still leaking

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past couple of weeks breastpads have been mainly dry so i thought the leakage must be stopping at last! But this week they have been very wet again and even my breasts have felt engorged a few times too.

ds is 16 weeks

I always leak. I go through loads of pads.

i thought it was suppose to pretty much stop when ur baby got older

My boobs stopped leaking at about 5 months.

Before then I was getting fed up with the cost and waste of disposable pads so bought washable breastpads - much better than disposable in holding the drips and nicer for my nipples too. You can even get silk lined ones which sound lovely :)

My baby is 9 months old and I normally leak when I get the let down. Not as bad as it used to be. Everyones different so your body will do what it wants, there's nothing wrong with you. As mine only leak when feeding now, when I'm at home I stuff a muslin down the side that I'm not feeding from and that does the trick and saves the pads for when I go out.

Dd1 was 13m when I stopped & I still leaked.

I dont leak in the day anymore but I regularly wake up with a soaked sheet/pillow/towel.

Have you tried "Bristol shells"? (I know, couldn't make it up!) They catch the drips. I used to sterilise mine before I popped them in then freeze the breast milk in ice cubes.