A great way to ease baby's discomfort with an overactive letdown is take him off the breast and catch
the forceful milk in a towel, burp cloth or breast milk bag.
Many moms find that
their forceful milk flow lessens with time especially when the flow is the result of too much milk.
If this is the case, you need to help your baby deal with
the forceful milk flow as you work on down regulating your milk supply.
However, some women have an overactive milk ejection reflex (
a forceful milk flow.)
It is also used in situations when the mother has a more
forceful milk ejection because it allows the child to handle the increased flow more easily.
Mothers with an oversupply of milk face their own set of problems such as engorgement, mastitis or other infections, plugged milk ducts, painful or
forceful milk ejection (called letdown), and a baby who's choking or spitting up.
Not exact matches
With the fast flow of a
forceful MER, the babies get a lot of the foremilk very quickly, and not as much hind
milk.
Managing the
forceful MER in this way enables your baby to get more of the hind
milk to offset the large amount of foremilk that they got in the beginning of the feeding.
If your flow is strong and you have a
forceful letdown, he may be clamping down to slow the flow of your
milk.
«It could be foremilk / hindmilk imbalance with a more abundant
milk supply, or it could be that her letdown is too
forceful for him when she has more
milk.
It killed me that, because I had such a
forceful letdown that my son couldn't deal with,
milk was going everywhere except into his body, or into a bottle.
From the mess of
milk spewing everywhere with the painfully
forceful letdown, to my child getting hammered in the face with white streams that made him sputter, I was totally seeing oversupply for all its inconveniences, and not for the gift it provided so I never had to worry about making enough for my kid.
I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE —
forceful let down, had to bf with a shield (flat nipples) and it was a disaster — plus oversupply so all he was getting was formilk and no hind
milk, he can never empty my breast fully.
I couldn't be too empty because my daughter wouldn't get any
milk; I couldn't be too full because she couldn't handle the
forceful let downs.
Also known as overactive
milk ejection, this refers to the active,
forceful flow of
milk during breastfeeding.
When there's too much
milk being produced, it will come down fast in what's called a
forceful let - down, according to Kelly Mom.
According to KellyMom, one consequence of an oversupply of breast
milk is a
forceful let - down.
While I was producing what seemed like a lot of breast
milk, so much of it was squirting all over the place as I shielded my son's face from the
forceful spray.
Mothers with a
forceful let - down reflex often have an overabundant
milk supply as well.
Breastfeeding Basics adds that a mother's
forceful letdown reflex may cause the baby to choke, gag or sputter when a jet of
milk sprays too quickly into his mouth.
Moms can express
milk for a few minutes after let down, to avoids the
forceful let down, then place baby onto the breast to continue nursing.
ROSEY RODRIGUEZ: I learned that I had an oversupply because I was always leaking and with my preschooler she would just like I already hear her gulp and gulp and gulp and also it seemed like the
milk was going through her like so fast and just because you know, I was squirting all over the place, I keep squirting on her face and I always see it to have a towel with me because of the
forceful attempt as well
If your baby is having problems latching on and screams from hunger but then won't latch, she may be too gassy to latch (and needs to be burped), or the
milk flow might be too
forceful.
Many moms, not matter how much
milk you have on board, can have a
forceful letdown or fast flow.
It was so
forceful that if I let him nurse immediately he would splutter and gag, regurgitating the
milk soon after feeding.
Vomiting through illness tends to be more
forceful and with a greater quantity than a post-feed
milk spit.
I was convinced that breastfeeding was the key, so despite my breast tissue being so big it made it difficult for him to breathe, and despite the
milk flow being so
forceful that he couldn't keep up, I did what I was told and that was «breast is best».
An overly
forceful flow is often the result of too much
milk.
Sometimes they feel a few seconds of intense pain as the letdown (or
milk ejection) reflex occurs, because it is so
forceful.
Pregnancy and lactation puts a tremendous strain on the bodies of bitches, and a breeder should never be
forceful and decide to hand - nurse the puppies himself using puppy
milk replacers.