what does your let down feel like?

[skybie]

hi ladies, sorry if this is too personal im just interested in what other peoples let down feels like.
mine feels like 1000 needles going into my nipple, doesnt last long but its sooo unpleasant!

[sloane]

i've never really felt it at all!

[Lulu]

Hot, full boobies all of a sudden and pins and needles!

[Olive]

pretty much what lulu said! full feeling followed by pain, only last 45-60 secs though.
i never felt a letdown with DD1 but i certainly feel them this time

[~Trish~]

What Lulu said!

[Ryatha]

mines kinda sharp pulling sensation, stronger in the one not being fed on... I usually get it about twice a feed, and if she is asleep and due for a feed... that is a bit more ouchie

[skybie]

oh good, i was worried the painfullness wasnt normal!!
olive- i take it its not one of those things that stops if ur still getting it?

[Indadhanu]

Yep same as Lulu, pins and needles, tingley. The feeling stopped at 4ish months after I got mastitis.

[Daydream Believer]

Hot, full boobies all of a sudden and pins and needles!

Ditto that & I still feel it when I BF DD

[*becstar*]

Mine was the same....pins and needles for a few seconds. It's not nice but then it's good to know that it's working

[CrazyLady]

I only got a tingle but apparently I'm strange. LC thought I was crazy

[MantaRay]

skybie, many mums find that they stop feeling their let down after the first few weeks. But it is different for everyone.

[Sterla]

I only sometimes feel my let down - and it feels like sharp tingles at the top of my boobs. I wouldn't call it painful, but it's not a pleasant sensation either.

[mbear]

It's not nice but then it's good to know that it's working

....im like that too....

[Now we're 3]

Good post thanks for asking the question Skybie.

While i don't feel it every time I do feel slight tingling - or tickle in the inside IYKWIM. Definitely not painful but just a little different from what it normally feels like. I'm having to use a shield which I assume which deaden any effect anyway but would prefer to feel it so that I know he's geting milk. I don't get any leaking that a number of other ladies talk about.

How quickly do you find your let down occurs. My little one is a sluggish sucker and I am afraid he will give up - too hard basket - if it doesn't occur quickly?

[Megan]

This is really interesting.
I never feel a let down and didn't realise so many people did.

[skybie]

Meadsie- mine usually happens in a minute or two depending on what kind of headspace im in, if im uptight and rushed it takes a little longer, but if im nice and relaxed its relativley quick.
i like how u ladies have put it, if u can feel it u know its working, going to put that spin on it from now on and not how uncomfortable it is!

[Glamourcide]

^ I was just so glad to get over the after-pains when feeding that the 'tickling' pain in my breasts upon letdown was an absolute relief! Afterpain cramping suuuucked :/