I've been basically exclusively pumping for about 1 month. In the last 3 days or so my nipples have started to be really sore while pumping and are more sensitive while I'm not. I use lanolin and I pump every 4 hours. I haven't tried icing them yet. Any ideas for why it's starting to hurt now or how I can help it? I dread pumping!
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Is it an electric pump with settings on how hard it sucks? If so, maybe you should lower the setting a bit.
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I agree with @Dandelion: try lowering the suction and see if that brings relief.
Try using a different size of flanges - that can make a big difference too.
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Whenever I've had pain with pumping, it was due to either the suction was too high or I didn't have the correct flange size. Can you play with these settings to see if that helps?
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I can play with the settings. It just takes a long time if it's too low. I can try going up in size. I already have a set that's a size bigger for one boob but I can look for the size bigger.
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