Hello! I am new to posting but have been reading here and dreaming for years now. I tried to induce half heartedly during covid but mostly out of curiosity then. Context to question: I have never been pregnant but am serious about inducing this time and have just bought a nicer/hospital grade pump to help (i hope going off of everyone's reviews!!), researching supplements (i am nervous to try dom due to past thyroid issues and being new to adhd treatment), and lanolin oil. I have a schedule of a minimum of 6x a day and marmet before and after pumping. I just restarted this barely over a week ago, so I honestly wasn't expecting to see any changes for a while (trying to be realistic about how long this can take).

My question is: I have been having the standard feelings everyone describes (fullness, stabbies, i can tell when it's been 2-3 hours) but i also had a feeling i haven't seen described in too much detail:

One of my nipples, near the end of pumping, had this crackle/popping feeling. Nothing hurt about it, it was just like 5 crackle/pop feelings right in a row. I have been good about massaging bc i want to be careful of watching for clogged milk ducts and hadn't felt anything odd before or after. No liquid drops that I have seen or noticed in my pump I have found but I have found like a small white residue on the OTHER breast (although no popping there) which sounds consistent to a waxy substance some people have posted about. There has been an incredibly thin line of moisture on the wall of my pump before the flange part, but that's the closest I've come to thinking I have any drops yet.

I just wanted to double check i'm understanding the few comments i've seen here about the popping/crackling feeling-is that just a normal sign things are progressing?

Thank you!