My other side breast has many milk so if my baby drink she always choke, im worried because after she choke she don't like to drink, and she losses weight now.
2006-09-01 16:10:34 · 5 answers · asked by cherrylyn t 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It sounds like you have an overactive letdown.
Try nursing in a different position where baby is nursing "uphill," meaning she is on top of the breast so the milk has to work its way up instead of down like in most nursing positions (the overactive letdown link has more information on exactly how to do this).
Or nurse more often so there isn't as much milk built up in your breasts every time you nurse.
Another thing to do is when you feel the milk flowing, take the baby off the breast, let the milk squirt out into a towel (or hold a bottle to your breast if you want to store it in your freezer!) and once the initial let down is over, put the baby back to your breast.
If all else fails, pump or hand express a little right before you nurse to get through that initial fast let down. Pumping should be the last resort because breasts work on supply and demand, and by pumping you're telling your breasts to make MORE milk, which is something you don't want to do!
Please read the following web site for additional help:
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html
2006-09-01 18:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by I ♥ EC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the milk will come in rally fast at the beginning of the session. If yours is so overwhelming for the baby then try to start the flow before she nurses.
Some women can let down just thnking of the baby, hearing one cry or whatever. Maybe you could pump just enough where it's not pouring out anymore. Someway to get the milk to pour out first, then slow down to a more resonable pace.
Another though-if that doesn't work:
Nurse on the side that is not pouring out, and pump and store the brestmilk from the other. Then you'd have a great supply for your partner/nanny/mother/caregiver whoever can help you to take care of her.
Goodluck
Barbie
2006-09-01 16:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by hedgehogg99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are already some great answers here! Another thing to try if you have expressed some milk and your flow is still too strong, is to lay on your back on a towel with your baby on your tummy. Gravity will help keep so much milk from flowing down her throat all at once. Congratulations on your good milk supply!! I know that a big supply can be almost as frustrating as a low supply sometimes, but it will all even out soon.
2006-09-01 18:53:37 · answer #3 · answered by CAFEhonor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had that happen with my baby. What I did was nurse while I was laying on my back so the milk wouldn't flow so fast to the baby. After a while, the milk supply regulated and my baby didn't choke anymore
2006-09-01 16:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely express some milk before you feed her, that'll get the let down to happen, and then when you feed her, she won't choke.
2006-09-01 17:44:22 · answer #5 · answered by colleend01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pump or express some before she eats, that will slow the flow a bit. or you can pump and give her a bottle until she gets it a little better.
2006-09-01 16:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by Emily E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋