I have a very fast let down and often DD chokes and sometimes seems to stop breathing. Sometimes I will be feeding her and my other breast is squirting milk out at the same time, could almost feed a third world nation!
Have tried laying down and expressing a bit off the top but with not much success. She still gulps and chokes. I know others have this problem and she is gaining weight and luckily it's not every feed (usually the mornings) but when did your letdown settle so that you are both not drowning in milk every feed?
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This message was edited by shandy12 on Thursday, 6 January 2005 @ 5:38 PM

I had an overactive let down too ... what I had to do was to lay a nappy across my boobs, put my son on one and let him drink until the let down started, then take him off and let the flow go into the nappy. Once it had slowed down I put him back on. This is what I was told to do by the ABA and worked for us (although it's not very glamorous)!

My son hated it when I took him off the boob but it was better than giving him horrible gas pains and making him gag all the time! I only realised what was going on with the let down at around the 2 month mark when Atticus would cry everytime I tried to feed him ... it was almost like he associated feeding with pain and he would fight me everytime I tried to do it ... it was horrible!

Hope this helps!

Jools

PS - My fast let down finally sorted itself out about 6 weeks ago when my son was 5 months old. Can't tell you how great it is not to be wearing breastpads ALL the time!

I too had a problem with a fast let down, but purchased a nursing pillow from babyco which allowed my daughter to be up higher than my boobs when she fed, which helped ease the problem. Also expressing a little milk before feeding helped. It seemed to settle down within 3-4 months. Good luck, & it does get better!

Sonia

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