Increase let down while pumping
The breast is a glandular organ made up of connective, glandular, and fatty tissues. There are small clusters of milk making cells in the back of the breast called alveoli. A hormone made in your pituitary gland called Prolactin causes your alveoli to take nutrients (proteins, sugars) from your blood supply and turn them into breast milk. Oxytocin causes the cells around the alveoli to contract and eject your milk down the milk ducts. This passing of the milk down the ducts is called the “let-down” (milk ejection) reflex. Most of us will have multiple let downs in a single feeding/pumping session but in general only feel the first one, which is the strongest.
Let down is usually triggered by stimulation of the nipple, either from baby’s mouth or a breast pump. Some of us never feel let-down, and some stop feeling the let-down sensation as strong as baby gets older. It’s common to have a harder time letting down to the pump than to baby. This does not mean you’re not making milk, it means the pump isn’t trigger your body to release your milk.
Tips to trigger let down:
⭐️ Try a different flange size. Most people need to pump with flanges that are smaller than what comes with the box. Using a flange insert can give you a much better fit.
⭐️ Use heat, breast massage/compressions, or vibrations to prompt milk flow. Gently massage your breasts. Stroke your breast towards the nipple with the flat of your hand or edge of a finger
⭐️ Orgasm. Oxytocin, the same hormone released during an O, is what makes you experience milk let down. After an orgasm, our bodies experience an increase of oxytocin AND prolactin, the two hormones essential for making and releasing milk. In one clinical study, researchers found that prolactin levels were ~300% higher immediately after sex with orgasm and spiked again around noon the next day!
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