16mm 17mm and 19mm Small Breast Shield Size: What To Do When the Smallest Breast Flange is Still too Big!
Recently, several moms have contacted us regarding the smallest flange a manufacturer makes still being too big. Moms are reporting that too much of the areola is being pulled into the tunnel of the breast flange and they are not emptying their breast well when pumping. From what I have seen in my twenty-eight years experience in the lactation field, this problem is occurring more and more today than it did in the past. One explanation is that there is currently a culture of over-hydrating. How can water be bad? Of course water is a good thing, but hyperhydration causes lower milk supply by causing the body to excrete more fluids rather than making more milk and it actually changes your skin turgor aka elasticity. This is why these recommendations can help you when the smallest breast flange is still too big. Reducing water intake to normal “drink to thirst” levels rather than over hydrating with a large number of ounces per ...