23-01-2024, 04:18
@here2learn
Glad to know evebra gave you a new pump for free. I'm surprised they didn't say they'd extend the 30 day period since you couldn't pump through no fault of your own. I'd call them and ask for an extension esp. if you're still on the fence on whether you want to keep it or not.
Thanks for the tip. I'll watch the tubes closer from now on. Funnily enough, I did clear a clump of jelly that was near the entrance of one of the dome tubes last week. Didn't think much of it.
From reading some of the old Brava posts here, some users only used the pump to get the seal then used air locks to maintain the vacuum w/o being hooked up to the pump all the time. Push come to shove, you could try that if you're afraid of using the pump all the time. Some even sucked a little more air out of the domes through the tubes to increase the pressure a bit.
I started clamping my tubes after reaching the right pressure since some posters said it helped them get past a plateau in their swelling. For a couple weeks, I wasn't (visually) swelling more when I had been swelling by about half an additional inch a week. It seems to work so far (I've only been doing it for a week) although technically I'm still not at the 8 week mark where real tissue growth begins. Still if I'm supposed to keep swelling more and more throughout this early period then I want it to happen to increase my chances of success.
I didn't know boob pillows existed, lol. I have acid reflux so I'm not even going to try to sleep on my stomach - even if it might result in less pressure on my chest.
Glad to know evebra gave you a new pump for free. I'm surprised they didn't say they'd extend the 30 day period since you couldn't pump through no fault of your own. I'd call them and ask for an extension esp. if you're still on the fence on whether you want to keep it or not.
Thanks for the tip. I'll watch the tubes closer from now on. Funnily enough, I did clear a clump of jelly that was near the entrance of one of the dome tubes last week. Didn't think much of it.
From reading some of the old Brava posts here, some users only used the pump to get the seal then used air locks to maintain the vacuum w/o being hooked up to the pump all the time. Push come to shove, you could try that if you're afraid of using the pump all the time. Some even sucked a little more air out of the domes through the tubes to increase the pressure a bit.
I started clamping my tubes after reaching the right pressure since some posters said it helped them get past a plateau in their swelling. For a couple weeks, I wasn't (visually) swelling more when I had been swelling by about half an additional inch a week. It seems to work so far (I've only been doing it for a week) although technically I'm still not at the 8 week mark where real tissue growth begins. Still if I'm supposed to keep swelling more and more throughout this early period then I want it to happen to increase my chances of success.
I didn't know boob pillows existed, lol. I have acid reflux so I'm not even going to try to sleep on my stomach - even if it might result in less pressure on my chest.