Help - over supply at 13 weeks

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Hi

Has anyone got any advice about having too much milk? My DD is 13 weeks and is EBF, she feeds about every 2 hours during the day but only once in the night.

I am having real problems with too much milk, in the mornings my boobs are rock hard and my DD ends up coughing and drowning as it is spurting out. When she comes of it is like a fountain (sorry TMI!). This morning she found it really hard to feed and ended up hysterical, so I hand expressed to slow the flow down and then fed her.

It had settled down in the night a few weeks ago but seems to have gone back to them getting really full again. It happens also during the day if she goes longer than 2 hours.

My DH says I should express and freeze it for a later date (???) but I am worried this will just make things worse as my boobs will up suply.

Has anyone got tips or had simular experience? My sofa is seriously suffering as it has milk squirted all over it on a daily basis!

You could just take a little off each time to freeze, just enough to be comfortable (not to stimulate more production) and when DD has a growth spurt she'll catch up your supply...Also great if you want a couple of hour off for DH to do a feed to two

Definitely good to express a little first-I was advised never to put my DD to a rock hard breast, and you should find that before much longer, your supply becomes demand-led, so the problem settles considerably.

HTH :)