Looking for Advice on Pumping and Mastitis – Second Time in Two Weeks 🙄

I’m exclusively pumping and struggling with mastitis for the second time in just two weeks. The first time, I was pumping every three hours for 30 minutes. Over the past two weeks, I transitioned to pumping every four hours for 30 minutes since I was producing enough for my baby and even had extra to freeze. I was really careful with the change and would pump sooner if I felt I needed to, but somehow, I’ve ended up with mastitis again. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong or what I can do to prevent this from happening again—I really don’t think I can go through this a third time. 😢 Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated!

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What pump do you have?

@Christina I have the momcozy m5

You might need a stronger pump like a Spectra if you are exclusively pumping. With my first baby I tried exclusively pumping and I got a motif duo which is a smaller pump and my breasts hurt all the time because it wasn’t strong enough. I ended up buying a motif Luna which is close to a Spectra and it was 100% better after that. Mom cozy’s are nice because they are convenient but they aren’t has strong as the bigger breast pumps.

I kept getting the same when I dropped to 3 days. I would say use your normal pump (mines the same as yours), but I’d just do it for an extra 5 or 10 mins! Hope you’re ok!! X

I have the momcozy m9's and they empty me better than my spectra s2 does.. But I've used the spectra for 6 weeks before introducing the momcozys

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