Any advice for an oversupplier?

I am almost 3 weeks postpartum and my breasts are killing me 😭 I started off pumping up to 6oz on each breast every 4 hours (I want to sleep so anything more than that is really stressful on top of carrying for my little one) and they are so engorged an lumpy sometimes I can’t sleep. My nipples themselves hurt and the aerial feel raw at times. I am so over pumping but I can’t just stop. Anyone had a similar experience or know tips to relief some pain?

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Try the nipple cream it helped me I was never a oversupplier but u can always maybe try putting a warm rag on them

Them early days of the breastfeeding journey are notoriously rocky and it does take a little while for your milk supply to regulate

Are you pumping deliberately to generate a freezer stash or pumping just to relieve the breasts? If it's the latter I would recommend gently hand expressing in the shower to relieve the engorgement and to continue to feed on demand as that'll be the best way to regulate your milk supply

I used a freezing cold cabbage leaf for pain sounds weird but it does help I had a clogged milk duct. I Would also have a hot shower before I expressed

Cold compress can help or hand express in the shower. Are you pumping until the stream has slowed to a trickle? Also want to make sure you have the right size flange

I promise your milk will regulate between 6-10 weeks. At three weeks it’s not that you’re an oversupplier, it’s just your body doesn’t know how much milk it should be making so it’s just makings lots. I would just pump an ounce or two, enough to feel comfortable

If you’re in pain like that it may also be mastitis- the only thing that worked for me was sunflower lecithin powder . An absolute game changer (add 1 heaped teaspoon into a smoothie) 😊

My biggest advice would be pump only just to soften, not to empty! I’m talking like only pump for a couple minutes (5 minutes max!!) not even a full session. If Baby is having a hard time latching because you’re so engorged, pump for a couple minutes before a feed, otherwise only pump enough to feel some relief between feeds. The more you pump, the more it tells your body you need to make more milk.

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