My breasts do the same. I wear breast pads to soak up the drips and when I pump I only get 1.5 ounces per breast, but I only pump occasionally with a manual pump. I heard if you use a good electric breast pump, you get more. Also, my baby is only 5 weeks old. I guess it also depends on how old your baby is and how much he requires.

wear bra-pads.100% cottons ones.if its tiring for you,,wear the heavy leaks ones,,and go disposables,,if wearing 100% cotton cloth ones are tiring for you to manage or wash ! wearing a padded bra without wire will also help prevent leak...wearing a size bigger thn your current size will prevent from excess leak from breast..breat leak either because of prolonged hours of pumping, tight bra, feeding time, or whenver you hear baby crying or you in excitd or relaxed..its not necessary that bm has to come every time you expernce leaks,,milk supply or breast unable to hold milk and letting it out dpnds more on above factors thn other factrs.

how old is your baby ?
if its younger than 3months, thn you are required to pump every 2-3hours,,if not, your breast might leak,,and 1-2oz is fine,,wat counts is the total amt in 24hours,,store bm well.
if your baby is above 3months, you are expected to pump every 4hours,,if not your breast might leak,considerng the supply,,at this time, your body should be out of post pregn deprsn and your supply should go up by around 2-3oz per bottle,one breast..or approx 2oz..
so thats all i can say from all you mentioned in your post !
if your baby is above 6months,pumping every 5hours is better idea..
if you are pregnant and you are exp leaks,,well, nothing much you can do right now,,just soothe yourself with hot showers, cabbage leaves,,cold packs and a good full or bigger size bra without wire !

good luck !

Hello Hetal,
Thanks alot...you made me feel better.now i am pumping every 3 to 4 hour.i wanted to breastfeed my baby but i think its not in my hand.becoz she doesnt like to breastfeed in the day....n another thing is my milk suply is low....but i am trying to increase it .so far m doning everything that i can do.
thank you very much.
nandini

nandini, its very common for let down to occur, as i said earlier, whenever there is a feeling and emotions involved in it.
breastfeeding is not just dpnding on physical factors but has lot to do mental state of health and moods.
and let down feel is irrespective of quantity of milk produced or you were able to pump.

sometimes you might be feeling let down feeling while your baby is feeding or is about to finish the feed,and sometimes even after the feed,,so it has nothing to do with supply of milk...
but this let down feelng is a sign that you will be able to produce good milk for longer period.

you will be surprised that you might get this feel even after you will wean your baby and you see your baby playing happily ! so thats how that thing works,,,
let me surprise you with my personal exp,,its been 3-4months since i weand my baby but today also whenever in mall or so, i hear baby crying or when my baby cries,,i feel let down,,and right now,,m 6months pregnant with other baby...its pretty common for mothers to get this feelng esp whose motherly bonding with not only her baby but relatively all babies is quite strong ! you will notice that once you will meet your friends and you will tend to forget about world when you are playing with your baby or others baby..
now as far as your prev situation and worry is concerned,,milk production has lot to do with sucking skills of the baby or the pumping...

whnever you use a good quality of pump often happens that the type of sucking involved in it, more like said to be natural but is relatively different thn the way your baby will suck milk. this happens when you body gets used to one type of sucking involved like prev it was pumping and you used to pump until the last drop of milk,,which were empty your breast compltly,,while thats not the case with baby feeding bm..as at first, at every feed, baby does not empty the breast completely,,try pumping after the bf session and you will get some half an oz or may be just a couple drops..
but this will empty your breast cmpltly..
once you get into the schedule of pumping of bm,your body gets signals on right tome..
the other reason that affcts is as and when baby grows,,he doesnt follow the same schedule while in pumping the schedule of your pumping remains constant so the body gets into the cycle of it accordingly..

once this schedule is disturbed, which is often at 4month onwards when babies prolong thr feeding hours all of sudden and thr feeding schedule becomes quite unpredictable thn expectd,,the milk supply slows down ! which is pretty common,,unless otherwise you were able to make your baby drink bm all the time you felt full and stick to schedule..it happens but the cases are individual..
many babiees no matter how good the mother produce on time, because of quality of milk,,they dont like to be in schedule of feedings acc to mothers let down or milk leaks or whenver mother wants to feed,,...and due to this, when milk is not removed on time by ne ways,,the milk supply is controlled..and in couple weeks or so,,the supply goes down to some extent...
which is exactly what happend to you...
as far as you are feeling the let down and that your breast are full,,you shouldnt be worried.
continue pumping,,and stick to your pumping schedule..before feeding, dont pump, but once baby finished the breastfeeding session,,thn pump from both the sides until the last drops stops coming,, to make sure the breasts are empty compltly..this will ensure your good milk supply for longer run..

the longer you will prolong the hours of your pumping and with half empty breast,,your milk supply will be controlled so from your side eliminate that possbilty...

thn it dpends on your lifestyle, food habits,your body capacity to produce the milk and ofcourse your psycho factors,, like bad moods,,stressd out or excited,,,or thinking about baby or looking at baby with lots of love,hearing a crying hungry baby,,ne intimation with your dh or love making process and so on,,..
just keep onething in your mind, you want to bf as much as you can, or give a good supply atleast until your baby is 6months or i would say 1 year,,and with that positive attitude,,never let your mind get diverted to worries or stress and what if kind of thinkings,,,just leave yourself to relax,,the more you will relax the more you will be able to do well by health and you will be able to produce well..
it happens to all of us,,it happend to me as well,,there is nothing to worry about it,,and its not at all a weird problem even though it sounds..
comfort yourself,,right now your baby is in centr of everything and you cannot afford to get worried about nething,,,

take care, good luck to you.

Hello hetal,
Thank you for your reply.Right now my baby is 4month old.Intially my baby was on boltte feed....i mean i used to pump and feed her.that time i was getting 4 or 5 oz.every time i pump.its like more than 30 oz in 24 hour. And my baby used to drink 2 or 3 oz wvery feeding.but after 15 days my baby stopped taking bottle so i started to bf. but my baby was hardly feeding for 4 or 5 mints.so i asked her ped about it but she said as long as baby is healthy and happy there is no need to concern.
After 2 and half month we started bottle againe bcoz i was worried about her feeding.so i used to bottle feed her once in a day.but now she doesnt like to nurse.so i am puming and feeding her(2oz bm and 2oz formula...becoz i am not getting enough milk to feed her)but my breast r leaking very oftenly...its like when ever i think about leaking my let down happens and milk starts to come.i used to leak till my baby was 1 month old after thaT IT STOPPED and now its happning againe but the quantity is not same.
So over all its weird problem and i am first time confused mom .