When you BF or pump how many letdowns a do you have?
When my LO was younger I would have multiple letdowns of milk on each side. Now at 8 months I only feel and see her eat through one on each side( maybe because she only feeds 10 minutes tops on each side versus her newborn marathon nursing). Just curious other people's experiences!
coconut / 8305 posts
Sometimes I don't even feel my first letdown! I have noticed when I pump I'll usually have 2 though..... which I only know I had the second one because I saw it!
honeydew / 7303 posts
I always have 2-3 when I pump. When nursing I only feel one. She's pretty quick though.
honeydew / 7687 posts
I never pump past one but I have felt three when he's nursing. Usually only one though.
grapefruit / 4291 posts
I definitely feel the initial letdown quite strongly and Miss A's sucking pattern will change to indicate a second letdown even though I don't usually feel it.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Man, i can't tell at all when I'm having one. I just get a constant, very light dribble the whole time that eventually adds up to an ounce, maybe, so I'm not seeing anything significant that makes me think it's a let down.
Is it an obvious thing?
pomegranate / 3858 posts
@blackbird: I can't tell either when I'm nursing. When I pump (once a day), I can tell a little easier, but only by looking.
persimmon / 1147 posts
@blackbird: I know it's different for everyone but my letdowns feel like a tingling sensation. It doesn't hurt but its not 100% comfortable either.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I definitely don't get a sensation while pumping. In fact, after the first two minutes on the pump, I get sort of numb on it. I just don't really feel much at that point. Like the pump is uncomfortable for a minute or two, and then i'm just indifferent to it.
when you say you see it, what do you see? I just feel like I see "drip, drip, drip".
clementine / 916 posts
@blackbird: for me it starts to really spray out.. I can see it spraying and the whole end of the Falange has milk running on the inside. I can also hear the milk hitting the rest of the milk in the bottle. Hope that kind of helps.
pomelo / 5621 posts
@blackbird: I don't feel it either. I haven't pumped yet, so I have yet to see anything. My goal is to start pumping this week.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
i have at least one when LO is nursing during the day. when pumping, i wait for the 2nd letdown. when nursing LO right before her bedtime, she'll fall asleep and i'll have like 5-6 letdowns (1 big one, a few small ones, another big one).
pomelo / 5331 posts
I don't feel my letdowns, but I feel like DS triggers a couple sometimes, but usually only one. When I'm pumping I can get up to three in the morning (just know from seeing the output).
pear / 1570 posts
At 10mo I only ever feel my first let down. Sometimes I can see another happen when I am pumping but I don't feel it. If I am nursing I feel the first and during a long feeding I only know I get a second because I can hear him gulping!
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