There are many reasons, both domestic and medical, for which a nursing mother will have to express milk from her breast. This process is not very pleasant, for many women it is accompanied by painful sensations, and therefore requires special skills, patience and time.
Instructions
Step 1
Learn to express milk naturally from your breast - by hand. Your own fingers are the most comfortable and enjoyable instrument for expressing, touching them may be enough for milk to arrive.
Step 2
Retire to the bathroom. Make sure you are comfortable. And also that no one bothers you for about half an hour. Wash your hands thoroughly. Think about your baby, about the time you spend with him while feeding, remember how you felt in these moments.
Step 3
Before you start expressing your breast milk, give it a massage that stimulates his stay and allows you to relax. Massage in circular motions with your fingers all over your chest. You can use a warm towel to massage. Then bend over and lightly shake your chest.
Step 4
With one hand, bring the neck of a clean container in which you will store milk to the nipple.
Step 5
Start pumping. Place your other thumb about 3 cm above the nipple, and your index and middle finger about 3 cm below the nipple. Make a pushing motion with your fingers, without releasing them from the nipple, towards you. Then press on the nipple with a movement away from you. Continue rhythmically moving your fingers until the milk stops dripping. Then turn your fingers around the nipple 90 ° C and continue expressing in this position. Do the same with the second breast.
Step 6
Never squeeze your chest or pull it forward. So you injure her, bruises and cracks may appear on her, the skin will hurt.
Step 7
If you are having trouble expressing milk by hand, consider purchasing a mechanical or electric breast pump. Keep in mind, however, that many women refuse to use a breast pump because pumping with it feels painful, albeit faster and easier than using your hands.
