Miss E yeah we've had him on Infacol for a few weeks now, it helps, but defintealy doesnt solve the problem, poor bub still ends up racked with pain for hours.
How much would I need to hand express to make a difference? I have been pressing a towel to my breast first to catch the initial let down, but he gulps through the whole feed so Im not sure hand expressing initially would help??
Hmmm I'm not too sure how much, I guess until the flow slows down a little... Have you tried doing bicycle legs and tummy massage to help him get the wind up? I also found that burping DS in a sitting position worked better than up on my shoulder. And, the other thing that I found that helped was keeping DS upright for as long as possible. We'd even prop him up on a breastfeeding pillow (ours had a crutch flap that valcroed on to hold him in place) and let him sleep like that for awhile after a feed to help.
I know it's really hard when they're so unsettled, but your supply should start to settle down in the next week or two. Starting expressing now may lead to more over supply problems and possibly make it hard to get him back on the boob down the track.
Is he showing any other signs of reflux? I find it odd that your GP would suggest that just based on wind
Also, just wanted to say that you are doing a fabulous job The first couple of months of breastfeeding are so hard and really are trial and error, by the sounds of things you're both doing wonderfully. And in the next couple of weeks it will probably all click and start to become remarkably easy. GL
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The first couple of months of breastfeeding are so hard and really are trial and error, by the sounds of things you're both doing wonderfully. And in the next couple of weeks it will probably all click and start to become remarkably easy. GL
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