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Tastic
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Topic: breastfeeding - Painful let down Posted: 17 February 2010 at 10:41pm |
just wondering if its normal for the let-down to be painful? I absolutely cringe and sometime I'm almost in tears the let-down hurts so much.
the first few sucks are fine and after about 12 sucks after the let-down it becomes less painful but yeah is this normal?
I dont remember this with the boys. ohh and its only really started in the last couple of days!
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Mamma2N
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 11:16pm |
Completely normal I'm sure you will find it eases up as your supply settles down. DD is nearly 11mths (excl. BF) and I haven't felt a let-down for well over 5mths. But I still remember those god awful pains in the early days!
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 11:23pm |
thanks for that! I can't remember if I had it with the boys but probably did!
will try to grin and bear it
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Posted: 17 February 2010 at 11:27pm |
I had that too in the early weeks and it was SO painful! It has eased up a bit now. I still have a letdown, and it still hurts a wee bit for a few seconds but not compared to what it was at the start. Jamie is 10 weeks now and it eased up around the 6 week mark.
I hope it goes away soon for you.
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Posted: 18 February 2010 at 9:40pm |
I couldn't believe how much more painful it was with #2. Deep breaths & it does let up.
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Nikki
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Posted: 18 February 2010 at 9:57pm |
Yep I had it too for a few weeks, then it gradually got better. I can still feel it now but it doesn't hurt. I had it with Jake too. I don't think the description of "slight tingling" that was given in AN classes was correct!!!!
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Posted: 19 February 2010 at 7:31am |
Congrats!!! Totally normal and apparently it is often more painful with subsequent bubs. At least you have no doubts about getting a let down To me it felt like someone had grabbed my nipple/breast and was twisting and squeezing it.....not unlike how I would imagine a BH would feel it they happened in your boob...how's that for a random thought.
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 19 February 2010 at 9:25am |
And even more fun when you'd have them in the supermarket & all you wanted to do is press on your boobs to make the pain go away LOL
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Posted: 19 February 2010 at 7:30pm |
Lol I do press to make the pain go away even in public, not that Ive been going out a neck of a lot yet. Its really sore, and can happen several times during a feed, and at random times of the day too.
I know it happened a bit with Isla but never like this, but then she fed tiny bits often, and Aiden feeds more reguraly around 3 hrly- not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 22 February 2010 at 12:00am |
My letdown has always been painful, and id cringe as well, its settled down a lot now but in the first 3 months, it was ouchies!!
I found the first few weeks the worst though, the painful let down and the painful cramps I got
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Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:59am |
I had painful letdown for probably the first 8 weeks I likened it to barbed wire being dragged through the milk ducts I still have a really strong let down but it's just uncomfortable for a few seconds then gone although I still have to have a breastpad in the side I'm not feeding from other wise there is leakage..
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Posted: 23 February 2010 at 6:21pm |
emmett is a month old tomoro and the let down seems to hurt more if i havent feed him in a while like 1st feed in the morning etc
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