How to Pump breastmilk with a manual breastpump

This article will help you to learn the proper way to pump your breast milk and get a larger amount at each pumping.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Yourself
• breast pump
• and your baby or a picture of your baby

1. First thing you will need to do is gather all the things you need and make yourself very comfortable.

2. Next, massage your breast that you will be pumping first. Make small circles all around your breast like while you are doing a breast exam.

3. If your baby is with you just look at your baby or a picture of your precious baby. Make sure it is quiet and relaxing when you do this.

4. Place the pump on the breast and start pumping, While doing that gently massage the breast all around. If baby is near just look at baby and imagine him/her nursing. You should feel the let down.

5. Just keep pumping while massaging the breast and looking at baby. Repeat for the other breast.

6. You should be able to get at least 3 to 4 oz per breast if you are really relaxed and follow these directions.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you are really relaxed and comfortable, That is the key to getting a good amount of milk at each pumping.

[femwriter]

on 8/14/2009 This is an informative article about pumping your breast milk, thanks for the tips!