Pumping at work, and it's been about four hours since I fed her (6:30am this morning, started pumping at 11am). Both sides seem to be producing the same amount of milk. The left side is coming in very blue/watery. The right side is coming in very yellowy-creamy. So basically (I am assuming) I have a lot more fat in the right side.
I'm unbalanced (in more ways than one lol). Help! has this ever happened to anyone else?
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
This has happened every now and then. Can you pump the watery side longer and see if you produce something creamier?
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
If its just for one day or one pumping session I wouldn't worry about it! But if it goes on too long maybe look at addressing it!
persimmon / 1178 posts
Not this specific thing, but tons of other weird stuff during breastfeeding. One suddenly engorging, or both randomly being full or empty at weird times. Blue-ish, yellow-ish, green-ish milk.
Our body is a crazy, crazy thing!
I started to just accept however the 'girls' performed that day and figured it one go back to normal eventually and it always did!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
Did LO nurse on only the right this morning? I'm guessing she just cleaned out your foremilk on that side, but the left side still has a lot of foremilk that you built up through the night.
bananas / 9357 posts
@StrawberryBee: did you feed her on the right side this morning? I find the side DS didn't nurse off of usually looks more watery because there is more fore milk I think. I wouldn't worry about it.
nectarine / 2530 posts
I fed her on the right side and tried pumping the left, but only got an ounce out. Left side is starting to look a little less like milk-colored water :). Thanks bees!
coconut / 8279 posts
@StrawberryBee: my milk was always blue/watery 
I was so super stressed pumping at work.
My mantra was "I can only do what I can do"
LC suggested I eat more Snickers bars though! hehe
nectarine / 2530 posts
@rachiecakes: done and done :). I know, I was so sad when I pumped for 27 straight minutes this morning and only got one ounce out. I wonder if something wasn't connected properly and it wasn't on full suction.
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