Expressing - help!

[OhForASilentNight]

DD1 was EBF and refused ever to look at a bottle without the screaming heebie jeebies... DD2 9 weeks and from 3 weeks I've expressed a bottle each day for DH to feed her but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to express any sensible amount. The milk is there cause if i put DD2 on the boob it comes out so fast that she starts spluttering and pulls away for a moment (with milk squirting madly all over her face ) but even when I'm uncomfortably full I'm having trouble with the "let down" to fill a bottle.

Any suggestions?

make sure you are calm and relaxed. Have her in the room with you to look at. Some peopledo it in a warm bath.

Try doing something else while expressing, ie watching tv, reading etc; I find that if I am distracted from watching the bottle fill up I tend to get more milk that way!
HTH

Thanks for the suggestions - at the moment it doesn't seem to help too much even if she is in the room and squeaking for a drink... will try the telly option and see how we get on with that!

try pumping from one side as she feeds on the other. i get loads that way.

I feed from the left side before bed and use the right side overnight if necessary, then right for the first morning feed (logistics dictate this cos of how I lie in bed). I then express from the left side the following morning, it's usually about 14 hours since I last fed from that side as DS is sleeping about ten hours. I notice a real difference in the speed and flow. I wouldn't say I get loads - max 3fl oz, but it's certainly better this way than any other way I've tried.