Fast let down

My breastfed baby is 10 days old and I was told in a breast feeding clinic a few days ago that I have good supply and a fast let down. Since yesterday my baby’s been pulling off the breast and feeding more frequently as I don’t think he’s getting high quality feeds. I’ve been trying to lean back when feeding and expressing a little bit onto a muslin before feeing to see if that will help. Has anyone had any experience of this and can offer some advice? Thank you!

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I have an extremely fast let down to the point where my baby sometimes splutters and chokes. I’ve found as shes got older she got used to it but what helped me was leaning back, expressing beforehand and also the “koala” feeding position. As your supply regulates itself you should find it eases x

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Smaller but more frequent feeding could just be cluster feeding. Totally normal. You just need to power through it. It does improve with time.

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10 days is still very new. Breastfeeding is a skill and takes time. Be patient and work with your baby. He'll appreciate the fast letdown soon enough 😄 keep his chin above the nipple, and expressing some onto a cloth is what I did (mostly stopped that now) don't be afraid to express a good bit out of there, especially if your boobs are full, this will help him go on and stay on (with a few on/off moments) to get the fatty hindmilk. 10 days really is so young though and it sounds like you're doung a great job!

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I have a fast let down. I did with my first too. I find rolling up a muslin and putting it under my feeding boob, leaning back and placing baby laying on me (like skin to skin) helps. I also find rugby ball hold but leaning back with my knee up helps too. It's about acting against gravity. My December baby is rather reluxy at the moment too so im having to find ways of feeding him where hes up right but also not getting too much from my last let down

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Try the koala hold for breastfeeding and see if that helps.
Or a nipple shield until baby is stronger and can handle the fast let down.
Also, your baby might also be cluster feeding so I would keep that in mind as well

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