Let down too fast for ds3...

[CardyMow]

My let down is so fast at the start of a feed that ds3 (22 days) either gags on the milk, or comes off the boob, but screams until the flow is slow enough for him to latch back on. He is getting terrible colic through the day, I think because he is gulping air when he is drinking when the flow is too fast, and also because he is screaming so much.

What can I do to help? I have tried hand expressing at the start of the feed, but he gets too worked up waiting for the milk. He is also posseting quite a bit ( I assume because he is taking too much at each feed). When let-down happens and he comes off the boob, there are (TMI) jets of milk spurting out of my nipples that go 4-5 inches! I have had over-supply issues with my older 3 bf dc, I used to donate to SCBU. He is putting on half a pund every 5 days right now. And that is with an unsnipped (as yet) tongue tie.

Any advice?

Have you tried lying back when feeding? More like a biological nurturing position? That seemed to work a little with DS. It is as if the gravity helped to slow the let-down.

I also did some block feeding to help reduce my supply and that seemed to have a (small) effect on the force of my let-down.

You may also find that he'll be able tocope better withthe forceful let down once the tongue-tie has been snipped.

I have had this on both, both DC learned how to hold my boob in a way that slowed the flow down. I also when they came off the first time squeezed the overflow out so it slowed down then reattached.

Try this info from kellymom if you havent read it already.