I lurk here but the topic of hand expression is a special interest of mine.
I remember sitting on the side of the bed with a full baby and still very
full breasts.  I just thought it made sense that I could milk myself.  It
worked on cows and goats.  Low and behold it was easy.  I have developed a
huge interest in hand expression as 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.  I worked through five babies and
used this method to provide milk for all of them.  I thought I was just
odd until I later discovered there was such a thing as hand expression. 
My 'technique' as others have stated, is not like that taught but was
obviously successful.
Lisa Powell-Sabinske, MS, RD,IBCLC

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