really slow let down and milk supplies diminishing?

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Argh.

It was all going so bloody well.

DD is 4mo, previously had a very strong let down it now takes between 2-5 minutes, DD protests wildly and gets in to such a state that she then can't feed!

Used to be able to express 5oz + but rarely get more than 1oz now if we're lucky. I thought my supply had just regulated to what DD needs as my breasts no longer get engorged but DD is getting increasingly grumpy and I'm worried my supply is failing because of the tantrums she has when my let down is too slow, she gets so worked up she becomes impossible to feed and then goes to sleep and misses the feed entirely and no amount of coaxing will convince her back on the boob.

HV crap told me to wean on to carrots

GP said formula.

Breastfeeding councillor is on holiday.

What do I do? Have ordered some fenugreek as a starting point, we had some success with switch feeding but that's no longer working.

Is she doing it at every feed or just the evening one before bed?

You could try latching her on before she is really hungry so that she is a bit more patient.

DS2 thrashes around at the last feed of an evening and doesn't actually appear to drink any milk then, it seems like it is just this thing he needs to do before bed.

What about teething? Maybe her gums are hurting her so she isn't too keen on any sort of feeding?

Is she definitely hungry - if she's going to sleep without the feed then it may well be that she isn't?
Or is she teething - that can cause all sorts of strange behaviour?
You haven't started taking antihistamines now that it's summer have you?

DD (6 months) and I have a similar problem in that let down used to take a few seconds and now takes 2+ minutes, during which time she becomes very impatient! I tend to just take a few deep breaths, try to remain calm and relaxed as I find that getting worked up just makes things a whole lot worse.

No suggestions I'm afraid, but it's always nice to know you're not alone

It can be any time but tends to get worse in the afternoon.

I've tried pre-empting her feeds but that hasn't worked.

Possibly teething, she's trying to shove everything and anything in her mouth and is especially dribbly atm.

No antihistamines, although I did take a couple of decongestants last week without thinking?

Possibly not hungry, she doesn't seem to eat much though!

Yep getting stressed makes things worse here too.

Feel better already getting some decent advice on here though, being told to give carrots and formula doesn't help in the slightest.

Probably not much help but I found that I was still feeding constantly at 4months, and I never had any set routine just every time they woke up I'd feed for a while then change and play then more feeding which helped keep my supply up and kept them content as they were never too hungry.....

Am that you have been told to give formula and carrots when you've been making such brilliant progress!! There really isn't enough help and support on breast feeding, keep going and try to keep calm, do what your insticts tell you.

if you can pre-empt her a bit, then you could just hand express enough to get the milk going before latching her on?