This now becomes intriguing... as I wonder if the reason I cannot 
express by hand, is because I have never felt a let down, and haven't a 
clue about any area in my breast doing anything, as there is no feeling 
there about breastfeeding at all?

I'd presumed it was the large, floppy pendulous thing, that means I 
can't express by hand at all, and barely with a hand pump.  (Never see a 
proper double electric).

But I know a lot of women who cannot express, and they have firm breasts. 

Morgan Gallagher


Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC wrote:
>  With 
> baby on one breast and her hand on the other, she will "feel" where her hand 
> needs to be to "milk" the let-down her baby has just elicited.  Because she is 
> essentially "double pumping" using this method, she will get an impressive 
> amount of milk in her collection container, while baby gets plenty on his side.  
>   

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