How To Use Haakaa When Not Nursing

Those early days of breastfeeding can be rough on your nipples.

How to use haakaa when not nursing. To use a haakaa you simply attach it to your breast while your infant suckles or you pump on the other side. Some nursing moms that are using the haakkaa as a milk saver find that once their baby gets a bit bigger and starts kicking and moving around a lot while nursing they need to wear a hands free pumping bra to ensure their haakaa stays in place while they nurse. This will help heal the nipple and make breastfeeding your little one less painful. This is how i ve been ab. The haakaa pump is a silicone pump that i use while breastfeeding to catch breastmilk.

How haakaa can help you collect more milk. Then you can relax while haaka does the work for you. 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. Not long term but maybe occasionally when i don t want to fuss with the electric pump. It s all about suction.

Invert the flange squeeze the air out of the base as much as possible line up your nipple with the centre of the flange. In addition to nipple cream you can fill a haakaa with warm saline water and attach so that your nipple sits in the water. I have too much trouble managing it when lo is nursing on the other side. And then flip the flange back over your breast. You get the milk while nursing simple preparation and cleaning.

Just latch it to your non nursing breast and that s it. 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. Even then your supply will be all over the place and you may find that one day you can collect a few ounces and the next day you don t collect anything. 4 easy steps to using the haakaa pump youtube. The haakaa can also be used to relieve sore or cracked nipples.

I ve been able to use it as a pump to stimulate letdown and have gotten 2 3 oz a few times without lo. Now comes the interesting part. According to haakaa s website you simply suction to your breast and let the pump do the work for you as it draws your milk using suction. While you can definitely start using your haakaa immediately you are unlikely to collect much in your haakaa until your milk fully comes in after a few days postpartum. To collect leaks when you are nursing your baby on one side tandem feeding and haaka.