Expert: ruth kraft - 11/23/2010

Question
I am a proud mother of a 1 month old. Before I left the hospital both my breast were engorged but even. My son was't able to take to one of the breast as well as the other seeing as though the nipple was a lot bigger on it. So I would hand express the milk into a bottle on that side. I did that for about 2 weeks and now he is able to latch on. The problem is, im not sure how to get them back even in size and in milk production. One always seems to be full and have plenty of milk while the other seems to be deflated and floppy and not seem to have as much milk at all.

Answer
Yo can try pumping the side that is smaller as well as nursing the baby more on that side. It will eventually even out. ALthough babies tend to pick one side as their favorite and it will always be the better milk producer. Just maybe not be so noticeable.
I hope that helped!
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