u/plainconfusion

I would like to know any advice on getting multiple letdowns. I have the spectra s1 and am currently doing hands on pumping, pretty confident in my flange size, use nipple butter and have tried the lansinoh heating pads. I really only get one let down, unless I pump until that one has slowed and then stop pumping for about 10 mins and pump again. This obviously makes pumping take forever and I sometimes only get the initial letdown still. Just relaxing and looking at pics or smelling my baby's clothes has also not helped. I feel like not getting multiple letdowns is my biggest hurdle right now. Currently making 1-2.5 oz per session, 8ppd, and 7 weeks pp

My sessions usually play out like this:

• First letdown at 2 mins on stimulation lvl 3

• express cycle 56 lvl 5 (I noticed the milk flowed more steadily for me at this lvl), for around 5-8 mins while hand compressing

• shut off and pause for 10 mins

• resume on stimulation at lvl 2, then bump back up to 3 and maybe get a letdown within the first 10 mins, usually no later than that.

I have tried massaging with my hands in stimulation after the first letdown, but it simply does not work. I feel relatively calm when i pump so I'm not sure what needs to be done so please can anyone share ANY tips.

I am 1 week post partum and have been having trouble feeling our baby's name suits him. We hadn't officially chose a name before I gave birth. I in particular was really struggling with accepting anything as good enough. On top of it all, I had to be induced a week earlier than expected, which might not be a lot, but it was still sudden. After having him, I felt rushed to have a name, because it felt ridiculous to have our baby boy here, and no name for him. I was also scared of others opinions, which I really regret now.

Starting my third trimester, my husband starting calling our son a name I suggested. It was kind of unique, so I didn't want to settle on it. It was ultimately not the name we chose.

However, last night my husband called him that name on accident, and it broke my heart. Those sweet moments when he was in the womb feel like a different time, and I'm not sure why it hurts so much. I also constantly refer to him as the name we called him while in the womb in my head. The birth certificate is signed, the family has been introduced to him as his current name, but deep in my heart, It's not his name. I know it shouldn't matter, and it's probably just the hormones, but I just regret it.

Has anyone gone through anything similar?