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BFing/Pumping Question - Am I the only one?

bethughkneebethughknee member
in January 2014 Moms
Does anyone else have a full on emotional response to BFing or pumping sometimes? It happened A LOT in the beginning. DD would latch on and I would get tears in my eyes. I blamed the glass case of emotion I lived in for the first few weeks. We were all there!

But now sometimes when I pump at work (and on a day like today where H dropped her off at daycare and I saw her less) I hook up, turn it on and BOOM I automatically feel sad. Legit SADNESS.

Related: After my adoption, it was more than a year before I was okay with nipple play during ST again because having them touched made me feel sad. Do I just have really emotionally vulnerable nipples?? LMK.


Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
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Re: BFing/Pumping Question - Am I the only one?

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  • Firefly9Firefly9 member
    Definitely a thing.  I get a wave of anxiety or something (it's relatively mild) maybe 15 seconds before a let down.  I didn't know the name for it until a couple weeks ago.  Pretty crazy!  I don't notice it as much with nursing or pumping as I do when I'm just sitting around and have a let down.

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  • bethughkneebethughknee member
    @MarBee1214 I needed a way to clarify! Sensitive nipples =/= emotionally vulnerable ones. KWIM? :P

    @tarajeanette I totally have trouble focusing when it happens, too. But even though I feel like I tell H everything to the point of overshare, I never told him this. He knew they were off limits for a while when we met but I was afraid he would think I was losing it if I told him it was happening again. Now that I know it's a real thing I might share. Maybe. He deals with a lot of crazy...haha.

    @Firefly9 Oh wow! I don't think I've gotten it during a random let down before. That would be tough because those tend to happen in public! :(

    Emotionally vulnerable boobies unite!


    Married: 9.22.12 - DD: 1.7.14 - EDD 2: 10.30.17 - J14 OG
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  • ChuggingWaterChuggingWater member
    I feel it about 5-10 seconds after I turn on the pump.
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    Baby Chugging born 12.28.13
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