My baby has acid reflux and has not been feeding well- he either cries at the breast or falls asleep. He is mostly feeding for less than 5min and feeding infrequently. As such, he end up drinking only the foremilk and I noticed his poo is now green. FTM, so maybe my question may sound silly, but can I express out the foremilk until the milk is noticeable less watery/more 'white' before letting him latch to increase the chances of him drinking the hindmilk?

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Acid reflux can be due to sensitivity to your diet, and so is green poo. Foremilk-hindmilk imbalance, resulting in green poo, is not as common as everyone thinks, unless you are a severe oversupplier. Another possibility is that you have an overactive letdown, resulting in your baby latching for less than 5 minutes. In that case, it would be advisable to pump for a letdown first and then latch your baby. Or, latch your bub lying backwards so that the gravity can help with the overactive letdown. Hope it helps.

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