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Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
“…You’re Supposed To Feel That Shooting Pain During Letdown.”
“From what I understand, you’re *supposed* to feel that shooting pain during letdown.” – Family Practice doctor to mother who was describing thrush in the milk ducts.
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Actually, based on research by Dr. Thomas Hale, ductal thrush does not exist. Which doesn’t mean shooting pain is normal, but the cause is likely not thrush. Here’s a good article: https://www.facebook.com/notes/lakeshore-medical-breastfeeding-medicine-clinic/the-trouble-with-yeast-too-much-diagnosis-too-little-data/164465803611750
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The only time I’ve experienced pain during let down (as opposed to a strange sensation, that may or may not be mildly uncomfortable) was when I got mastitis. that was one of the first signs. i could tell it didnt feel normal
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My immediate reaction was shock, and then I decided he (naturally, he) wasn’t worth arguing with. I wish in hindsight that I’d educated him instead. He wasn’t denying that we had thrush– the remnants were visible in my baby’s mouth, and I’d explained that I’d had success treating my symptoms with diflucan– a clear indicator that yeast was causing my problem. He just thought that letdown always, always was painful.
Luckily we were only seeing him to have a culture done to be sure that the thrush was gone, not for actual treatment.
The funniest part: when I told my mom what he’d said, she exclaimed, “That’s ridiculous! Letdown is supposed to feel like a mini-orgasm!”
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Heather Reply:
December 17th, 2011 at 2:44 pm (Quote)
I feel gypped! I don’t feel anything during letdown T_T But at least no pain!
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My letdowns ARE painful, like a charlie horse in my nipple/breast, but a completely different pain from thrush, which felt like I was being stabbed.
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Mama Wrench Reply:
December 17th, 2011 at 12:37 pm (Quote)
Thrush felt like my baby’s mouth was made of sand paper. Let-down was a tingling pressure higher up, in my arm pits initially then going down to my breasts. Completely different sensations in completely different locations.
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DefinitionOfAWife had this to say,
Dec 17, 2011 @ 2:16 pm (Quote)
When we had thrush it felt, hot burning, and really painful, but my let down has always been an uncomfortable pain 
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There’s a huge difference, I was given antibiotics in the hospital and was using lanolin cream (which I’d used previously with no problem)and we developed thrush. Having breezily breastfed three already I knew it wasn’t normal but with an extremely unpleasant ob (who told me things such as it’s unacceptable for me to question professionals) no way was I going in to see her about it. Luckily one of my baby magazines arrived just as I was about to give up on breastfeeding with an article on various bf issues. Once I knew what the problem was I looked up natural solutions and we are back to happily breastfeeding.
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Allison had this to say,
Dec 18, 2011 @ 7:30 am (Quote)
I should mention that there is one normal circumstance under which my letdown are painful and I might agree with a description like that. That is when my breasts are fairly full and let down in my bra. Those make me stop talking and hold my hands to my chest. Much worse if I have a plugged duct at the time. No thrush here. I also have very forceful letdowns. So the doc may have heard tales like this.
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Jenny Islander had this to say,
Dec 18, 2011 @ 10:13 am (Quote)
I have nursed 3 babies and feel letdown so rarely that it startles me when I do. The only time I felt a “shooting pain” was when the baby bit me.
OB textbooks present charts. Real patients present complexity. Too bad so many OBs choose to ignore that pesky reality.
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I had painful letdowns…..and some with strange sensations but that were not painful. They felt like a tightening sensation and then almost a trickling, tingling feeling as the breas felt like it was loosening up. I usually happened around feeding time, mostly before mt baby would awaken to nurse….sure enough within minutes, he/she would be awake. When I was engorged, my dd played horrible tricks on me and would be hard to rouse…..and the engorgement made nursing difficult for both of us. With both my kids I was unable to nurse them because they would not latch….my hubby ran out both times and bought a pump for me to express until the engorgment was over.
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I had painful letdowns…..and some with strange sensations but that were not painful. They felt like a tightening sensation and then almost a trickling, tingling feeling as the breast felt like it was loosening up. It usually happened around feeding time, mostly before my baby would awaken to nurse….sure enough within minutes, he/she would be awake. When I was engorged, my dd played horrible tricks on me and would be hard to arouse…..and the engorgement made nursing difficult for both of us. With both my kids I was unable to nurse them because they would not latch….my hubby ran out both times and bought a pump for me to express until the engorgment was over and then they could latch again without getting angry or almost drowning from the milk shooting them in the face.
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From what you understand? So you really have no clue? How about a referral to someone who DOES have a clue?
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