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Hi mamas! My LO is 9 weeks and I EBF. Sometimes however I leak and feel so bad I’m “wasting” milk. I was using haakaa to collect let down but that increased my supply and baby wasn’t nursing as much which then left me feeling engorged and leaking more. Have anyone dealt with this? And how have you managed? Would love to freeze some breast milk but don’t want to leak or increase supply.! Thanks so much

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I had the same problem. You can use the haaka ladybug or petal milk collectors! They are passive collectors that don’t use suction so it won’t increase your supply, just saves breastmilk that leaks.

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Yes, happened to me too + I am a natural over supplier. I go to a weekly BF support group and this gets brought up a lot. Haakaa and others are considered a manual pump since it has so much suction. Use one that is more “passive” and doesn’t have as much. I occasionally use the Munchkin passive collection cups!

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