Hi all -
First of all, thanks for all the replies to my other post. I feel much better about going back to work and pumping and not so worried about my supply anymore.
That being said, I have a new issue. I've been pumping quite a bit more since I've returned to work last week. My nipples have become much more tender, which I'm assuming is from all the pumping. Last night I put a bit of lanolin on them to help with the soreness. I gave my daughter her dreamfeed via a bottle that I had already filled (was from previous day's pumping supply) and a little later went to pump out what she would have gotten if I had nursed her (and this had been 4 hours since she had last nursed). When I pumped, I got NOTHING out. I usually have a very quick let down when I'm pumping and nursing, but not even a drop came out. My breasts felt pretty heavy so I believe there was milk in there. This stressed me out a little, so I went to bed but set my alarm to get up 3 hours later and try again. I got a little milk out that time, but it wasn't much and at this point my breasts were very full. My DD started to wake up, so I decided to attempt to nurse her and she seemed fine doing so, and my breasts felt empty afterwards. I was able to nurse her again a few hours later and then pump once I got up, this time being able to get out reasonable amount (not as much as usual but it had only been about 2 hours since she nursed so wasn't expecting the normal amount).
Any idea why I couldn't pump anything for those two tries? Could using the lanolin have been the reason (clogged something and prevented the milk from coming out?) Everything on the pump was working so I know it wasn't from that. I just want to make sure this doesn't happen again and understand what happened too.
Thanks for any thoughts!!
