One boob not working

I had the exact same problem Rach. My left boob just didn't seem to have let down and Benjy wasn't satisfied feeding off of it.
Nobody seemed to know what to do about it, offering it to him first didn't help as he'd drink for like 30 seconds and then complain for the other side.
His neck was fine and no matter which position I used, the problem continued.
I expressed off it for a while but he didn't like the bottle much so in the end I weaned him off that side (by that stage I was lopsided anyway ) and just fed him from the right until he self weaned at 13 months.

Sorry, I'm not much help!

I defintiely have a less able left boob. I just always offer it first so that it is still getting emptied. Lly will get a bit annoyed but I perservere as the less she sucks the less it will make.

I am the same with my right boob, it just doesn't work 100%! My left is always engorged, my right is never engorged, so that tells me its not so good!

When I express left boob, I have about 10 holes squirting, whereas on the right only maximum 3 holes squirt (way TMI) thats how I definately know that one boob is not so good! I heard it was normal for one boob to be not so good though?

I had the same problem with the lefty boob. It started out being blocked ducts (so I was told). I managed to get it going again after a few days of nothing/very little...but it was never quite the same again.

Same here neeks! Many a night have I woken up to a sopping bed

Sounds like its pretty common then. I had it with Jack too but it didn't start to get like this until he was past one so I didn't really push it and he stopped that side all together.

I've found she takes it fine if shes tired so have been giving it to her just before she goes for a nap and first at night and things seem to have picked up a bit. I think I have heaps in the other one too so if she totally gives up my bad side its no worry.

Thanks for all the help

A colleague from my old job ended up feeding her son from one side only (is it the side your dominant hand is on, apparently thats common), she breasfed him for ages only using one side. So it's not the end of the world if it packs up completely, the other side should compensate. Most people have one that produces more than the other side (for me, proving the theory, my right makes far less than my left and I am right handed). I would persevere, if you can express off in the shower but you think she's not getting anything then give it a massage and maybe some heat before latching her on, if you can get some out baby's mouth is even more efficent so she should get something.

Isn't it a pain our boobs don't come with gauges so we could see how much babies get

My right is less productive too. I have a wee theory behind mine, its the side I had my nipple peirced on and I can see a wee bit of scarring and have had heaps of blocked ducts. So I suspect the milk can't get out properly and so gets full and I get a blocked duct so then Caprece gets cross cos not as much comes out so she doesn't suck as hard.

Wow - me too! My right boob produces milk, but not nearly as much as my left boob. Cohen always prefers the left boob I try to feed off the right as often as I can in the day but sometimes it just won't let down. Coehn sleeps next to me so I just feed him of that bung right side all night - this way it gets some stimulation and I don't have to keep rolling over and changing sides.

I thought it was just me, but it seems really common.