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Old January 25th, 2007, 11:41 AM
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i have just noticed that one boob seems to be always full and the other one is empty. i don't remember feeding hannah more on one side than the other, and there haven't been any changes in her feeding patterns that i have noticed. why do you think this would happen?

so is this where i feed her exclusivly on the empty breast and just express a little off the full breast so it doesn't get too uncomfortable?

how long do i do this for?

wouldn't this encourage mastitis as the full one isn't getting emptied? and

what if she doesn't want to feed off the empty one?
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Old January 25th, 2007, 12:03 PM
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Most women have 1 boob which seems to produce more milk... I have one that does. I just offer the smaller one first at every feed so she empties it so to speak and then I let her have the other bb afterwards. If she only has one boob per feed I do it over 3 hours so 1 boob per 3 hours (anytime she wants to feed during that 3 hours its the same bb everytime) and then would express if uncomfortable off the other bb. When I was trying to even it out & would always express the smaller bb.
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my RHS boob seems to produce double the LHS especially over night. as this is the case DD gets only the RHS first feed in the morning (she was pigging out and vomiting the entire second feed) and i express the LHS to stimulate it, then for the rest of the day i just altinate starting the second feed with the LHS. DD sleeps through the night so i'm bursting in the morning, i swear this morning RHS was an E cup :eek: and the LHS a D i was going to explode!! i was bearly a B to start with and my RHS alwasys feels harder compared to the LHS. hope this helps
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