Too much milk!?

[Shabeth]

Ftm to a 4 week old and I've really struggled to bf, first there was a latching issue resulting in horribly cracked and bleeding nipples then a case of thrush which is now healing.
I'm finally getting comfortable with it but I feel like I have too much milk? All I see online is threads about increasing milk but my breasts constantly feel full I can express 5oz easily in 10 minutes from one breast after DD has just fed from the same one.
I've only expressed a couple times to relieve engorgement I don't want to stimulate any more milk production. I brought a manual pump to catch the spray of milk that comes from the opposite breast when I feed. They never feel drained and I'm scared ill end up with blocked ducts.
She eats every two hours and I feel like she's choking on my milk it comes out full force when she eats which means she comes off coughing and spluttering, I try and use the manual pump to relieve some of the let down before I give her the breast back but yesterday it just kept spraying while she cried and I got 3oz without even pumping.
She's getting frustrated and windy she only feeds for 5-10 minutes will never take the other breast and is really struggling with trapped wind which I can't get up no matter now much I burp her, she just lays there at night grunting and pulling her little legs up trying to get it out :(
Is this just a normal part of breast feeding? Feeling so terrible for her I've finally cracked how painful feeding was and now I feel like I'm just making her uncomfortable :(

I have had the same issues, oversupply along with overactive let down reflex. I find it helps if I latch on, wait for letdown, unlatch and let the initial spurt soak into a muslin or bib before latching back on, it helps reduce the wind because baby doesn't have to gulp and choke to keep up. The oversupply resolves itself as baby gets bigger and takes more milk, I've never found a way to reduce supply so I started pumping it off and donating to the milk bank at the hospital. After a while baby is big enough to drink more and it eventually evens out naturally, it just takes a while longer than usual.

To help get stubborn wind out, lay baby on thier back on a flat surface, hold their legs together at the calves and gently bend their knees up to their chest so you kind of curl them up backwards. Repreat a few times and this usually gets out some huge trumps, if they don't come out it helps it move around the bends a bit easier and they come out later.

Keep up the good work, you are doing fab

It will settle, I promise. I was like this

Still am when DS has been ill and fed less or actually sleeps for more than 90 min

But I don't leak and very rarely spray now. (11mo)

I want to start pumping a little so I can go out for a couple hours without worrying about feeding but I'm scared of increasing my supply even more.
I'm also worried that using the manual pump to help her latch will just stimulate more milk.

That's one I havent tried before I'll give it a try see what we get! I've had some luck pulling her legs up with every change that gets some up.

I hate seeing her so upset trying to eat :(

Have express and let the initial let down run into a muslin
Try and only feed on one side at a time
I also used to apply pressure in the nipple to slow down the glow while feeding
Try feeding upright (in a sling)
It will easy off!

Oh yes, we are a one boob is enough pairing too. Even now, mostly, apart from bedtime super feed. Not that he sleeps any longer for it mind you

11 weeks in and I still have a ridiculous amount of milk. Interestingly enough I went to a breastfeeding clinic yesterday and the lactation consultant (who is basically the goddess of breastfeeding knowledge in my county) told me categorically NOT to pump as I’m just making it so much worse. She told me to use COLD compresses and massage my breast towards the lymph nodes near my armpits when they get full. My little one is constantly on off because of over supply and forceful let down but last night betweeen putting her to bed at 7 and dreamfeeding at 12, I did exactly as the LC had said and my baby has never fed better. Worth a try :) x