My DD was born less than 48 hours ago and is in NICU for a long stay, I am expressing to establish my supply and at this early stage I'm sticking to hand expressing. So far so good, each time getting the nice colostrum she so desperately needs. I'm trying to be as gentle as possible but its still quite brutal - any tips or techniques that I can use to avoid bruising my poor BBs?

Hopefully the flow will increase over the next couple of days and I can get the trusty pump going.

TIA