So with DD I had massive engorgement, went from an A to a C, cracked and bleeding nips, always felt my let down and leaked constantly. I could shoot milk across the room.
This time, I'm not even that much bigger than my preggo boob size, no engorgement or cracked (yay!) no let down, no leaking.
DS nurses every 2 hrs but not as vigorously as DD did - (he likes to hang on the breast; DD was all business.) But he's still getting tons of milk - even when it doesn't feel like a lot, I know he's getting it b/c once it didn't feel like a lot of active nursing, but he urped and urped up what seemed like a gallon of milk! Plus we're getting at least 3-4 poops and 3-4 pees a day.
He was 7 - 15 at birth, 7-6 when we left the hospital and 7-8 at his 5-day old checkup.
Anyone else have radically different nursing experiences? THANKS!
This time, I'm not even that much bigger than my preggo boob size, no engorgement or cracked (yay!) no let down, no leaking.
DS nurses every 2 hrs but not as vigorously as DD did - (he likes to hang on the breast; DD was all business.) But he's still getting tons of milk - even when it doesn't feel like a lot, I know he's getting it b/c once it didn't feel like a lot of active nursing, but he urped and urped up what seemed like a gallon of milk! Plus we're getting at least 3-4 poops and 3-4 pees a day.
He was 7 - 15 at birth, 7-6 when we left the hospital and 7-8 at his 5-day old checkup.
Anyone else have radically different nursing experiences? THANKS!
dd2, I used an entire tube of Lanolin and bought a second in the 5 months I nursed her. They weren't engorged, but I could barely even look at my nipples without them hurting. She was latching properly, they just hurt. And the letdown was painful. It felt like little needles poking. This time, granted we're only 11 days in, is different, too. I have a bit of pain when she first latches on, but I've only felt like I needed Lanolin twice. I leak a little from the breast she's not nursing from, but not in between feedings really. I have had some size increase (which I can't complain about at all. I can use anything I can get in that department) but I've only really noticed mild engorgement pain a couple times when she was really really ready to eat. And the letdown pain is only once in awhile, again when she's gone a long time between feedings.
