Hellobee Boards Topic: have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 14:48:25 +0000 BabyBoecksMom on "have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-to-increase-your-breastshield-after-months-of-pumping#post-487169 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:58:55 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 487169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: I think I needed the smaller shield all along but didn't know it until I tried. </p> tequiero21 on "have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-to-increase-your-breastshield-after-months-of-pumping#post-486636 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:08:17 +0000 tequiero21 486636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: do u know why that is? We're u weaning?</p> <p>@banana: good to know! I think I'll buy a size bigger and try that out. </p> banana on "have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-to-increase-your-breastshield-after-months-of-pumping#post-486018 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:47:28 +0000 banana 486018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I would buy the bigger shield and try that. I had to go up a shield size around 6 months and I saw a different in output right away. </p> BabyBoecksMom on "have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-to-increase-your-breastshield-after-months-of-pumping#post-485959 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:27:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 485959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but I actually had to go down a size. </p> tequiero21 on "have you had to increase your breastshield after months of pumping?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-to-increase-your-breastshield-after-months-of-pumping#post-484826 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:06:12 +0000 tequiero21 484826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i pump once a day now. towards the end of december, i've been pumping erratic amounts. like ranging from 2 to 8 oz. and the times that i pump on the low end, by the time i feed my kids, my boobs are like rock hard. so i don't think it's about supply. i think maybe my nipples are getting so big that the shield isn't effective anymore? not sure. but tonight, i pumped .67 oz which is fine because i had to feed my girl to sleep cuz she was being so fussy but this whole week, i didn't pump more than 3 oz. at this time, i used to pump at least 7-8 oz. there were times i pumped like 10-14 oz. </p> <p>fyi, i still breastfeed my kids like 4x a day. bottle a day. and solids 3x a day. </p> <p>should i buy a bigger shield? i've been breastfeeding 9 months and i'm shooting for a year, so i hopefully have 3 more months to go. </p>