CMPA, reflux or colic?

Need some advice as I’ve now spoken to 3 different doctors all saying different things after not listening to anything I say 🙄🤦‍♀️
My baby will be 4 weeks on Tuesday and intolerances/allergies run in the family with my oldest being diagnosed CMPA at 6ish weeks.
She’s coughing/choking in feeds/while trying to burp her, sneezing after feeds, I cannot put her down for longer than 5-10 minutes before she starts crying again during the day but then come at night she’s sleeping in my bed but on her own for 4+ hours at a time, whereas with colic it’s normally night time that’s the problem. We are spitting up feeds and this morning it was projectile vomit while she was laid down - scary
She’s trying to throw herself backwards while I try to burp her. She takes 4oz every 3 hours and still looks for more even though I’ve been told I’m over feeding her yet my oldest took 15oz in 5hrs at this age as it was comfort and she didn’t take a dummy.
We’ve had 2 rock hard poos and the rest have all been very loose, I’ve not actually been able to properly see if it’s mucousy/bloody as it’s always at night time in the dark 🤦‍♀️
She’s also really snotty/conjested but she was born via c section I’m just not sure when that’s supposed to go away
If anyone has been in the same boat what were you told? Because first I’m over feeding, then it sounds like reflux, then she’s completely fine and it’s colic but she’s behaving similarly to my first who was diagnosed CMPA I’m so lost

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Everything your saying points to cmpa. Trust your gut and ignore what everyone else is saying - even medical professionals, would be my advice.
I went through the same and all medical professionals told me colic or he was fine. Everything improved after being on dairy free formula (was a fight to get it and ended up in a&e due to extremely bloody poops) but I do blame myself as I listened to everyone else instead of trusting my gut.
He’s 1.5 now and dairy still doesn’t agree with him.
Also it could be bits of colic/reflux, because both are symptoms of a dairy allergy. My LO’s colic and reflux symptoms improved when he went dairy free. Goodluck 🫶

Did you get any further along with the doctor? My little one is 3 months next Tuesday and has all the above symptoms. Fought for carobel which weirdly made her more sick & mega constipated. Then got given nutramigen for 2 days before they then removed that and gave us gaviscon and said it was reflux. We’ve had to change her milk because we could t get her aptamil anywhere when the recalls were happening and she’s still had all these symptoms. We’ve also tried reflux milk as per Dr recommendation, colief, infacol, gripe water as we’ve also been told colic. Feel like I’m at my wits end & my baby is not a happy girly at the minute I just don’t know what else to do to help her & feel like I’m going mad of all the possibilities it could be. She also makes this very high pitched squeaking sound? First baby so clueless 😩

Fingers crossed it helps your little one out 🤞🏻 & I had to see a different doctor. One doctor prescribed the milk in an out of hours appointment then another doctor said it was reflux. I just want her to feel more comfortable. She’s squirming at feeds, sicking up etc. it’s just not fair on them or us as parents to be left questioning everything

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