Pumping breast milk can be stressful sometimes, and we understand that not every mum can be with their baby 24 hours a day for breastfeeding.
Feeding on demand is a lot of pressure, which is why many mums turn to breast-pumping to continue to give your little baby breast-milk and maintain a good milk supply.
There are so many reasons why new mums use a pump; if you want to store milk while you're away from your baby, if you're going back to work or if your baby is unable to latch to your breast.
If you need to drain your breast to facilitate healing, increase your supply of milk or are weaning and need to alleviate the pressure; the breast pump is a superb solution.
However, sometimes it just isn't as easy as it sounds for mums to handle pumping, and one woman has come up with a brilliant solution to ease her anxiety over the activity.
The clever mum spoke on Facebook about how stressed or down she would feel about her lack of milk output, and how she agonised over how much milk was being pumped,
She wrote a post about her magical solution; covering the milk bottle so she can't see the amount she is producing. It's a perfect way to ease the stress.
"Are you someone who sits and watches the trickle of milk, if any, that comes when pumping? Do you get stressed or sad about your output?," she wrote.
"When I was told to pump after feeding to boost supply, I'd sit there and watch. I'd double pump for twenty minutes after ever feed, and become more and more demoralised at the lack of milk in that bottle."
"I realised that, for my own mental health, I needed to stop watching. Easier said than done. Enter the baby sock," she added.
"Now I advise mamas to put a sock over their pumping bottle, and it has been getting incredible results. Some women are reporting often 2-3 times more milk when they remove themselves mentally from the result of their pumping session.
"We know that oxytocin release is inhibited by stress, and oxytocin release is required for letdowns, so if you find you are getting stressed while watching, try it."
What a smart mum, we hope this idea can help other women struggling with the stress of producing milk. Taking the pressure off your shoulders is the first step.
