tingling breasts

Mary Jo · Sep 21st, 2009, 13:09 PM

I've googled this and everything I've found says you get the tingling feeling when the baby is actually sucking. I get it at other times. should I be feeding my son when I get it? I assume it's let down but I don't get any leaking when it happens (though I get plenty at other times).

Shiv · Sep 21st, 2009, 14:07 PM

Hi MJ - I get this at other times too - it feels like my boobs are filling up!

Bekkiboo · Sep 21st, 2009, 14:30 PM

Apparantly other things can trigger it but I've had it happen with no obvious trigger! There are alot of very experienced breast feeding mummies on the site that may be able to advise you more hun x

andbabymakes3 · Sep 21st, 2009, 15:08 PM

I had this the other day whilst at lunch with the girls from my antenatal group - every time one of the babies cried I got a weird sharp pain then the tingling...

V v v v odd

Mary Jo · Sep 22nd, 2009, 05:14 AM

thanks ladies - it is weird, and usually so out of the blue with no obvious trigger. though sometimes it comes on when I hear Adam crying. It makes me happy, in a strange way, to know that my boobs are still working (I supplement formula as my supply isn't sufficent).

wishingonastar · Sep 22nd, 2009, 05:19 AM

it's where the milk has been triggered to come down into the ducts by your nips ready to feed...i get it from all sorts such as bending down, hugging little one tight when boobs quite full, moving breast pad...! sometimes it cues some leakage with it and other times not...its perfectly fine hun

Blob · Sep 22nd, 2009, 06:17 AM

Lol i used to get it all the time, sometimes if she cried or others if i was in the shower..pretty much anything would set it off. You're lucky you get no leaking with it though

becstar · Sep 22nd, 2009, 09:27 AM

Yeah, I get it too - the midwife said it's my boobs filling up or letting down.

mamato2more · Sep 22nd, 2009, 17:43 PM

Yes, it's the letdown. If it bothers you, take your arms and gently push on them. The pressure helps it to go away and not leak..

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Mary Jo Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,592	tingling breasts I've googled this and everything I've found says you get the tingling feeling when the baby is actually sucking. I get it at other times. should I be feeding my son when I get it? I assume it's let down but I don't get any leaking when it happens (though I get plenty at other times).

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Shiv Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wokingham, U.K Posts: 2,446	Hi MJ - I get this at other times too - it feels like my boobs are filling up!

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Bekkiboo Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 1,593	Apparantly other things can trigger it but I've had it happen with no obvious trigger! There are alot of very experienced breast feeding mummies on the site that may be able to advise you more hun x

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andbabymakes3 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southsea Posts: 1,673	I had this the other day whilst at lunch with the girls from my antenatal group - every time one of the babies cried I got a weird sharp pain then the tingling... V v v v odd

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Mary Jo Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 3,592	thanks ladies - it is weird, and usually so out of the blue with no obvious trigger. though sometimes it comes on when I hear Adam crying. It makes me happy, in a strange way, to know that my boobs are still working (I supplement formula as my supply isn't sufficent).

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wishingonastar Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: England Posts: 8,281	it's where the milk has been triggered to come down into the ducts by your nips ready to feed...i get it from all sorts such as bending down, hugging little one tight when boobs quite full, moving breast pad...! sometimes it cues some leakage with it and other times not...its perfectly fine hun

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Blob Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,387	Lol i used to get it all the time, sometimes if she cried or others if i was in the shower..pretty much anything would set it off. You're lucky you get no leaking with it though

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becstar Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,373	Yeah, I get it too - the midwife said it's my boobs filling up or letting down.

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mamato2more Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Spokane, Wa Posts: 2,317	Yes, it's the letdown. If it bothers you, take your arms and gently push on them. The pressure helps it to go away and not leak..

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