Am hoping for some advice on what I might try to help my 6 week old dd during feeds? Have been breast feeding on demand since she was born which has been going ok (if tiring!) and she is gaining weight beautifully which is great, but she has always been a fairly windy baby and lately feeds just seem to be a very stressful and uncomfortable experience for both her and me.
She seems to take in a lot of air and sounds v windy during feeding, and then starts to choke and jump off the breast, or begin to writhe about and pull violently at my nipple and bring her legs up, crying out as if really distressed and in discomfort - so I try to wind her (she will usually burp, fart and sick up sometimes also) but often putting her back on doesn't really get us very far and she still seems upset and windy and not happy at the breast.
The whole thing just leaves me feeling like a failure and as if I'm not able to help her and it's making me dread the feeds as I just anticipate a difficult experience
I have been trying infacol and gripe water to help with wind but really have no idea if this is working much or not - and am wondering what else I can do? Could it be as simple as me producing milk too fast and that I need to try different positions or feed from the same breasts for a few feeds in a row - or could there be something else going on?
It's such a shame as you would think that a feed should be a nice relaxed and pleasant experience for the baby, but this just doesn't seem to be the case for us at the moment which is upsetting for me!
I have my six week check coming up so will ask the GP for help then but meanwhile any helpful advice gratefully received!!