I have been looking online and that seems to be what we are dealing with. I have a lot of milk and it comes out really fast. Emma has been doing great nursing. Sebastian flat out refused when my milk was too fast for him, but she manages to get past it and keep on nursing.

She gulps and chokes a lot at the beginning of feeds and is really rattly sounding the whole time she nurses. She also gets really bad hiccups after every meal. She will often stop in mid suck and let out a major belch. She also does a ton of farting and has a lot of explosives poos every day.

From what I have read it sounds like having her nurse from only one side at a time will fix the problem. She has already been doing this herself. She will often nurse really well on one side and then fall asleep and not want the other. I was worried that, that was a bad thing and have been trying to get her to nurse out of both sides. I will stick with the one side at a time thing and hope that it will help. She had a rough time last night with all the gas and hiccups. The symptoms are similar to reflux and MSPI, so I want to get my supply under control, before I end up panicking and running for the Prevacid and Nurtamigen. I am so paranoid that I am always worrying about every little sign.

The stuff I read made it sound like a pretty quick fix, has anyone had problems with overactive letdown and oversupply, and did it resolve itself quickly? Also any tips other then just only nursing from one side at a time, would be great.

Katey, my bf had the same problem. She contacted the La Leche League and someone in her area came out to her home which was really helpful. They say it is better to nurse only one side to regulate your milk. I remember they told her to nurse one side for 3 hrs, so if the baby ate at 1pm and then again at 3pm, if it was w/in the 3 hr period it would all be on the same breast, then switch to the next...does that make sense? That way the baby is also getting all the hindmilk as well. Good Luck. I hope it gets easier soon, breastfeeding can be a challenge.

Yup, blockfeeding. I would start w/ 4-6hrs on one side and depending on how much milk you have, you may have to go longer. I have a LLL leader who had to use one breast during the day and one at night till things got under control (so she was using one breast pretty much for 24 hrs straight). You could also try pumping through the first letdown and then feeding.

Katey - I have no info.

But, I met with a lactation consultant while in the hospital (about 3-4 times). i know they were available any time - even after discharge for info, a visit, anything. Maybe they could answer some questions on the phone.

All I can say is that you are a trooper for sticking with it, Katey! All the magazines, etc make b/f-ing look SOOOOO easy...and it's not always. :hug:

Ditto Anna and Jennifer...good advice! Stick it out, Katey, you can do it! Things should hopefully calm down soon!

Katey I was always told to pump even hand express for a couple of minutes before feeding to get the excess off then they should latch on fine, it is that there is so much it squirts too quick. It has only been a little while so I would be pretty certain once she is regulated you won't keep having this problem.

Are you dairy free? That may help if she does have MSPI.

katey

I had this problem with Allie. The only thing about pumping beforehand is that you may accidentally increase your milk supply (this happened to me). I think that the one breast thing is best. Also, when you feel the let down coming, you can take Emma off for a second and let it spray into a cloth, then put her back on.

Hang in there. I'm glad she's handling it pretty well.