I'm breastfeeding my 2months old baby. my breast is getting very soft. will i get enough milk for my baby?

Question

my breast is very soft. i wanted to breastfeed my baby as long as i could. am i going to get less milk or what? please help me.

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Mine actually started to not feel full after a couple of months, but she was still gaining weight well and seemed full. You have enough milk...make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids and eating well :D

Answer 2

ur breast will keepon making milk and u wont have to wory about them running out ofmilk

Answer 3

Your body is just responding to the baby's feeding schedule.  Do you notice before baby get's hungry your breast feels a little fuller and could possibly leak if you waited it out a bit.  In the mornings when you wake up they will be at their fullest.

Your b*****s will not be constantly hard or full, not like when your milk first came in and they were rock hard.  They will fill up just about the time baby needs to eat and will remain soft until the next feeding.  

The more you nurse or pump the more milk you'll make.  So, if baby one day decides he wants to eat every two hours instead of three, your body will adjust and make that much more milk for him.  If he goes from two hours to three hours between feedings, again your b*****s will make an adjustment and not feel so full.

Good luck!

Answer 4

This is absolutely normal and nothing to worry about.  When your baby is first born, the let-down reflex (which brings the milk from the milk ducts into the front of your breast, so the baby can eat) occurs randomly.  You'll get milk suddenly shooting at the walls when you take a shower, for example.

As time goes on, your body gets more efficient at only sending the milk over when it is needed, i.e., when you are feeding the baby.  Thus, even though the same amount of milk comes out while feeding, the milk is not pooling in your b*****s and making them hard between feedings.

Answer 5

"b*****s do not have to feel full to produce plenty of milk. It is normal that a breastfeeding woman's b*****s feel less full as her body adjusts to her baby's milk intake. This can happen suddenly and may occur as early as two weeks after birth or even earlier. The breast is never "empty" and also produces milk as the baby nurses."

http://www.breastfeeding.com/all_about/a...

Answer 6

dont stress over that; just constantly nurse and your milk will come in - if you completely stop; your milk will stop

so keep doing what your doing ..

Answer 7

did u know that the global age (average) to stop breast feeding is 6 years old? So you will not run out of milk, and if you do, go and put your baby on someone elses breast.

Answer 8

completely normal. as long as baby has 6-8 wet diapers a day i would not worry about not making enough milk. just remember to get plenty of fluids every for yourself.

Answer 9

Its normal for your breast to feel soft.  You have just regulated your milk production and are producing just what your baby needs.  It took me weeks to get to get over being engorged, but it can happen anytime.  I think my body thought I had twins or something.   LOL