soonenough
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Hooters said:I'm impressed soonenough that you can get the xl cups on! I'm a 34 A, outgrown my mediums, still waiting for the larges ??? I'm glad that helps you get suction, by the time you get your mediums they'll just suck to your chest after using the xl's lol!! I've now started putting my homemade rice heat pad on for about a couple of minutes before putting my heated cups on, that way there already warmed up, and I find I don't have to take the cups off and reheat them in water. I've also been putting my rice heat pad over my hot wet towel, it keeps it steamy without having to reheat it. I like the rice heat pad because I can do things around the house without being connected to an outlet (if using heating pad) !!
The first time I tried the XL on my right breast, I did the running of the cup under very hot water. Then I lathered the breast with lots of lotion, and it right away latched on. This was with me standing up. The second time I tried it, I was sitting down and lay down to sleep while waiting. I did the same running the XL cup under the hot water, massage before it, use the heating pad after, lotion generously, and then put on the steaming hot xl cup. It latched on. I can only do 1 cup at a time. I covered myself with about 3 blankets. The cup stayed steamy/misty the whole 30 min to 45 min it was on. Last night, cup kept on farting while it's on, but kept on adjusting the cup until I found a secure spot on my breast to latch on. The xl cups actually went up near my collar bone but it stayed.
I'm dreaming of getting my med. cups; those would be the perfect size for me right now.
How do you make your homemade rice pads? Do you fill an empty pillow with rice and seal/sew them? What did you use to put the rice in?
Anastasia, I've been very much stretched. I breastfed 4 babies for one year. With my babies 2,3,4, I grew from 34aaa to 34D/36c, yikes! Very painful for me; hard, engorged with infection. I didn't enjoy the bigness. Husband did. Deflated back into a 34aa or aaa (32.5") right after stopping breastfeeding.