How To Use Haakaa Breast Pump For Colostrum

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How to use haakaa breast pump for colostrum. Center the pump over the nipple. According to haakaa s website you simply suction to your breast and let the pump do the work for you as it draws your milk using suction. I loved using my haaka as a milk saver to catch milk that was leaking from the breast my baby wasn t feeding on or to relieve engorgement in the middle of the night without having to drag out my pump and wake everyone up. Attach the haakaa to the affected breast and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Put them in the freezer until birth.

If you need to pump while out and about the haakaa works well particularly as you don t have to squeeze like with a normal manual pump ouch my wrists hurt just thinking about it 6 put it in a coffee mug to stop it tipping over. Squeeze the base of the pump. The combination of heat and salt should pull out the plug. Add one tablespoon of epsom salt. Label your collector with the date and place in your container.

Once the pump is secure and comfortable you can squeeze the base of the pump not interfering with the top suction to create some movement. Post date december 10. If it doesn t clear the plugged duct on the first try take a break and repeat up to four times a day. Flip out the flange on the pump. Https amzn to 2kkvkdz did you know there s a right way and a wrong way to use a haakaa silico.

0 31 how to use haakaa breast pump the right way buy it here. Begin with hand expressing each breast for 10 15 minutes once a day during late pregnancy. Most good breast pumps are electric they re way more efficient that way. Release the pump and unfold the flange so that it covers your breast. I don t have any specific advice about collecting colostrum but when using the haakaa you can get a really good suction by turning the flange part inside out first and then squeeze the base put onto breast and flip the flange back the right way.

Whether you are using an electric pump manual pump or silicone pump like a haakaa breast pump you will find that foremilk that milk that first flows when you have letdown is thinnest and easiest to pump. While a haakaa pump is certainly much more convenient than an electric breast pump i didn t find that it was a replacement for my electric pump.