Oversupply & spit up

[MrsSiba]

I am ebf ds and was diagnosed with oversupply as weight gain was slow. Advised to block feed in 3/4bour blocks to get to the fattier hindmilk. I noticed that he was hardly spitting up whereas before he was soaking muslins. The block feeding was a short term measure to regulate the oversupply. Now been told I should go back to feeding off one side then swapping for next feed. But he is spitting up again when I do this. I'm not sure what to do as I want the feeds to stay down but thought block feeding long term was the path to mastitis/blocked ducts /problems.

Has anyone any experience of this? I am tempted to go back to block feeding. Would this be a bad thing?

So confused and stressing out about it all😩. It's making me second guess every decision.

[famishedpotato]

When my DD was about three/four weeks old, and it became clear that I had an oversupply, I originally block fed for about three days to normalise my supply - it took that long for my boobs to START getting the message that I wasn't running a dairy farm. Then I did block feeding every other day or so for the next week.

I still and off block feeding for a day or two whenever my supply starts creeping back up and my DD starts spitting up whole pints again.

[SiolGhoraidh]

If block feeding has been working for you and you haven't previously experienced blocked ducts or other issues then I'd carry on with it. You'll soon notice if you do have a blocked duct!

There isn't a one size fits all for breast feeding. My baby likes both sides in a feed, 10 mins on each (and I do get problems with blocked ducts as he doesn't drain the left one properly). My friend's baby is the same age but only ever has one side at a time. So long as you're comfortable and your baby is thriving, go with what works for you

[MrsSiba]

Thanks for replies. No blocked ducts or mastitis. I felt fuller but not uncomfortably so. Will carry on block feeding as it seems to work for me.

I was giving both sides per feed too but baby was only getting lots of foremilk so lots of green poo, very gassy and slow weight gain.