Monday, February 23, 2015

Overactive Letdown and Oversupply – Anu’s Story


 
 
While I was pregnant with my first son, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed, but was concerned about a few things as a first time mom.  Would I be able to nurse my son?  What if I didn’t like it?  Would it be too awkward?  Would I make enough milk?  The beginning was definitely not easy.  I was dealing with both an overactive letdown and oversupply.  So much for worrying about making enough!  On top of that I could not get into a comfortable nursing position with my son, until I was introduced to the Breast Friend nursing pillow, which I was then” married” to until my son was 3 months.  I also had trouble getting him to latch properly on my right breast, and worked with a wonderful lactation consultant to help correct the latch and also adjust my oversupply.  In looking at the positive, my overactive letdown was really a blessing in disguise as it allowed me to nurse very quickly, especially in the middle of the night.  At about 4 months, which was much later than I would have liked, I got the hang of nursing lying down, and it made my nights so much easier.  I am so thankful that I did not give up in the beginning and worked through the couple of issues that I had.  With my second son, I was much more confident and knew right away how to deal with the oversupply and overactive letdown, and thankfully didn’t have any issues with his latch.  I felt like an expert, but reminded myself that he was a newbie.  I nursed my older son for 15 months, and hope to go longer with my second.

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