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Does my milk flow too fast for my DS?

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claraenglish · 01/12/2007 19:12

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rubik · 01/12/2007 19:27

am no expert, have one child and am making it up as i go along, but i had fast let down so can give you my tips til someone more experienced comes on...

from what you say it sounds to me like you do have a fast let down. my ds used to come one and off spluttering and the milk kept coming when he came off. usually hit him in that face!

tips i was given were to press above the nipple as you feed, which apparently slows the flow down. that worked for me. or to feed him so his mouth is "above" the flow - couldn't get the hang of that one.or to express the beginning bit before feeding, so it's less fast when your ds gets it.

my ds also settled really quickly when my husband took him. so disheartening at the time. in hindsight i think it's because he doesn't smell of milk, and also prob because by that point you're likely to be a bit angst, which they can sense.

last thing, sorry, this is so long, is that i expressed and my husband gave a bottle of expressed milk at 10pm so he could share and i could get a break. that worked well for us. may be worth considering?

hope this helps. bf is hard at times. have vivid memories of trying to feed a screaming baby wondering what sort of a bonding experience it was meant to be.

ds is 6 months now and chortles at the sight of the breast.

you will get there. ((((hug))))

KashaSarrasin · 01/12/2007 19:32

I had an overactive letdown with DS, I could spurt well over a metre on a good day and DS was quite colicky and spat up a lot.

For us the solution was one-sided feeding - still feeding on demand but sticking to one side for 3-4 hours and then switching to the other. It took a few weeks but things eventually calmed down. DS is now 2.6 and still bf.

Have you consulted a bf counsellor? It was a LLL leader who suggested the one-sided feeding to me, but it's always a good idea to get advice from someone qualified.

Hope this helps, and that you find a solution that works for you and your DS

MeanOldMother · 01/12/2007 19:39

have a read of this

liath · 01/12/2007 19:53

Sounds like a fast let-down. I found 6 weeks was about the worst time for it, ds really didn't cope well at all. Used some tips from here & kellymom to ride it out and it did get better. ertainly by 12 weeks feeding was much much easier and having a fast let-down became a bonus as ds fed really quickly. I managed to BF exclusively to 6 months and it's still going strong at 8 months - if you just manage to hang in there for a short while it WILL get a lot easier.

There are loads of threads on it - if you do a search for "fast let down" and "tiktok" you'll get some spot-on advice. Good luck!

Denny185 · 01/12/2007 20:05

My friend had this with her DD and found it was better if she leaned back a bit instead of forward - not sure why though

claraenglish · 02/12/2007 11:01

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liath · 02/12/2007 15:07

Just try and take it a day at a time rather than thinking "another 6 weeks of this". I found it gradually improved and although the early stages of BF were 2 steps forward one back it did get better overall and I am so so glad now that I persevered as it's just so easy & convenient. Good luck!!

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