![]() Avoid trying to reduce milk supply during the first 4-6 weeks.If you do this, try to express a little less milk each time until you are no longer expressing before nursing.Īdjust your supply to better match baby’s needs Use this only if nothing else is working, as it stimulates additional milk production. Pump or hand express until the flow of milk slows down, and then put baby to the breast.Once the flow slows, you can put your baby back to the breast. Wait until let-down occurs, then take baby off the breast while at the same time catching the milk in a towel or cloth diaper.Baby will suck more gently at this time, and the milk flow will be slower. ![]() Nurse when baby is sleepy and relaxed.This will reduce the amount of milk that accumulates between feedings, so feedings are more manageable for baby. Burp baby frequently if she is swallowing a lot of air.It may take a couple of weeks to see results from interventions for oversupply, so try to be patient and keep working on it. Since forceful let-down is generally a byproduct of oversupply, most moms will be working on both of these things. There are essentially two ways you can go about remedying a forceful let-down: (1) help baby deal with the fast flow and (2) take measures to adjust your milk supply down to baby’s needs. Forceful let-down runs the gamut from a minor inconvenience to a major problem, depending upon how severe it is and how it affects the nursing relationship. Some mothers notice that the problems with fast letdown or oversupply don’t start until 3-6 weeks of age. This is often associated with too much milk (oversupply). If some of this sounds familiar to you, you may have a forceful let-down. Spit up very often and/or tend to be very gassy.Clamp down on the nipple at let-down to slow the flow of milk.Pull off the breast often while nursing.Gag, choke, strangle, gulp, gasp, cough while nursing as though the milk is coming too fast.By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC Is forceful let-down the problem?
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