fast let down

[KatyR]

What can i do to help my LO. One boob has a very fast let down and he gulps, chokes, coughs and spits everything up. He then has bad wind and fusses and won't feed.

what can i do to slow the flow of milk?

 

[missk1989]

Hopefully it will slow down in time itself but you ould always try massaging to enourage let down and then lathing him on a minute later. You might need something to catch the extra milk in though.

 

[annio84]

Ihad this when DD was tiny. Try hand expressing just a little into a muslin, get the let down out of the way then latch on. It does improve though.

 

[dfavbaby]

I also have a fast letdown and I massage my breasts until I get the flow started and then I latch him on. It also helps if you hold him in a more upright position... This link helped a lot with trying to deal with it. It's starting to get a little better but most times he prefers the slower breast so I start him on that side which brings my letdown on the other breast so when I offer him the fast one it's not so crazy.:
https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/supply-worries/fast-letdown/


Hope I make sense

 

[Toms Mummy]

I had a fast letdown too. My midwife said not to put dd in that typical tummy to tummy position but to have her angled away a bit, her belly facing more upwards iykwim?