6 week old leaking milk as he feeds

[ShootTheMoon]

My six week old is EBF. He is feeding well and gaining well (slightly up the centiles from birth), but he leaks a lot of milk out of his mouth when he feeds and I often end up soaked. The washing is driving me nuts!

When I have a muslin to hand I put it between us which is a reasonable fix. But is there something I can do to improve his latch?

He has had a tongue tie revision 10 days ago but still has a thick upper lip tie. I have no pain when feeding and he seems much less colicky since the revision,

I breastfed my first DC for over two years and never had anything like this! Any suggestions?

Dc2 and dc3 have upper lip ties which impact on the seal whilst breast feeding. Not sure where you are but in UK upper lip tie isn't really recognised like it is in Canada and the US.

Have you checked out the website milk matters? Helpful stuff on there and you can get a telephone consultation with the lactation consultant that runs it.

I was able to manage with the lip ties and found as they got bigger the latch improved.

You mention that there is a lot of milk leaking. Do you have oversupply/overactive let down at all? Would it help to express a bit first and then get dc to latch when flow slows?

Thanks mint - we are indeed in the UK, but DC1 had a ULT revision with Dr Levinkind at 16 months. This time we are much more informed so we have been treated earlier and more locally but as you say, they wouldn't address the LT.

I do have a fair amount of milk but it has been suggested that this will settle now the TT has been dealt with. He's certainly feeding much faster and has less trouble with slipping off, and feeds at longer intervals.

Hopefully the latch will improve then as he gets bigger - I might do some stretching exercises on the lip as it's quite tight and fibrous, and goes right through to his palate.

Thanks!