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To check your flange fit, watch your nipple during pumping.
If your kit includes larger flanges, to use them:
• Replace standard flange with larger flange
• Move valve to larger flange
• See instructions to assemble other parts
• Try the larger flange with and without the insert on each breast until you find the size
that feels better and/or pumps more milk
If your kit does not include larger flanges, contact your Ameda retailer for Custom Breast
Flanges 28.5/30.5mm (Ameda Stock No. 17148PM) or Custom Breast Flanges 32.5/36mm
(Ameda Stock No. 17358M).
Visit www.ameda.com for more information.
Pumping Made Simple
Does a pump need to be set at the strongest suction to get more milk? No. Set your pump
at the highest suction that feels good…and no higher.
Milk Release or ‘Let-Down’:
Pumping milk is not like sucking liquid through a straw. With a straw, the stronger you suck,
the more liquid you get. When pumping, the milk comes only when a milk release (otherwise
known as a “let-down”) happens. Without a milk release, most milk stays in the breast.
What is a milk release?
• Hormones cause muscles in the breast to squeeze and milk ducts to widen, pushing
the milk out.
• Some mothers feel tingling. Others feel nothing.
• A milk release can happen with a touch at the breast, hearing a baby cry, or even by
thinking about your baby. Feeling your baby’s soft, warm skin against yours can cause
a milk release.
• Feelings of stress, anger, or upset can block milk release.
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Good Fit
During pumping, your nipple
moves freely in the breast
flange tunnel. You see space
around the nipple. Not much
areola is drawn into the
tunnel with the nipple.
Too Small
During pumping, some or all
of your nipple rubs against
the sides of the breast
flange tunnel.
Too Large
During pumping, more areola
is drawn into the breast flange
with your nipple. Your areola
may rub against the side of
the breast flange tunnel.
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