Kathleen Auerbach, are you reading this thread?

Seems I remember a story you told about a mom coming into emergency room
with engorgement, given a pump, and told to pump until it felt better.
Do I recall correctly that she pumped 5 hours and was so bruised she had
to quit breastfeeding because no method of expression was tolerable?

I tell moms they can pump as often as every hour if necessary, but no
longer than 30 minutes at a time.  Purely arbitrary.  Seems 15 minutes
sometimes isn't long enough, but don't want them to overdo it.

Bonnie Jones, RN, ICCE, IBCLC
planning to revise my handouts--it's cold packs or cabbage