I have always wondered when people talk about painful letdowns.  The
experience of letdown seems to range from that to moms whose babies are
thriving yet are not aware of having ever felt a letdown.  The conventional
"pins and needles" description was much too mild to describe how letdowns felt
to me.  It was more like a very intense pulling sensation, I suppose could be
decribed as painful, but the kind of intensity that requires the gritting of
teeth.  I never thought of it as a problem, just a very strong sensation that
would pass quickly.  But the "painful letdowns" may be something else.  If so,
any data on causes?  Miriam