It got less owy for me during 2nd trimester, so hopefully you get some relief soon. It is a good time to remind your little one to have a big mouth and good attachment etc. I also worked on doing a countdown 10 -1 blastoff! with DD so I could take her off if it was all getting too much. This came in handy when #2 arrived, and if he needed me, DD was used to a countdown meaning that she had to come off.

I never expressed to find out what was there, I knew my milk was down but was probably bit scared in case I couldn't express.