over supply - block nursing not having any impact

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Hoping someone can help me here as I'm still struggling to bf 'normally'

DS is 6.5 weeks old and had a tongue tie which was snipped at 10 days. Since I was so sore the only way I could carry on with bf him was to use nipple shields. For the past two or three weeks I have been trying to wean us off the nipple shields, with some success, but as I have an overly abundant supply of milk its an ongoing battle to get DS to latch and stay latched for more than a few minutes or sometimes even a few seconds. When he pulls off the milk is literally jetting out, and my boobs are usually quite full feeling. As the shields were helping to regulate the forcefulness I've still been using them, but I'd like to ditch them if I can.

Expressing before every feed is not an option as when DS wants feeding, he will scream the place down so won't tolerate the amount of time that would take.

I've been block nursing for over a week now - using only one breast for several hours before offering the other, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference.

Are there any other options? I've looked at Kellymom, but wondered if any of you have had the same problems and successfully resolved them. I was thinking about trying sage, but didn't want to go too far the other way!

Hope someone can help!

I had awful over supply and forceful let down with DS1- I was permanently soaked in milk and he struggled to latch properly. I looked on kellymom, followed the advice and it was sorted in 2 days. It made such a difference. I was told to latch him on then when I felt let down take him off. (This did involve him protesting A LOT) I let the milk spurt into a towel (more organised people caught it a cup to be frozen for future use). When it has stopped coming out then re-latch the baby. Repeat until the milk is not spurting out violently when you unlatch the baby. Then you can feed for as long as the baby likes. If they want the second breast then do the same for that.

Same happened with DD but this time I did not spend months drenched in milk- used this technique and sorted it quickly. DS2 supply has been normal so haven't had to do it.

It does involve the baby crying as they get the breast offered then taken away but it worked really quickly and made my life easier and the babies happier in the long run- they were taking a lot of air with the milk and then sicking it back up again.

Hope you find something that works for you.

I know it's a few months since you originally posted, but I am currently having exactly the same issue and was wondering if you had solved the issue at all? I am currently block feeding and feeding 3 times per breast before switching but it isn't helping as yet as DS is only getting foremilk for the first couple of feeds off each breast as they are so full. I'm trying not to express any milk before of between feeds so as not to make more milk. I have had one cup of sage tea this morning but I'm tempted to up this to 3 cups but don't want to go the other way. Any reassurance that this does get better in time would be greatly appreciated as at the moment I feel like I'm doing more harm than good as he gets so uncomfortable between feeds.