How To Use Haakaa While Breastfeeding

Stimulates milk production naturally.

How to use haakaa while breastfeeding. The haakaa is basically a silicone bulb that you suction to your breast and it gently draws out the milk out. Can place the cup onto a flat surface without risking spills or leaks. Fold flange of your haakaa breast pump down squeeze base of haakaa attach to other breast. You get the milk while nursing simple preparation and cleaning. I attach the haakaa on the other breast during both events.

How to use a haaka while nursing. Relieved engorgement unblocks milk ducts and prevents mastitis. In this case you can use a pump to get the remaining breast milk out and save it for later. You should not wear any tight bras or tops as they can put too much pressure on your breasts. I pump and breastfeed throughout the day.

So don t worry if you don t leak it suction and pull more milk down. Because your baby or the pump is stimulating your let down you will find that your milk just flows once you have it suckered on. Once the pump is secure and comfortable you can squeeze the base of the pump not interfering with the top suction to create some movement. Then you can relax while haaka does the work for you. It works best when you re already having a letdown so it s great to use when you re nursing on one side.

You can use a soft silicone haakaa or knock off manual pump as a drip catcher while nursing. How to use a haakaa breast pump to use a haakaa you simply attach it to your breast while your infant suckles or you pump on the other side. If you baby nurses on both sides then you nurse normally on breast 1 then latch baby breast 2 and attach the silicone pump to breast 1 to catch any leftover milk. Feed breast milk to baby straight from the cup to eliminate nipple confusion. To use a haakaa pump while breastfeeding your baby you ll want to follow these simple steps.

Catches the let down but the suction encourages more milk to be expressed. If you do get plugged milk ducts and painful lumps you can try to unplug the ducts by massaging or gently squeezing the breast. Just latch it to your non nursing breast and that s it. Unlike regular pump whereby you need to set up the bottle flanges connect to the tubings and turn on the pump and adjust the setting some more using haakaa is super duper easy.