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AngieandTony

have you tried blocknursing?  where you only let lo feed off of one breast for 2 feedings in a row.  this was only thing that helped me out.  i only did it one day a week when it was really bad.

this was helpful to me

freeburger16

That is what I am trying now. I just read about it yesterday, so I haven't seen a change yet.

The other problem is one of my nipples is inverted, so I only have the letdown issue on the "normal" side.  The inversion somehow helps prevent it from happening.  So DS prefers to nurse on the one side anyway, and won't finish a full feeding usually on the other. 

So many issues!  LOL.  

Thanks for the link though - I'll check it out

AngieandTony

its always something with nursing. i had inverted nipples as well. i used nipple shells to help draw them out prior to feedings.  it helped a lot but made my oversupply worse!

freeburger16

Yep, I tried a nipple shield for a few days too - which probably didn't help things.

I think the issue is that I was trying to pump to boost my supply because that was the advice I kept getting...I haven't pumped in about 5 days or so, so hopefully that will help slow things down.  

I never knew nursing was such hard work - people make it look and sound so easy!