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2nd letdown question
« 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.

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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #3 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?
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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2007, 20:24:25 pm »
no its not happening...guess I'm all the things you listed....so fed up
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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: 2nd letdown question
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 15:34:50 pm »
emma and molly...  thank you so much.

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