way too fast flow!

[shanjakson]

Hi I have a 5month old son Jakson who is breastfed.  Ever since he was born he has brought up some of his feed.  He vomitts 5-6 times after a feed, during or before the feed.  It is not reflux.  I have a really fast flow.  Like when I have the let down it still stings like when my milk came in and I can hit a wall 2mtrs away!!  I have tried posture feeding without any success.  Is there anything else I can do to slow down my flow?  I really want to continue breastfeeding instead of going to formula.  He doen't spit up formula which is really disheartening.
Please help
Shannon

[lisi's mum]

I'm no expert on forceful letdown - if anything we had the oppositte problem 

here's the our FAQ on the subject, with some tips and tricks to help you out: https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=63604.0

[Samuel's mum]

There are several things you can do - you've mentioned positioning. You can also consider something called block nursing. And in extreme cases of oversupply some mothers even take herbs to get their milk supply to lessen (obviously this needs to be done carefully) - sage is one herb known to work in this situation.

There are more suggestions here:
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html

[Molly2]

Hi Shannon,

My LO is 5.5 months and she seems to be spitting up an awful lot also.  Very similar to your description, 4 times during/directly after a feed and also in the hours after a feed.  Like you she has been spitting up since she was quite small but it has deteriorated a lot in the past 3 weeks.  The only difference is I don't have oversupply, in fact I've always had concerns that I've got low supply as my DD hasn't had good weight gain, although now I'm thinking the current slow weight gain is due to so much of her feed coming back up.

Sorry to high-jack your thread but I wanted to ask has anyone suffered from forceful letdown not combined with oversupply?  The reason I ask is that my babysitter has just told me today that DD only spat up a little after a 5oz bottle of EBM at lunchtime.  Then I fed her at 6pm at she spat up "tonnes".  She does gulp really quickly for the first 4mins of the feed and when I pump, 80-90% comes in the first 4-5mins.

I haven't tried posture feeding but am going to read the FAQ now.

Molly

[Molly2]

Hi Shannon,

I was wondering how you were getting on and thought I'd let you know some of the things I've been trying.  Now my let down is no way as strong as yours (definately cannot hit any wall).  Yesterday morning I tried feeding DD lying down which resulted in a very wet bet (from the spit up).  I have also tried lots of upright time after a feed which sometimes works, other times just means she has a good aim for the spit up.

Having thought about how she doesn't spit up as much when given a bottle, this morning I stopped her feeding really frequently, I took her off the breast every 40-60 seconds twice and then left her on for a couple of mins at a time.  When I took her off, I sat her up right and gave her a rest and rubbed her back in case of any wind.  It resulted in her absolutely screaming when she was taken off in the begining but we had greatly reduced spit up, one mouthful and one tiny amount which is a vast improvement for us.

Its very messy and you need to either cover yourself with a musi or put your breast pad back in.  Also I don't know if it just happened to be a better feed than usual or if it really worked so I'll be trying it again later!! Don't think I'll be doing it when NIP though.

Molly