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MuppetsMama 
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 12:35pm |
Am I the only one?? Surely not! EVERY time my milk lets down it is agony...feeding in general is going great, I have ridiculous amounts of milk (it sprays in about 4 different directions!), my breasts & nipples are totally fine and not sore; it's just that flippin let down! It feels like my boobs are being squeezed...like contractions or something! Ouchy 
I had it with my DD1 as well, but thankfully it stopped after a few months. DD2 is now 4 weeks and I still have it.
Anyone else get this, or know why I do??!
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HippyMama
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 2:23pm |
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I had it for a long time, and it got better to the point where sometimes I barely feel it at all - just a tiny flash of a tingle and that's it. It was agony at first though, much like you're describing, and all other aspects of feeding were fine. I found deep breathing / meditation / visualisation helpful, as well as dosing up on Rescue Remedy right before a feed. For me it passed after the first minute or so, and gradually that time became shorter.
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nicandtyler
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 2:56pm |
Yep I had this problem too and with the squirting everywhere lol!, I still occasionally the pain with let down, sort of like a cramping in my boob, but definitely less severe then what it was when I first started out breastfeeding, and like HippyMama said too, its gradually gotten shorter the older T gets, im sure it will get a lot less severe 
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High9
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 3:37pm |
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Yup same here, still get it!
And the spraying, still get that too!
I have sorta tuned out of it though, but if I pay attention I def notice it.
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 3:43pm |
It will calm down eventually, I had to wear nipple pads till my boy was 14 months. The painful let down stopped quicker than the spraying though. I always tried to just remember is better to have too much than too little milk
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MamaT
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 6:19pm |
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Yep, I've had painful letdowns up until about a month ago, now I can still feel it but it doesn't make me wince anymore.
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High9
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 7:25pm |
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Sometimes I feel like my nipples are going to pop off lol!
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 8:43pm |
Yeah I had a painful letdown when breastfeeding Bella, it was like an intense throbbing, made me grit my teeth thats for sure.
I also had a fast forceful letdown, and milk would spray everywhere 
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Kalimirella
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Posted: 15 November 2010 at 9:31pm |
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Hmm mines not quite as bad as yours but I def get the sore tingles. Can range from barely feeling them too, ouch pls hurry up and drain the boob.
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 12:01pm |
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Yeah I had this with #2 as well, It is rather embarassing to stop in the supermarket with no child and press on your boobs to make the pain go away.
So you definitely are not alone & it does ease up over time.
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Posted: 16 November 2010 at 2:30pm |
LOL thats what I do!!!! Yup definately painful this time, wasnt last time!
And it is contracting  Thats exactly whats happening
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Incredibly painful let down
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