Breastfeeding questions

Will my boobs ever calm down? My right boob sprays milk a couple of meters, which is impressive I must admit but kind of embarrassing in public and because it sprays before I even manage to latch him on it does happen in public. I have to tuck a cloth in my bra before I latch him on cos otherwise my bra gets soaked and he gets soaked. My left boob is not quite as embarrassing as that one just runs like tap rather than spraying out.lol

Also if they do ever calm down will I ever be able not to use nipple pads? At the moment both boobs let down when he is feeding so I would still need them even if I didn't get the random crazy letdowns for no reason at all.

I'm not sure if my boobs are just a bit odd but I get three letdowns when I express is this normal? I get one straight away then one after 5 mins then another at 9 mins, you can set your watch by it!
Now I have another question related to this one, on the rare occasions that I don't have much milk, like when he goes on a feeding frenzy and sucks me dry, I then have trouble getting him to stay on the boob for the later letdowns (they don't run like clockwork with him on the boob, they are normally much closer together when I am full) he seems a bit lazy, like he is happy to guzzle away like maniac but when there is any work involved he's not prepared to bother and just screams. When he does this he is still hungry as he is happy to go on the other boob and guzzle and I do still have milk in the one he won't feed off as I can still squeeze milk out by hand. Any ideas about that?

Last question, I have what feels like a string being pulled tight type pain when he feeds, well not really pain just slight discomfort weird type feeling, anyone else have this?

I should be studying but I am procrastinating with these questions instead

Your letdown and spraying boob sounds very similar to what it was like when I was feeding! I got the multi letdowns every time I fed or expressed, infact just thinking about feeding or thinking of DD would give me a let down that just kept on flowing.

My over supply issues settled down, probably at around 4 months and then I could go without breast pads and thinking of DD didn't induce a letdown anymore, only when she actually scukled did that happen in the end!

I didn't get the string feeling though, but I did get what felt like little needles pricking my nipples, which I always thought was just part of the let down process.

I am not really much help here am I, but I can relate!

Yeah I get the pins and needles feeling with the letdown, is quite painful when I let down when not feeding or expressing, when it happens in public I have to stop myself from holding both boobs

Yeah is a pain but would much rather these problems than not having enough milk.

I get the multiple let downs too...and they are painful.  I also still need pads and I think I needed them the whole time I was feeding Tom but got away with the tommee tippee cotton ones which arent working this time  My spraying nip (also R) has calmed down.  With Tom I used to call it the megaboob.  This time round my left one is the weird one and the only one that can feel full.  The right feels the same full or empty (unless I forgot to feed off it through the night...oops)  but the left one gets a real hard lump at the top when its full.

10 mins!! You're so lucky.  Try an hour here.  Although now we are limiting it to 20 mins a side (for my sanity).

All sounds quite normal and yes it will all setlle down. Probably not til the other side of the six month mark tho. I still had the tingles when I got a letdown right up til the end tho. I just got used to it and it wasn't so often so not as bad as a little baby. All up I bf for 3 years with a 4 month gap in the middle and it never got completely comfortable, for some people it does but it never did for me. I stop leaking completely when baby was one but stopped wearing breastpads when baby was around 7 months.

When you get a letdown and your not feeding him or planning to feed him press your nipples as hard as you can to stop the milk coming out. Thats what I used to do in public to stop the second boob going crazy.