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When did your milk drop?

heatherdav12heatherdav12 member
in October 2015 Moms
First time mommy, baby is 5 days today, I feel like it has started "letting down" but I haven't experienced that rush or pain like I hear it is. Milk is no longer as golden. Just wondering how many days after delivery did milk come in??
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Re: When did your milk drop?

  • sdnyc99sdnyc99 member
    About the 3rd day.

    Even then, though, I never got the over-full feeling and leaking that I remember from dd1 after my milk came in. But my little one is gaining weight and has plenty of wet & poopy diapers, so all signs point to her getting enough milk. She's 12 days old now and my milk seems pretty well-regulated.
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  • whitemn04whitemn04 member
    Mine was in by day 3 and day 4 I had the engorgment come on.
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  • cbolton19cbolton19 member
    Mine came in on day 4/5. I only had colostrum then between morning and evening my milk came in and my boobs were engorged and letting down. It changed pretty fast.
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  • leah665leah665 member
    Mine came on day three, but I never had real engorgement. I can't really feel when it "let's down" either, but my nipples are also extremely sore which may be masking the feeling.
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  • violetginvioletgin member
    She was born Monday, milk came in on Thursday. I do experience a letdown pain, usually about 30 sec after she starts to nurse. Mine is a sort of strong squeezing sensation at the back of the breast, and I feel it on both sides regardless of which side she is nursing on. Sometimes I will feel it more than once if she nurses a long time.
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  • mmcknight2mmcknight2 member
    Mine came in 4 days postpartum. I don't have a let down feeling but I do get very very thirsty when it happens.
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  • valerierose15valerierose15 member
    Mine came in on day 4 with engorgement. I only feel the let down when I think about feeding him, never when I actually am. Mine feels like a surge of electricity with a tinge of pain. Coolest/weirdest thing ever!
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  • devonsd315devonsd315 member
    Mine came in the third day. But it was a couple weeks before I felt a really obvious letdown. Now when she starts feeding, I feel an obvious letdown pain on both sides. So it may take a while for you to feel it
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  • kaza512kaza512 member
    I had a c section, which can delay the milk coming in. Mine took 5-6 days. I couldn't really tell except when I self expressed it got a lot more watery than the colostrum. I never feel the let down, just a heaviness when I go a long time between pumping (longest I have gone is 4 hours). I am basically exclusively pumping due to latching issues.
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  • JamieDubsJamieDubs member
    Mine was in when I woke up day 4. The night before I got hot/cold flash and went for the thermometer to check for a fever which I didn't. I learned this is very common right before milk comes in. (From my Public Health Nurse)
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