Anyone else get phantom letdown pain?

[papie]

OMG it is killing me.  I get the stabbing nipples pain, but it is NOT followed by the sweet relief that is actual letdown, when you are nursing, you know? Sometimes I end up wetting my tshirt (YWIA) so I am wearing breast pads.  BUT I AM SICK OF MY NIPPLES HURTING SO MUCH. 

[FastHands]

whaaaaat, I had no idea leakage happens BEFORE the baby gets here.

[papie]

Feb 17, 2014 12:38:51 GMT -5 FastHands said:

whaaaaat, I had no idea leakage happens BEFORE the baby gets here.

Only if you are unlucky, lol.  I also had to sleep with a bra and breastpads for the entire first year of breastfeeding.  Whereas one of my friends, who also nursed for over a year without any issues, NEVER leaked and could sleep bra free from the beginning. 

[speckledfrog]

I actually had a very similar feeling yesterday. I even squeezed by boobs to see if they were full but they weren't. It was very weird.

[Deleted]

You can lactate before the kiddo comes out?? nobody told me this!

[Blue Moon]

Feb 17, 2014 12:38:51 GMT -5 FastHands said:

whaaaaat, I had no idea leakage happens BEFORE the baby gets here.

My friend just warned me about this yesterday. She told me she first noticed around 20 weeks. I had no idea!

[loira]

OMG add me to the list of people who didn't know you could leak that early. Yikes!

[smock]

I'm so paranoid about this happening! I'm already annoyed at my boobs for getting super huge, so they better not start leaking or giving me stabbing pains.

[tigress]

Feb 17, 2014 13:12:00 GMT -5 papie said:

Feb 17, 2014 12:38:51 GMT -5 FastHands said:

whaaaaat, I had no idea leakage happens BEFORE the baby gets here.

Only if you are unlucky, lol.  I also had to sleep with a bra and breastpads for the entire first year of breastfeeding.  Whereas one of my friends, who also nursed for over a year without any issues, NEVER leaked and could sleep bra free from the beginning. 

I always had to sleep with a bra and breastpads too while nursing. I was very leaky. Even with DD1 where I didn't produce much. Now if I go bra free it feels weird, I got so used to it.

[gretchenindisguise]

Feb 17, 2014 14:08:06 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

I started leaking at 20ish weeks. Awesome. This is my first so I don't really know what let down feels like, but if get a weird, tingling sensation like pins and needles in my nipples, and then milk comes out. I'm assuming this is let down or something like it?

I am not a fan, lol.

Yes. The pins and needles tingling sensation is what my letdown felt like.

Ah the joys of motherhood.

[chickadee77]

FTM here, and yes, one side has started leaking just a little - not enough to have to wear a pad, really, but my nipples hurt like crazy and I have to wash them with warm water so they don't get, uh, crusty? Lol. Since I hope to BF, I'm hoping this is a good sign that I'll produce, etc.

[ax2]

Omg yes. Ever since my bfp I've been getting the letdown feeling. So odd.