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How can I express more milk from my right breast (I'm breastfeeding my 8-month-old)?

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Angela Rosas
Answered by Angela Rosas M.D.
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"The most enjoyable thing for me in practicing general pediatrics is to use my professional training and my experiences as a mother to help families to improve the health of their children," says Angela Rosas. "It is a wondrous feeling to watch children heal and develop into healthy young adults, knowing that you played a small role in the process."

Angela Rosas M.D., graduated from Stanford University with a degree in human biology. She attended medical school and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of California at San Diego. She has been a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1991. Dr. Rosas has practiced general pediatrics for eight years in community clinics, private practice, and university hospitals. She is currently Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California at Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. Her clinical and research interests are breastfeeding, asthma, adolescent care, children with disabilities, child abuse and neglect, and accident prevention. Dr. Rosas has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to various pediatric textbooks. She frequently lectures on pediatrics issues at medical conferences and for community agencies. Dr. Rosas is married to another pediatrician and has three young daughters.
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How can I express more milk from my right breast (I'm breastfeeding my 8-month-old)?

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Sometimes one breast does end up producing more milk than the other, especially when your baby is learning to eat other foods and is cutting down on breast milk. I assume that you are expressing your breast milk for times you are away from your baby. You can build up the milk supply in the right breast by expressing for shorter, more frequent periods. Most mechanical pumps will empty a breast in 10 to 15 minutes, so longer periods of pumping are not helpful. When you are nursing your baby directly, try to start with the right breast, when your baby is the most hungry. Then move to the left breast.
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