I found this to be true also, when I was following "typical" pumping tips  
like:
1) think of the baby
2) bring something that smells like the baby with you
3) look at a picture of the baby
I was finally able to pump successfully and I learned what worked for me  
absolutely by accident.
I had to totally engross my mind on some other task and "forget" that I was  
pumping... then watch out! I could overflow a 4 ounce bottle in moments.
So, for me, I think it was absolutely a mental/psychological block which  may 
have been rooted in the fact that I did not want to be away from my  baby.
Laura Goodwin-Wright
 
In a message dated 1/31/2008 2:57:53 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
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Date:    Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:23:08 -0500
From:     Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: can't get milk with a  pump

"I could never, with any pump, even
hospital grade get more than  an ounce, but with hand expression could
easily fill an 8oz bottle in 10  minutes."

Ah, now this is one of our own saying this.  What's going  on?  Wrong =
flange size?  Such a negative reaction to the pump  that milk release is =
totally inhibited?  There must be others among us  who've had the same =
experience.  I think we can probably learn some  things from one another. =
I mean, a good pump, a full milk supply, how many  reasons can there be =
that a good pump doesn't work?

Diane  Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY   USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com=20






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