I nursed 6, have small breasts, never felt a letdown ever, never leaked or dripped a drop. Could not express for my first. Trial and error worked for me, I really needed to rotate my fingers around and get the rhythm down. I remember talking to a full time working mom in S.Chicago who was a LLL leader (she didn't tell LLL at the time) who expressed by hand. I also remember being told to heat up a canning jar and put my breast inside and when the pressure started to change, milk would come out! I never tried it. Karen Graham LLLL 26 years, IBCLC 20 years.
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