help! BF 5 week old dd has night time poo problems!!

[mammaemma]

dd gets gerself into a state during the night between 3 and 6 working herself up to poo. she generally poos a lot about 5 times a day but its the niht / early morning ones that seem to get to her. last night she did 3! how can u tell with bf poo is they are constapated? she drinks for england and is putting on lots of weight (born 7lb 12 now is 10lb 13) i was hoping it was a phase but its been going on for weeks. hv and midwife have no advice
i am up 5 times a night, she seems to want to feed/suck to help her go but won't take dummy.
please help!

When my DD was this age we had an identical situation and we found that Colief was a miracle cure for her pain. Bit tricky because you have to express a little milk and feed it to her before the relevant breastfeed/s (i.e. the ones before the pain), but it was worth all the extra sleep when it worked (and the £10 cost per bottle)

I doubt your baby is constipated, mammaemma - but she does sound in distress/uncomfortable. I wonder if you have a bit of over-supply? read the threads on this for more information - we've discussed it quite a lot recently.

thanks tik tok, i spent last night reading a lot of the threads u r on as your advice is invaluable so thank u!

could the fact i am expressing be contributing to over supply? i try to stock pile an extra bottle a day?

Yes, expressing an extra bottles-worth will definitely contribute to this...you are disturbing the body's natural process of working-with-the-baby's-needs. Try stopping expressing and see if it makes a difference. Give it a few days to be sure if it helps.

Why are you stockpiling????!

i have been stockpiling this week for an outing on friday. will stop now, feel really guilty! if you are going to express is there any guidance on when and how for minimum disruption?