Green slimy poo and poor weight gain for EBF baby

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For the past four days my 14 week old dd has been producing green nappies, varying from yellowy green to very dark green, they also contain a lot of stringy mucus. This is happening up to eight times a day, before this she only went once a day or every other day.

I took her to be weighed yesterday and to ask advice and found that she had only gained 2oz in a week. Over the last four weeks she has dropped from just under the 50thcentile to below the 25th centile.

Due to a massive oversupply I have been feeding from one breast only since she was five weeks old, I swap to the other side for the next feed and she feeds three hourly. She won't feed from the left breast for long, stopping not long after the initial letdown. I am concerned that this breast isn't producing enough as it rarely feels full, unlike the right.

I started offering both sides last night, hoping that this will improve her weight gain. She will take both sides but not long on the left.

I would really like some advice on how to stop the green poos and how to increase milk production in the left. Thanks if you have got this far!

Keep feeding on both sides to increase the left side. It's all supply and demand. You feel so full on the right because you have only been feeding on this side.

Re the poo, I would get her checked out by the gp to be sure

Agree, it might be worth checking with the GP that Lo doesn't have a tummy bug or an ear/throat infection.

As for increasing your supply, just keep offering it. The best way to increase your supply and Los weight is to feed more regularly so say, every 2 hours in the day and every 4 at night and to offer both sides at least once each feed.

Just a thought, but if Lo has green poo, poor weight gain and you think you may have had oversupply, do you think it may be tongue tie?

Having read all of the symptoms of tongue-tie I'm beginning to think this could be the reason. She clicks when she feeds, she gulps air, she pulls off after the initial letdown. The midwife checked her when she was a few days old because I had bleeding nipples due to her poor latch. She didn't think she was tongue-tied, I'll get her checked again though. Wouldn't she have have green poo constantly if she was tongue-tied though?

No my DS had green poo sometimes and not others. Tt is notoriously easy to miss, so well worth getting it checked again. Is there a la Leche league leader near to you? Or maybe give the nct Breastfeeding like a call and ask if there are any BFCs in your area!

Clicking etc sounds like tongue tie.

The green mucousy poo sounds like an allergy/intolerance, most likely dairy. My dd has the same thing, we're awaiting an appt for testing.

Btw - if it was too much foremilk, the poo is usually green and frothy, not
Mucousy.