Advice & Help urgently please: Oversupply of milk & expressing to prevent bad wind.

[HotI]

I used to hand express a little into a face washer so bub didn't get whacked in the back of the throat. i also fed lying down, so gravity wasn't adding to the force of the flow for bub. Infants friend was a big help here.

Time was the biggest factor, bubs digestive system developed more and my boobs adapted. The early weeks/months was just about surviving. My DH has a jiggly knee that helped move some of the air, and we would also walk the streets with bub in a carrier.

I would be a bit worried about going fully to expressing and feeding bub the milk, cos it would make it harder to get back to the breast later. I think it is usually around 6 weeks that your supply starts to be more determined by demand, rather than hormones, so you might see changes soon if you can hang in a little longer.

If Barb, doesn't pop in maybe write a post to her to see what advice she can give.

take care

[onthefly]

Are you block feeding also? I would try hand expressing through the initial letdown, till the flow slows down.
It is generally time that will fix this, as your supply settles and baby gets bigger. Both of mine have struggled with letdown early on, but by 10 weeks or so they seem ok with it.
Have you called the ABA for advice? 1800-686-2-686. I'm not sure how using a bottle would help? Wouldn't that be even faster?

[Miss E]

I'm not sure how using a bottle would help? Wouldn't that be even faster?

Good point! I always found that DS's wind was ten times worse after we gave him a bottle of EBM even with the slowest NB teats.