Am I the only person who thinks this woman sounds like an idiot? What the hell does a bra have to do with her breasts not being “wrecked” or whatever. I can’t believe she stopped breastfeeding because of the whole “I want my body back”. It’s sad when mothers somehow think it’s still all about them. WAHHH I leak WAHH I can’t do everything I want to do all the time. Christ sake this is why selfish women shouldn’t be mothers period.

My boobs leaked non-stop for the first 9 months of my son’s life. NON-STOP. I lived in nursing pads.

I think it’s sad that she’s quitting breastfeeding because of leaking.

I never leaked at a particularly embarrassing time but it’s never convenient to leak through to your shirt in public. Also, when the milk dries, it typically left a mark on my clothes (though it washes out) so there was frequently that tell-tale sign!

Lansinoh were my favorite pads too (I liked how they were individually wrapped but easy to open too) but in the early days I would have to change them twice a day and then wear a fresh set at night and I wore them all day long, not just when I was nursing. I had fabric Bravado pads too which I would have rather worn all the time but when those got soaked, the wetness would go all the way through, wetting my bra and shirt. I wore them at night when it didn’t matter as much.

I only recently stopped wearing nursing pads! I never expected to wear them that long. Every time I bought a box of 60, I thought, maybe this will be the last box I need so maybe I should get the smaller box. But then I would end up buying another box and another. I wish they sold them bulk at BJs! Next time I’ll investigate thinner reusable pads for when I just leak a little. My lactation consultant recommended cutting up wash cloths so I’ll probably try that.

It was so weird not to wear them. I only leak occasionally, like if I’m nursing and I haven’t nursed from the other side in a while.

Disposable nursing pads are like diapers- the milk activates a gel.

I never experienced letdown when I heard other babies but then again, I have never felt letdown so I might have after all!

I used thick nursing pads and still soaked through those while nursing my daughter on the other breast. I never leaked while hearing her cry but if I smelled something that had her scent I’d have an immediate letdown.

With my first baby, I soaked my breastpads, but never had a visible leak. With my other children, my body adapted and I didn’t really need to use breastpads, but I did anyway, just in case!

I leaked like no one’s business but the Lansinoh pads worked wonders for keeping the milk in them for periods of time. Overnight I’d wake up and be soaked through but as long as you change them every so often, no big deal. I never really noticed if my milk came in more when a baby was crying because I was constantly flowing anyway!

Kaylee: Yes, it’s true. I also leaked when a thought of my baby nursing would flit through my mind–business meeting or not!

I was one of those women that would start leaking all over the place when I would hear a baby cry! And breastpads didn’t really work; I’d soak through them.

I’ve heard that mothers who are nursing will start to leak when they hear a baby cry, even if it isn’t their own.

Any truth to that?