Help needed- letdown

[juliasdad]

Hi, all-


Since the Lounge seems to get much more traffic than the feeding forum, I thought I'd post a short note here. DW has just posted a question in the feeding forum, and she's *really* frustrated and not sure what to try next. If anyone has any ideas on how to solve this let-down problem, we'd really appreciate it!

Thanks,

-dan

[Momof3Labs]

Oh, poop, that was your DW? I used your post to respond to her question (the one where you "fixed" her letdown by fixing her pump). I send her my apologies!!

I'll go over and try again...

[juliasdad]

Oh, poop?!? Sorry, poop no longer affects us... :-)

Yes, we thought that the torn valves would turn out to be the obvious culprits. And yes, replacing them increased suction dramatically. But DW found that it was a problem of letdown now.

Just last night, I suggested that she try the pump on minimal suction at first. Got a great letdown. Then, this morning, tried the same thing, and got zero letdown even though she was obviously "full". Weird.

-dan

[egoldber]

A lot of letdown is psychological. If she's tense because she's having trouble, that could be most of the problem. Maybe not pumping for a few days and then going back to it will help?