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Breast feeding can be a great joy to mom and a boon to baby. Getting started can be a challenge. Along the way you may have problems that require more information to help you succeed. The following are articles and sites with a wealth of information.

Dr. John Newman’s – Information sheets to answer most questions about breastfeeding.

Answers to common problems with breast feeding – colic, sore nipples and breasts, increasing milk supply and more.

Reasons for using a breast pump

Expressing Breast Milk

How do I choose a breast pump?

Questions about breast pumps

Help for using a breast pump

Breast feeding and screaming baby

Finding a lactation consultant in your area

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Expressing Breast Milk

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Learning to express milk manually can be trickier than it sounds.

To express milk manually, gently massage to start the milk moving down the ducts.  Work evenly around the breast, stroking repeatedly downward toward the areola. Starting about halfway up the breast, run your thumb firmly down.  As it reaches the edge of the areola, press in and up and the milk will squirt from the nipple.  Repeat all the way around the breast. Do not squeeze the nipple as this will close the ducts, nor continue expressing until you think the breast is empty.   Stop when  the milk starts coming in drips rather than jets.

For more information go to: Breastfeeding.com

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