is no indicator of supply

Second, by not using it at night, when most prolactin is produced, you're giving it exactly the opposite message to what you want, saying you're not needed, don't bother making much

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