Fussy at breast!!

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My 5 weeks old newborn acting very fussy at breast while breastfeeding.
Googled about it and it says it's due to oversupply of milk or gas in babies!
It could be oversupply because my shirt is always wet with milk leaking, gas I doubt he is content with passing gas and stools and burp after each feed. I have been EBF.

How long does this gonna last? Is there any way I can soothe him

Just a thought m, Has he been checked for tongue tie at all? My son was fussy at the breast and eventually found out it was a tongue tie and he was getting frustrated with his latch being off/difficult and swallowing excess air.

only suggestion I can offer to look for im afraid. Could be a bit of a phase though? My DS is 11 weeks old and there’s always seems to be one phase or another!

Yeah checked for tongue tie, looks like it's fine as I was told by paediatrician!
He was latching well, this started like since 2-3 days maybe it's phase though

Hi :) HV here, sounds like it could be oversupply but you could also have a fast let down. This can make little ones gag and choke but can make them fussy as the milk flow is just too fast for them. Try expressing a small amount before the feed, just enough to get past that fast let down. Also changing positions can help such as rugby ball hold as they are more upright.

if you feel that you have an oversupply a good way to reduce it is by block feeding. This involves feeding baby from same side for a set period of time e.g 3 hours then switching to the other side for 3 hours and so on… you can do this for as long as you need to reduce your supply.

Useful advice backed up by empirical evidence and research on Laleche site :)
https://www.laleche.org.uk/too-much-milk-and-oversupply/

@Tiredmummy101 Thanks a lot! 😊 yeah it could be fast let down which he I can feel from his gulping sound while latching!

Sure will try these🤗

It really might just be normal baby behaviour - sometimes babies just going through fussy phases and it'll pass.

I'd be wary of doing any radical interventions including reducing supply when your baby is only a month old (and feeding without switching breasts really does reduce supply).

The fussy phase might not be fast letdown or gas. It might be from any number of things eg time since last nap, environmental factors like noises (or silence), lights etc, or just some brain development going on.

Besides your baby will grow very quickly and want more supply in the coming months. I really wouldn't do supply-reducing tactics at 1 month in case you then start worrying about meeting demand next month.

Rugby hold or feeding lying on your back would be fine for temporarily reducing flow pressure though if you really think it's that.

I found that one breast per feed helped.

Is your little one settled in between feeds? My little girl was very fussy at the breast and turned out (we think) that she had silent reflux but it made her unsettled all the time even when not feeding. We found side lying position was more comfortable for her

Right @Mummy08m it's too early to intervene anything, yes i will wait and see if it shall pass on, also after couple of mins of fussiness he calms down and go on for latching until he is full on side!

@Daisysimply yes he is very content in between feeds and sleeps for long stretch!

@marmaladeandpeanutbutter yeah kind of following as he will unlatch himself at each breast at a time

Last thought-occasionally they just aren't hungry and fuss because of that. If they want to suck but not the milk!