s/o clicky letdown poll

[water*drop]

I voted yes because I do every time with DS (both pumping and nursing him), but I didn't feel one the entire 2.5 years I breastfed DD (including when pumping). It's so weird.

[Deleted]

Yes, I feel the first one of every nursing session. It's a pins and needles feeling, like when your foot wakes up after it falls asleep. It's not unpleasant, but not the greatest feeling either.

[Jalapeñomel]

No

[wavepool]

I swear I still feel them every once in a while. (Haven't nursed for about 18 months)

[tulips]

Pins and needles sensation or me. First letdown of a nursing session is the most intense and then subsequent ones are kind of dull feeling, but noticeable.

[bowies]

Not a one. I rarely leaked either.

[glitzy07]

Always when I nursed, but never when I pumped.

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Nov 29, 2015 20:57:02 GMT -5 wavepool said:

I swear I still feel them every once in a while. (Haven't nursed for about 18 months)

This happened to me for a long time too, which I always thought was a little odd since I didn't nurse for that long to begin with.

[hetty]

Nov 29, 2015 20:54:38 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

Yes, I feel the first one of every nursing session. It's a pins and needles feeling, like when your foot wakes up after it falls asleep. It's not unpleasant, but not the greatest feeling either.

This is how it was for me, too.

[timorousbeastie]

No, I've never felt it.

[AmyRI]

Didn't the first couple of months nursing kid #1, but definitely felt them forever after and right away when my milk came in with kid #2.

It was really useful to me to be able to feel them, especially when pumping while on my commute.

[Marmee]

Nope, never. My mom always described hers fondly like a warm sensation & I was always explaining to her that no, I don't ever feel that. I never leaked either.

[bunch]

yes, they hurt.  i always had an oversupply.  there may still be 2 yr old milk in my freezer.

[greycat]

Yes, but only early on. At first I had cramping and a slightly tingly sensation with each letdown. It was mostly gone by the time I went back to work but would happen occasionally. After about 6 months I didn't feel them anymore.

[lo]

I felt a weird and unpleasant ache in the early days and then nothing for many months. I feel the pins and needles sensation now and have felt it for a long time. I don't think I have a forceful letdown and the only time I leaked was the day my milk came in.

[starburst604]

Yes and I had a weird sinking depressing feeling leading up to the letdown. Then I would be fine. I finally looked it up one day while pumping and learned that it's actually a thing and has to do with endorphins or something.

[miamigirl]

I've never felt it.

[AlpineSlide]

Yes, but it took several weeks after he was born to feel it, maybe a month. Then I felt them every time. It felt like a warm sensation and like my breasts were suddenly (and briefly) made of stone, like hard and heavy.

[humpforfree]

When nursing, not pumping. And I only feel it on the right (higher producing) side. And really, now that I think of it, I only feel it when she is nursing on the left and the right lets down and starts leaking.

[pooh8402]

I feel them more when I'm not nursing or pumping. Like if I'm just standing there and think about my baby, I'll let down and it's pretty strong, nearly painful. I do feel letdown when I pump, and less so when I'm nursing (although E rarely nurses long enough for me to get a second letdown, so...).

[countthestars]

Nov 29, 2015 21:23:24 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

When nursing, not pumping. And I only feel it on the right (higher producing) side. And really, now that I think of it, I only feel it when she is nursing on the left and the right lets down and starts leaking.

same here! Or when I need him to nurse and my body starts leaking randomly.

[cincodemayo]

Almost always, and sometimes it was very painful, especially on the opposite side. It got better as he got older but I still had a little buzzy feeling.

[glinda]

Yes, both nursing and pumping. Mine feel like burning for about 30 seconds.

[pinotgrig]

Nov 29, 2015 21:00:31 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

Always when I nursed, but never when I pumped.

Me, too but only occasionally when nursing. Mine felt like pins and needles, like @supergreen's.

[pierogigirl]

No and I never leaked or sprayed either. I always wondered if that was all related. I could nurse fine but was a very poor responder to the pump.

[preppy]

When I was nursing I always felt it.

[Muddled]

I find it painful, like hot knitting needles going through my breasts.

[turtlegirl]

I feel them, but not all the time. Like someone else mentioned, also when not feeding and I'll leak. I also lean towards having an oversupply and forceful let down.

[pippa]

Almost always in the beginning but not as much now. DD is 5 months old. I do feel it more with the pump though.

[zarapipe]

Yes, always when nursing. Most of the time when pumping.

I kind of like the feeling? Or maybe just like knowing that the milk is flowing and she is actually getting something.