"Overactive letdown" refers to a situation where a breastfeeding mother's milk comes out of her breast too forcefully and quickly, which can sometimes cause difficulty for the baby to latch on or manage the flow of milk during feeding.
Full definition
They are worth their weight in GOLD and give you hands - on help
with overactive letdown issues or, and even more importantly, diagnose any issues that may be preventing your child from latching and drinking your milk well like a tongue or lip tie.
Oversupply is usually a result
of overactive letdown, meaning that the release and ejection of milk happens quite forcefully all at once and more often than the baby needs.
They are worth their weight in GOLD and give you hands - on help with
overactive letdown issues or, and even more importantly, diagnose any issues that may be preventing your child from latching and drinking your milk well like a tongue or lip tie.
Overactive Letdown Reflex A baby who gets too much milk too quickly, may become very fussy, very irritable at the breast and may be considered «colicky».
Unlike other nursing covers, this one has built - in absorbency, making it perfect for moms
with overactive letdown or strong milk flow.
Overactive Letdown Reflex
A couple of ideas off the top of my head: nursing against gravity helps with
overactive letdown.
Tongue ties, lip ties, low weight gain, low supply, poor latch, pain / cracking / bleeding,
overactive letdown, and more were all hurdles we had to cross.
I did not enjoy anticipating the pain of
my overactive letdown.
Plus, what is
an overactive letdown and how can it impact oversupply?
In fact, if you have an oversupply, which is a common reason for
an overactive letdown, it's best to let him or her feed on the same breast for at least two to three sessions.
I am at my wits end with
this overactive letdown.
I have an oversupply and
an overactive letdown.
The most difficult part of having
overactive letdown (on top of having an oversupply of milk), was that it was hard for my tiny baby to cope.
Engorgement, milk stasis, plugged ducts, and oversupply or
overactive letdown may all be considered painful.
Just like with any complications or unanticipated issues with breastfeeding, the solution to
my overactive letdown was just to try different things.
I had
overactive letdown, I deduced, and with the use of nipple shields for about three weeks, we too mastered that dance.
Rigby latched on like a pro at first, just like Ezra, but he too suffered an inability to latch after three days due to
my overactive letdown.
My son and I figured it out how to work through
my overactive letdown together.
To top it all off, having
an overactive letdown hurt.