I just finished my maternity leave and went back to work this Monday. I do two pumpings in the office, one at 12noon, one at 6pm. And feed & pump in early morning and before go to bed. The first three days were pretty smooth.
However, starting from yesterday, milk couldn't come out and I feel 谷奶 very much. My right breast becomes as hard as a stone, just like what I read "乳腺炎" from bk mothers. The left breast seems alright but it's not productive as only my right breast which produces much more milk. So only1 oz at noon time and 6 oz at 6pm. Nothing came out from my right breast.
So I had my bb (3-mth and a half now) to suck my right breast and it took almost two hours to make my right breast become normal.
However, nothing came out again today, only 1 oz at noon and 3 oz at 6pm. Then my right breast becomes a "stone" again. I checked my nipple and there is no white spot. And the problem is I can feel like 谷奶 and even 噴奶反射 and it's just that the milk can't come out.
I don't know why and I'm very worry as I really want to continue "full BF" at least until she is 6-mth old.
Thanks gigiso. I just fed my bb with my left breast and tried to pump the right breast. I've pumped about 6 oz milk. So the problem is that it's okay when my bb is eating. However, when I just do pumping, milk just can't come out.
Anyway, I will try to relax and see if I can just do the pumping smoothly without feeding bb with my left breast.
When I use one pump, the milk does not come out as fast as that when I use 2 pumps. NOw, I use Medela mini eclectric and Avent manual pump at the same time. After that , I use my hand to express the milk. MOre milk can be obtained because the milk may not be able to pump out when using pump, as experienced by me occasionally.