How to use a manual breast pump with a pear?

In the market for newborns you can find a variety of devices that facilitate the process of pumping a woman. Manual breast pumps with a pear are very popular. This device is suitable for a woman who is trying to establish a lactation process, and for a mother who does not always have the opportunity to attach the baby to her breast, but she does not want to stop breastfeeding. Many women are wondering how to properly use a manual pear breast pump so that the pumping process is quick and painless.

Manual breast pump with a pear belongs to the simplest devices for expressing breast milk. It consists of several parts.

• Nozzle on the chest.
• Valve. Located inside the breast pump, it helps control the pressure that is created during pumping.
• Pear. When a woman is expressing breast milk, she should squeeze the pear, thus creating a vacuum. Due to this, the milk will be released from the mammary glands and enter the tank for decanting.
• Capacity for decanting milk (may be missing).

Women often resort to manual breast pumps with a pear, because they are characterized by several advantages:

• they are characterized by simple construction and are quickly assembled;
• they are easy to use without special knowledge and skills;
• no power source is required to start working with them;
• they do not create noise (as it happens with electric models) - this is very important when the mother performs the pumping process, being near the child;
• all parts can be easily washed and sterilized;
• You can choose a comfortable pace and rhythm of pumping.

Getting to the stage of decanting milk with a manual breast pump with a pear, It is very important to prepare everything in advance so that the process is quick and, most importantly, painless.

• Before you express milk, study in detail the instructions, which must necessarily be bundled with a breast pump. Often, such instructions describe in detail and in pictures how to properly use one or another variation of this device.
• All components must be cleaned, it is better not to use ordinary detergents in this case, since they contain aggressive chemicals that can get into the immature children's organism and cause harm to it. It is recommended to use baby soap or baby detergent for washing the elements of the breast pump.
• It is also recommended to sterilize the details. The sterilization procedure should be carried out on a mandatory basis if it is planned to give expressed breast milk to infants. The device can be sterilized both on the steam bath and with the use of special devices - sterilizers.

• You also need to prepare a container into which the milk will be decanted (often it comes complete with a pear breast pump) and is a bottle. If you put on this bottle nipple, then it can be used to feed the baby.
• Pay attention to the material from which the container is made, it is very important that there is no harmful component bisphenol. You can also use glass bottles.
• A woman needs to wash her hands thoroughly with soap and rinse her breasts to get rid of sweat droplets and dirt.Ideally, it is better to use warm water, it stimulates the flow of milk to the mammary glands.
• It is necessary to hold a light massage of the breast. To do this, slowly pull the nipple and press with your fingers on the areola. Such actions stimulate the production of the hormone oxytocin, which is responsible for the production of breast milk.

When the preparatory stage is completed, you can proceed directly to the process of decanting using a pear pump. The procedure is quite simple, but at first it will be necessary to adapt to it, with time everything will be much easier.

• A woman needs to get comfortable, taking a comfortable position. For example, sit on a chair with a back or a sofa. For convenience, you can put a pad under your back. You need to install a manual breast pump with a pear so that the nipple is located exactly in the middle of the funnel. The edges of the funnel should fit snugly to the chest.
• If it is wrong to attach a manual breast pump with a pear, it can give the mother uncomfortable feelings. In addition, an improperly attached device can leave some of the milk in the mammary glands, thus provoking stagnation.
• Next, you need to rhythmically compress the pear, starting the process of pumping. Not necessarily much pressure on the pump. The applied force can be increased when the pumping process comes to an end.

• In the process of squeezing, you can make a small pause, during which you can also further massage the chest. Breast pump at this time is not necessary to remove. When a woman has expressed milk from one breast, it is necessary to begin this process with a second breast.
• The whole procedure of pumping is quite fast, on average it will take no more than 15 minutes.
• Please note that if 5 minutes have passed since the start of pumping, and milk has not appeared, it is necessary to stop this procedure.
• When the pumping process has come to an end, and the milk from the mammary glands has been completely removed, it is necessary to carefully detach the pear breast pump, close the lid of the milk container and put it in the refrigerator. Breast should be wiped with a damp towel, and all parts of this device should be thoroughly washed and dried.
• Putting breast milk in the fridge, remember that it can be stored there for no more than 2 days. It is better not to leave it on the door of the refrigerator, but to place the container in the middle on the shelf. Milk can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• During pumping a woman should not feel pain. If they appear, you need to take a break and give the breast a little rest. At this time, you can begin to decant from the second breast. Causes of pain can also be an error in the assembly of the device. If the device was assembled and attached correctly, and the soreness during pumping remained, you should consult a doctor for advice.

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