https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 20:44:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640516 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:36:54 +0000 bunnylove08 640516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my left usually gets a second letdown and my right not so much. My left produces more than the right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640471 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:30:06 +0000 lindseykaye 640471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: I do pump for longer than I read most bees pump. Probably 20 minutes on average. And like @MamaMoose it definitely helps to look at photos of LO. Once I turned on a video of her in my early days back at work and BAM! Second let down right then.<br /> I don't usually do any compression during pumping but I usually hand express a little into the pump flange right after I'm done to get just a teensy little bit more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640360 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:05:04 +0000 winniebee 640360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to get 3 if I pumped long enough! First came right away, second would come after like 15 minutes and then a third around 18 mins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640348 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:02:02 +0000 DillonLion 640348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, always! It usually happens at the 20 minute mark, but sometimes it comes early (15-17 minute range) and sometimes not until like 25 minutes. I always wait for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640341 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:01:03 +0000 MamaMoose 640341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: Yup, if I notice i've stopped getting good "sprays" I massage to get it started again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640337 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:19 +0000 MarieJ 640337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually get one at the 15 min mark. I don't always have that long to pump though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640321 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:55:20 +0000 ninja 640321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: the breast massage/compressions always help me get my 2nd letdown faster. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640312 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:53:22 +0000 matador84 640312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so, I get impatient and don't pump long enough for a second let down if i had to guess... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640307 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:51:27 +0000 littlebittyhouse 640307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose @lindseykaye i am going to try a 15 minute session this afternoon to see what happens.</p> <p>do you do compressions while pumping too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640298 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:48:30 +0000 lindseykaye 640298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: Same here. I don't stop pumping until I get the second letdown. It might not be much but if I'm pumping already it seems like a waste not to wait just a few more minutes to get everything I can out of the one session!</p> <p>ETA: I try to really really relax when I think I'll be getting the second let down. And if I feel like it's been long enough, I will turn the suction down and the speed up on my pump to stimulate one (like the manual suggests - mine doesn't have a let down button/function). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640275 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:43:54 +0000 MamaMoose 640275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebittyhouse: I only pump 12-15 minutes and often get a second let down. I find that looking a pictures/videos of LO on my phone helps encourage it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640246 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:37:02 +0000 littlebittyhouse 640246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm....maybe I am not waiting long enough. I usually stop at the 10-12 minute mark. </p> <p>I got a second let down yesterday when I was not paying attention to the time so maybe I had been pumping longer?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640159 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:16:51 +0000 yin 640159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always had a second let down because I would wait for it before I would finish pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-640034 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:51:33 +0000 mediagirl 640034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty sure I get one around the 12-15 minute mark. I always stop at 20 minutes, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-639899 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:20:51 +0000 yellowbird 639899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always get one around the 18 minute mark. I hit the letdown button on my pump 2-3 times per 25 minute session. Not sure if it actually helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-639883 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:19:04 +0000 T-Mom 639883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always got a second letdown while pumping, but it wouldnt happen until around 21 minutes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-639865 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:15:32 +0000 Mrs. Bee 639865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think it depends on how much milk i have when i'm pumping. i never really paid attention and would just work while pumping, but i would get a second letdown. i just couldn't feel it like i can with breastfeeding! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-639861 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:15:13 +0000 jennylynn 639861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotten a second letdown a handful of times in the 11 months I've been pumping. I wish I knew how to make it happen more often! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pumping-mamas-do-you-get-a-second-letdown#post-639846 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:13:31 +0000 littlebittyhouse 639846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I am just realizing that sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it.</p> <p>Do you always get a second letdown or just sometimes?</p> <p>Anything you can do to initiate it?? </p>