Breast Feeding HELP!!!

[ahope4me]

Hi I just my baby girl last Tuesday. In in the hospital she didnt want to latch on the left side and would only eat on the right side. I noticted my breast were starting to become different sizes. When we got home she has started latching on to the left side some but not as much as the right. I think my right side the milk has came in but i dont know about my left. Why are my breast two different sizes? What can i do to make them the same?

ahope4me

[debbie_page]

Did your breasts seem somewhat different before birth?

[ahope4me]

yeah i have a lot of colostrum and leak a lot!!!

[debbie_page]

I mean the size of the breasts.

[ahope4me]

they were larger than before pregnancy but then the right one has gotten even bigger than before birth and the left one seems to be a little smaller.

[ahope4me]

i dont think the milk has came in on the left is that normal is there anything i can do to make it come in?

[debbie_page]

Pumping the left can encourage it to come in. A good electric pump or you can hand express though more time consuming for some and may be less efficient.

[ahope4me]

how offten should i pump and for how long? it doesnt feel like there is anything there...

[debbie_page]

Can you pump that breast for the same amount of time she normally feeds on the other or pump at the same time, every time she feeds.

[ahope4me]

and that should bring in the milk supply and make my breasts the same size?

[debbie_page]

It should. Just pump away for the next 48 hours and let's see what happens!

[ahope4me]

thanks for the help

[debbie_page]

I would love to hear from you. email me at debbie@thenewbornbaby.com