Will I always have to wear nursing pads for leakage?

Question

I am breastfeeding my 1 month old. I need to wear pads all the time bc when I feed her, the other breast leaks and sometimes both leak in the middle of the day. Will this ever end or will I have to wear them as long as I breastfeed her?

Answer 1

Probably so! Since you're breastfeeding, your body will keep producing milk so they will probably keep leaking. I don't know much but this is what I am guessing. My breeasts are always leaking too.. they leak a lot when baby starts to cry, like on cue.  

Answer 2

Nope, Your milk is probably still levelling out. I will sometimes leak when I let down on the other side too, but I just put pressure on the breast that I'm not currently feeding and its fine. I still wear pads at night as I fill up a lot overnight because he sleeps somewhat through the night. Brady is 6 months.

Answer 3

No you will not need to wear them the whole time...my b*****s stopped leaking at around 4 months of breastfeeding....

Answer 4

You might have to.  I was very leaky and so was my sister.  She jokes now that she used 1600 nursing pads in the first 6 months of her daughter's life (not an exaggeration)!!  

Answer 5

Probably not. You're milk is still regulating yet and will likely settle down. It is theoretically possible you could continue to leak but most nursing moms don't after a while.

Answer 6

I still leak and I have had my baby for 14 months and it is not often but it happens, You should n't have to wear pads all the time after about 3-4 months that's when you regulate. I only leak when I  haven't fed on time or I hear a baby screaming sometimes I leak then.

Answer 7

no. your milk will regulate to her demand soon, and the leaking should stop. You may still leak at night for awhile, but it stops after a few months.  

Answer 8

I've breastfed both my children (each for 12 months) and I hate to tell you that I had to wear the pads through out the duration.  My left breast would leak if she was nursing on the right and vice versa.  If I was late for a feed, I'd leak.  If I was at home though, I would sometimes just wear a ratty t-shirt and just put a pad up when I was nursing.  

My girlfriend was here nursing her baby and she didnt' leak at all, I didn't know that was possible!  I was jealous.

Good luck!