A couple of thoughts on this: 2 oz at a pumping sounds ok to me. Not super abundant, but I would not be thinking retained placenta. A mother with very large breasts does not always feel the fullness of lactogenesis II. The baby may not be able to access the right spot to elicit the MER. Perhaps mother can elicit MER first. Make sure mother is using a rental pump and a flange with a large enough opening. Perhaps try all sizes at different times to see which yields the most. In my opinion, ANY MOTHER HAVING CONTINUING BF PROBLEMS SHOULD BE USING A RENTAL-GRADE PUMP if at all financially possible, until baby is breastfeeding ALL FEEDS WELL. Any thing less is to risk the milk supply. One other thing, baby can feel smothered by the pressure of a very heavy breast on his chest, particularly if using the football (clutch) hold, which is often easier to use than the cradle or cross cradle for large moms. So it may be that you have to adjust the baby or support the breast so that he doesn't feel lke someone is laying on top of him. This could be very uncomfortable and/or scary. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN n.e Mississippi, s.e. USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html