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Dear Friends:
After reading Renee's post about let-down feelings, I am reminded of
other women who don't have any of the classic signs of let-down reflex, at least
not after the milk volume increases.
Most women I have encountered feel either sleepy/thirsty/or crampy in
the first few days (Mulford JHL 1994......I think that's the year of Chris's
most excellent article). Once lactogenesis II has gotten going, some won't feel
any signs of MER.
The classic signs I have heard are the cramping/balling/tingling/pins
and needles feelings. Some women feel a burst of warmth. Some women get weepy,
depressed, headachy or nauseous; sometimes feelings are stimulated more by
one side than the other.
Women who don't feel anything can be worried. They've "read the books";
they "know what is supposed to happen". Haven't some LactNets known women to
call because they doubt their let-down reflex, despite a thriving baby or a
refrigerator full of pumped milk?
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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