Hand Express Everywhere

One of my favourite reasons why Hand Expression Technique is preferred over any breast pumps is because it’s just so mobile.

You can do it almost anywhere and anytime because there isn’t much equipment to lug about.

Clean hands.  Check!

Wide-mouthed milk bottles.  Check!

That’s it.

That’s all the basic stuff you need. I’ve hand-express in many places and even in clean toilets too, although that’s not entirely preferable.

When I started to hand-express my 2nd daughter about 9 years ago, we have a praying room at the office.  So during peak hours at the praying room, I would be doing my 2nd session of expressing for the day.

It never failed to amuse my colleagues when they saw me expressing.  And most of their comments were how easy it was to hand-express.  They were also shocked to see that how much more milk I was able to express in that way.

Although most people are a little shy to be expressing in public, when you do hand express, it literally enriches those around you.  People suddenly are aware that you can do this and how much better this is.

Since I started this 9 years ago, I’ve had a number of friends who were already breastfeeding and expressing their breastmilk  using breast pumps, switched to hand-express and have never looked back.

I’ve taught a number of people and demonstrated how it was done and it was always very humbling to hear them say that they never thought it could work.

I’ve also had friends who have babies and regretting that they did not breastfeed their older children because they thought they could not.  And while they saw me expressing, the sound of milk spurting against the wall of the bottle, they became inspired and finally found out that they COULD breastfeed.

That only shows that it’s all in your mind.

So, just give this a try.  You’ll be suprised at how well you could do this.  If I could do it, there’re not a lot of people who could not.  Seriously.