Expressing

I've had good success with hiring the Medela Symphony hospital grade pump (£50 a month so only really worth it to get supply up or exclusively pump I guess). I joined a few Facebook groups and others have found the Medela hand pump works well for them. Have you checked the flange fit as that can make all the difference?

Hi Ava, firstly you are amazing! I am exclusively pumping, i tried Elvie wearable and I didn’t get much output but have both Medela freestyle with the expression bustier and the freestyle wearable and get much much more output! Hope this helps. Xxx

I second the medela freestyle. It’s wearable but gets me a decent enough supply. How long ago did you have your baby? I was initially only able to express a smaller amount but it’s increased over time. Make sure you’re hydrated and some recommended food/drinks include oats, fenugreek tea and coconut water. A big batch of soup (brothy ideally) would also be good to get the liquid in. It really does help. It may also help to try implement an expressing schedule to start with so your body knows it needs to produce milk - essentially whenever baby is being fed on a bottle, you could try express to mimic the breast feed and this should send an indication to your body to produce more milk.

Thanks all, I will have a look at the Mandela. he is 3 weeks tomorrow. He’s not back up to his birth weight yet so I am currently expressing after each feed to try and collect the fatty milk. I’ve tried a couple of times in between feeds as well but still only get a small amount! I will think about a schedule too!

Handsfree pumps really just don't have the power needed to get that fatty milk, you need a hospital grade, either medela or my personal favourite the lasinoh double electric which is really affordable to buy.