(05-05-2024, 10:44 AM)Isabela Wrote: Hi Shiraz and thank you very much for the reply
I may say I'm very happy I've find someone who's doing that, I hope you will be ok to exchange regarding that
I'm on breastfeed pumping with a serious device since around 3 years, please let me explain
I've always try to pump at maximum level, the device I use has a 24 mm flange which was far too wide for my nipples, so when I begun pumping, I was pumping the whole areola, this was damaging my breasts, so I had to reduce the level of pumping.
After reading so breastfeeding forums, I realized I was not doing well in pumping the whole areola. The pumping had to go on the nipple and not the areola, so I realize that women with small nipples were using silicone adaptators to reduce size of the 24mm flange to 20, 17, 15, or even 10mm depending of the their own nipples
So I bought 10 mm adaptator which was my size. This allowed me to pump at maximum level without damaging my breasts
I realized the pumping was now affecting my breasts from inside, through the ducts to the lobules of the mammary gland
As you say, I may say I had some breasts enlargement and as far of nipple development are concerned, I'm now pumping with 15mm adaptators and I just ordered a 17mm ones
I guess doing so is giving an hormonal effect. My breasts are very sensitive and if I stop pumping, sensitiveness goes away after some days.
Best wishes
We keep in touch ?
Isa
(Using Spectra S2 device)

Curious if you had ever used SuppleNips to get your nipples nice and enlarged, THEN used the breast pump?  I too have 10-11mm diameter nipples regularly...but can get them much larger after a fun session with my 2XL SuppleNips.  Going to break out the caliper to measure them when enlarged, then am buying some silicone inserts for my Spectra flanges.  I have several larger flanges that pull too much areola in...

Maybe someone needs some larger flanges for their pumping?

Cheers,

Tiffany