So both my breasts are expressing traces now, however my right still ends up hurting while pumping. Upon pausing my pump & looking to see what's going on, it seems the lube is being moved off my areola area and causing it to go red. This seems to happen within the first minute of starting the pump. I am having to consistently pause the pump to put more on.

When I first restarted last June I tried few different types of lubrication ... LengendairyMilk's pump spray (didn't care for how messy it got), Coconut oil (dries out my skin), Lansinoh nipple cream (too greasy & husband still could taste it on my skin even after cleaning it off). When I first started pumping years ago I used Medela's lanolin but heard that's not good to use, plus the company decreased the size and increased the price. Though that worked well for me. Since around September I've been using Earth Mama's nipple butter only, and that was working... until now. Works fine on lefty but righty it wipes away while pumping which is causing pain and redness and it's sore to the touch after pumping.

I know am using the correct flange size as with the ones am using am getting traces & small beads from both breasts. Last couple sessions I tried using a size up on both sides and didn't express anything.

Am wondering if anyone can help me figure out how to stop this from happening on my right. ... my right is also my temperamental one that loves to swell to any flange size and is elastic.