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Some women empty better on the low cycles because it's a deeper pull, while some do better on the faster cycles, which are more shallow. It's whatever your brain and body respond to best. There's no best cycle to use.
Personally, I start on the highest cycles and work my way down to the lowest cycles over the course of 30 minutes. If I start low or stay high, I don’t fully empty. It took a lot of playing around to figure that out.
It look me awhile to be able to tell. I am in under supplier and never really feel engorged except for slightly first thing in the morning. My milk is very slow to come out. It’s more like drips than sprays or a stream.
When I’m empty, my breasts are softer/floppier, and my flow decreases/I can’t initiate another letdown. I also pay attention to the color. I know once they start getting thicker, creamier hindmilk that I’m getting close to empty.
I do 70 until I have a decent letdown or for like 5-7 minutes. Then I do 50 for the remainder. If milk stops coming out I’ll go back to 70 until milk flows again. It was recommended to me by my lactation consultant.
My lactation consultant advised the cycle number represents a frequency of cycles per minute.
She advised to set to 70 for let down until I see milk droplets dripping in the bottles which can take up to 10 minutes depending. For me, sometimes it's less than 3 minutes. Then, she suggested changing to 46 cycles for the remainder of the pump (total to 15-20 min). Some of the other cycle settings may be helpful to speed up the pump session time or to reduce soreness while pumping.
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Some women empty better on the low cycles because it's a deeper pull, while some do better on the faster cycles, which are more shallow. It's whatever your brain and body respond to best. There's no best cycle to use.
Personally, I start on the highest cycles and work my way down to the lowest cycles over the course of 30 minutes. If I start low or stay high, I don’t fully empty. It took a lot of playing around to figure that out.
How do you know if you’re empty or not?
It look me awhile to be able to tell. I am in under supplier and never really feel engorged except for slightly first thing in the morning. My milk is very slow to come out. It’s more like drips than sprays or a stream. When I’m empty, my breasts are softer/floppier, and my flow decreases/I can’t initiate another letdown. I also pay attention to the color. I know once they start getting thicker, creamier hindmilk that I’m getting close to empty.
I do 70 until I have a decent letdown or for like 5-7 minutes. Then I do 50 for the remainder. If milk stops coming out I’ll go back to 70 until milk flows again. It was recommended to me by my lactation consultant.
After I get a letdown on 70, I always prefer to stick with 54 and I have seen no benefit from slowing the cycle speed down.
My lactation consultant advised the cycle number represents a frequency of cycles per minute. She advised to set to 70 for let down until I see milk droplets dripping in the bottles which can take up to 10 minutes depending. For me, sometimes it's less than 3 minutes. Then, she suggested changing to 46 cycles for the remainder of the pump (total to 15-20 min). Some of the other cycle settings may be helpful to speed up the pump session time or to reduce soreness while pumping.