really struggling with bf my 4wk old dd. when she feeds she really struggles for the first few minutes, shaking her head, gulping down loads of air and i have to re attach her about 5 or 6 times and wind her in between, until she settles to feed. bf councillor thinks it's because i have too much milk and it's coming out too fast for her. she suggested feeding her from the same side for 2 feeds instead of swapping sides at each feed, but tbh its not helping much. other people have told me to express some off first but bf councillor said not to as it would increase my milk supply when i need to decrease it iykwim.
this is really getting me down as she cries so much when i'm trying to feed her and every feed seems like a battle, she wants the milk but doesn't like how fast it comes out. she is so much more settled when given a bottle of ebm and although its still my milk she's getting i just don't want her to only have bottles, i want all the closeness that bf brings but at the moment it's just not happening
just wondered if anyone had any advice on how i can decrease my supply so that i can feed her and she's happy. sometimes it takes me half an hour to get her latched on happily and i can't really cope with thiss much longer
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how do i REDDUCE my milk supply? please help!
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daisybo · 22/02/2007 16:47
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