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Milk flow too fast (forceful letdown)
Hello mummies, how do you cope with fast milk flow? My 5 week old chokes, coughs, gags and pushes off when latching on the side where my milk flow is too fast. I’ve tried different breastfeeding positions (normal cradle, side-lying, sitting up, leaning back) but none worked. Also did the scissors-finger to hopefully hold back some milk, and pre-pumped to reduce the amount, but all failed to solve the problem. So far I’ve been pumping out milk from this side to bottle feed after baby finishes latching on the other good side and still shows hunger cue. But I worry that baby is already too tired after latching on one side. #breastfeeding
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