[PoisonIvy]

Hi friends,

I recently got back to pumping and learned that my first months of pumping was with cups WAY too small..! I’m a small B-cup so I’ve been using the medium Noogleberry cups until I figured I would get a better shape from using large cups. My breasts have a flat round shape so even if they are small, they are still wide if that makes sense. I came over a very cheap deal on the large kangzhu cups and trying them the first time I was blown away by the difference! Not only is the shape of swelling better and rounder but my god, the way they fit!!! They are contoured with a silicone ring around the edges which creates a great seal and they fit my chest so good I can actually walk around with them on and do stuff. This is revolution in my NBE journey and made my life so  much easier, I’m very motivated and just wanted to share that " alt="" title="">

Now my question is about pressure, I don’t have a pump that shows the actual pressure so I have to go by feeling. I have very stretchy skin and I’m afraid I might be hurting breast tissue without noticing. I only got the red dots once on the side under my armpit and I didn’t feel any discomfort when causing that. I’ve read some post about pressure being too high if skin turns purple but I don’t think that applies to everyone, I’m so pale my skin tone changes immediately from any pressure. My go to pressure right now is to have a pressure that’s high but when knocking on the domes the breast still jiggles. I wear them while studying from home so I can’t apply the 7:2 method, that would take too much attention from studying, but I take a 5 minute break every 30 minutes or so and I wear them 2-4 hours Monday-Friday, on weekends I don’t pump at all. I am of course using oil when pumping, coconut at the moment while waiting for my aloe Vera to arrive.

Should I regulate pressure depending on the time pumping? For example if I only have 30 minutes I go high pressure, and if I can sit a couple of hours I apply a lower pressure? Is there ever a benefit from pumping so hard the breast is not able to jiggle at all inside domes? If you do it very short intervals for example.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

There's a difference between it turning red and it turning purple. It turning purple has nothing to do with how pale you are and indicates that you have cut off circulation and that is something that nobody ever wants because it will damage breast tissue. As far as it turning red goes, it turning a little red is okay but I would keep it from turning too red. I wouldn't worry about damaging breast tissue unless you're getting signs of overpumping like it turning purple, broken capillaries (those dots), or the breast being a different color when you're done. I struggled with this at first where it took almost a month for my breast to get use to it where it wasn't getting overpumped from even low pressure. I got over it by doing a small amount of pressure for a longer duration until it was use to it although I don't think it's necessary to do longer duration I think it just helped my breast to get over it in a shorter period of time. 

I would use caution with trying to go higher pressure because you have a shorter period of time to work with. I'm not an expert on the subject but I don't think there's actually benefit in going to higher pressures then what is necessary to grow. Not only do you risk signs of overpumping, but to a certain extent noogleberry is still a time thing more then anything. I don't regulate pressure based off time pumping, although I'm also currently in a position where I can consistently do the same amount of time. A good rule of thumb is enough pressure that it doesn't hurt and you don't get overpumping signs, but you're also getting good swelling. If you don't have as much time one day that's fine considering it's a long term commitment, but going to high pressures won't make up for the short duration you can do it that day and actually just risks overpumping. After overpumping you sometimes have to take time off too which just sets you back. I would focus on finding the right pressure for you that is in the sweet spot where you're not overpumping but getting good swelling and then putting in whatever time you're able to each day.