Latch/ position advice for windy EBF baby

[BeeMakesTea]

Hi
Baby girl is 10 days old and breastfed. She latched really well from birth (or so I thought!) and my milk came in on day 3.

However the last few days she seems to be increasingly windy. She can be wriggly/ uncomfortable/ upset after a feed, gets hiccups all the time, and does really noisy poos!

I’m wondering if she is swallowing too much air when she feeds. Does anyone have any advice about latch or positioning to reduce the amount of air she’s taking in when breastfeeding? Or failing that, any winding tips other than the usual?

Any advice gratefully received! Thanks.

Are you on FB? There is a group called Breastfeeding Guidance & Support UK and it is infinitely helpful! 7 months on, I credit that page with me still exclusively breastfeeding!

Re positioning, look up the 'flipple' technique which can help your baby get a deeper latch. Also, 'wonky winding' is a really good winding technique.

Congrats on your baby girl!

When she feeds make sure her stomach is lower than her head, this means any bubbles will sit at the top of the stomach and come up in one big burp (hopefully!)

Thank you, I’ve joined the FB group so will put a post on there. I’ve also looked up flipple technique and wonky winding so will be giving both a go! I do try to keep her a little bit upright when we feed but as yet it hasn’t made much difference. I’m just getting so exhausted as she won’t settle at night due to all the grunting and wriggling

OP, i highly recommend looking up biological nurturing/laid back breastfeeding. It's a great way to get a good, deep latch and has the advantage of baby's head being higher than their stomach, but also the fact that baby is lying on their stomach to feed can really help to massage the stomach and bring up wind. It's also a wonderful way of satisfying babies' urge to use their natural, newborn reflexes to seek and find the breast.