eventually do you not feel letdown?

[workin'mumof2]

or are you spose to feel it the while time throughout your breastfeeding journey.

im not sure if its stress or not enough water but last week i didnt get a letdown feeling.

so i took some blessed thistle as i have a bad history with fenugreek (at least i blame fenugreek:o) for mastitis.

and all last night and this morning my milks back to normal. feeling let down and everything, (i only took one.)

so im keeping up with my water now.

but i have to think.. rubys nearly 11months

did you always have a letdown or do you just not feel it after a while.. coz i got worried and took a blessed thistle.

advice??

eta i probably have asked this b4 but i cant remember. (bad memory.blame my kids for that:laughing:)

[Mrs Nietzsche]

Yeah it goes away... think mine was gone around 6 weeks? Still feel it on hte odd occasion though. Doesn't mean anything about your supply!

[JabberJaw]

In the early days for me, letdown made my boobs feel itchy and i could feel it under my arms, my bub is 11.5 months and i dont have that same feeling anymore but i do feel the opposite breast get really heavy (if that makes sense) so i know let down is happening. So yep i kinda still get the let down but it is a different feeling than in the beginning. ( also the boob i am not feeding from leaks! i drink lots of water though, if i have not had enough water i can usually tell as i have no leak)

[Hokey Pokey]

Mine would really really hurt like a thousand needles being jammed into my areola and breast LOL for a good 4 months, now I just get that uncomfortable strong tingling (unless I am over full then it hurts again!) and my bub is 7 months. I do make alot of milk though..

[Mrs Nietzsche]

Reading this thread just gave me a letdown! lol!

[Alisonp]

I only feel the letdown sometimes now (DS is 7mo), usually if I have gone a long time between feeds and my breasts are full. DS is one of those babies that snack on the breast so I usually don't ever feel really full unless we have been out somewhere during the day or the first morning feed. I noticed that when I feel a letdown the opposite nipple gets all lumpy looking in the areola and I usually leak a few drops too.

[bronny-jane]

Reading this thread just gave me a letdown! lol!

:laughing: me too but im feeding ds:D

sometimes i do, sometimes i dont..

i feel it more if its been a while between feeds;)

or if i get it when im out, and not with ds

[bada]

I don't think I ever felt it...

[2girls&1boy]

DS is 6mths and i still feel the letdown. It isn't painful or anything but I was kind of hoping not to have to be wearing breastpads forever :o

[Lillynix]

I've never felt my letdown, I just don't feel it! Only way I know when it happens is because DS starts gulping :D

I also have never had uncontrolable squirting if DD/DS pulled off during letdown...i'm just wierd!

[SuperGranny]

hi, when i was feeding the single babies, my sons, I only felt the letdown for the first few weeks, not very long and not very strong. When I was tandem feeding my twin girls, the letdown was so strong my head would fall forward at the same time and I would really feel the gush of milk. I think it lasted quite a few months with the girls. Marie.

[prideNJoy]

I've always had a really strong let down.

For the first 9-12 month's of BF'ing it was strong, painful would be a better word to describe it.

DS is 19 months, and i can still feel when i get a let down, it's just not painful or strong like it used to be.

[LilMissnBoo]

It went away for me when DD was around 6 months, I was so worried as my letdown was so painful and I would leak like there was no tomorrow! I actually felt it for the first time in ages the other day, but it was no where near as painful as what it used to be.

I hear you about the fenugreek too, it gives me mastitis as well :(

[squiglet]

I was the other way around with my let down.
I couldn't feel it for months then I finally did. Once I had felt it, the feeling did not go away.