Breast fighting not feeding - Please Help!

[awaywiththefaeries]

I'm slowly approaching my wits end...

DD is 3 weeks old. She weighs 4.8kg (sorry - live in Europe, not sure what that is in lbs and ozs). She's very strong (holding her head etc.).

She took very well to bf-ing and she still does when she eventually settles to it. It's now taking upwards of an hour though for her to take a full feed because she spends so much time fighting with the breast. When I'm knackered at night I get really worried that she'll launch herself out of my arms. I think it might be frustration because she just can't get the milk quick enough, but I've tried increasing the frequency of feeds to whenever I think she might go for it and that doesn't seem to reduce her sense of urgency either.

Everything else is fine - she's alert, playful, gaining weight, plenty of wet nappies etc.

Am I fretting for nothing, or is she struggling? Any suggestions on how to calm things down a bit as I really do worry about her hurting herself with all the flailing!

How's your letdown? If she unlatches early on in the feed, do you spray milk?

What's her weight gain been like?

It sounds like there's a chance that you have a plentiful supply and the milk's coming a bit quickly for her at the start of the feed, possibly?

Oh - I hadn't thought of that.

She gained .8 kg from 1st to 3rd week (approx 2lbs?)

I've not noticed any spraying of milk - but I have a pretty responsive let-down I guess. The mention of DD's name can trigger it at times (is that normal btw?)

Thanks for replying.

awaywith - you tick all the boxes for over-generous milk supply, I agree with hunker.

Lots in the archives on how to cope with this and make it less of a problem - search on my name and milk supply.

ds2 used to do this , i used to hand express a little so he could get a taste and he used to stop messing and latch straight on hope this helps you

Thank you!!

My one is nearly 3 weeks too and I find feeding lying down I get less of the fighting at times!! (Know it's not practical out and about, but find it a lot EASIER without the hands going mad everywhere!!