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Title: 2nd letdown question
Post by: me and bean on November 22, 2007, 14:57:48 pm

hi, i have a question regarding a sleepy baby.

my 5wo is a very efficient eater taking 10mins at the breast.  weight gain is fine (9oz in a week), and plenty of wet nappies, so i am not concerned about the time it takes to feed him.

on very sleepy days, when he only is latched on for 5 mins and my milk has letdown...  i wake him by changing a nappy, and put him back to the same breast 5-10mins later.  my milk will letdown again.  my question is - does he still get the hindmilk if there is any left from his first attempt?  or, does the fresh letdown just engorge my breast with foremilk?

thanks for any help.

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: Molly2 on November 22, 2007, 20:52:03 pm

Hi

I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember reading that the 2nd let down is richer in hind milk, so its great that your baby stimulates a second let down.

Molly

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: Samuel's mum on November 23, 2007, 09:44:01 am

Same side 5-10 minutes later - he's a getting a new letdown rich in fattier hindmilk (though it's a transition and not 2 distinct kinds of milk). Those fat cells are moving down from the alveoli towards the milk ducts with the new letdown.
It's all good.

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: yaya on November 23, 2007, 20:00:58 pm

can i ask another Q about letdown? sorry to hijack this post...
What does it mean if u don't get a letdown at all...I used to have almost painful letdown and gushing milk from both boobs, now nothing?

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: Samuel's mum on November 23, 2007, 20:17:59 pm

Do you mean you are no longer feeling it or it really isn't happening at all?

No longer feeling it - very normal as I'm sure you know. It can change at anytime and doesn't mean anything if it does.

No longer 'getting' a letdown (which I'm guessing you mean) can be related to a supply issue (as I think it is in your case from your other post),  or might happen if a mother is suffering from anxiety, is dehydrated or unwell or taking certain medications. Doesn't mean it's permanent though.
HUG

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: yaya on November 23, 2007, 20:24:25 pm

no its not happening...guess I'm all the things you listed....so fed up

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: Samuel's mum on November 23, 2007, 20:26:21 pm

Tomorrow will be better. Antibiotics will have had longer to work. Drink plenty when you wake up. Have daddy look after kids for the time it takes you to have a bath and pump in or just out of the bath. It WILL happen.

Title: Re: 2nd letdown question
Post by: me and bean on November 25, 2007, 15:34:50 pm

emma and molly...  thank you so much.

yaya...  don't mind the hijack at all.