Painful let down, when does it stop?

[Bumperlicious]

I have a painful let down & it is making it hard to tell if dd2 is latched on properly. We are still having latching problems & it is still hurting but I can't seem to tell till the let down has subsided & then if I delatch her I'm getting milk everywhere.

Does it get less painful? She is 3 weeks btw.

About 3-4 weeks here but it was gradual. Not a case of waking one morning and it had stopped hurting iyswim. I had pain in the non feeding side as well so went by that to help decide if pain was let down or latch. If it hurt the same both sides I assumed let down. Otherwise I assumed latch, took her off (spraying her in the act) and had another go. I used lansinoh all the time in the first 6 weeks and after every feed examined my nipples for trauma and shape which helped me recognise what had been a good or less good latch and then tried to replicate the good ones. Hth.

As above, I also had pain in both so recognised it as let down. Lansinoh is great and also airing my nipples (as daft as it sounds, making sure really dry rather than packing straight back into the bra). That really helped me. It does get more comfortable.