My mom breastfed me and my brother over thirty years ago. She said she still sometimes gets a tingly letdown feeling when she hears a baby cry.
Now I'm not saying it's not possible, but that seems so weird. Does this happen to anyone else (moms who are no longer breastfeeding)?
I'm still nursing.
BUT
If my son's not with me, and I see a picture of a baby or hear a baby cry, I feel a tingle.
We were at a birthday party a few weeks ago, and a friend's baby started to cry. I felt letdown instantly. lol
I don't think it's weird, or uncommon, to feel it when you're older. I think it would make me sad to feel it when I'm in my 50s.
Quoting BridgetMc:
My mother in law said she still produced milk until she went through menopause. My mom said she didn't dry up completely until she had a hysterectomy when I was nine years old.
Possible. :) I've gotten that tingly feeling when dried up between one nursling weaning and the next being born.
-Sarah
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Sarah is a mom to three and a moderator in the "Breastfeeding Moms" group. She runs Nurshable.com where she blogs about finding joy in gentle parenting.
My son weaned eleven years ago. I get the sensation without actual letdown from time to time.
OMG no carseat OT
- levansbx
on Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:29 AM