Breastfeeding

I’m currently 6 days postpartum and have quite a quick let down of breastmilk. My baby only feeds for about 5-10 minutes every few hours. He has a strong latch and gulps milk down but it just seems very quick for this age. I breastfed my oldest for 13 months and I remember this as he got older but not this early on. Does anyone else have the same? It’s very handy but I’m also worried he’s not drinking enough. If I then try him on the other side or try and put him back on he clearly doesn’t want it

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I have the exact same. My little man is 3 weeks and drinks for 5-10 mins total.

I'm the same though. Once he latches, a very high volume of milk comes out and he has to properly gulp to drink it (he's also known to choke on it a bit 😅).

He has been steadily gaining weight and no one is concerned.

It was the exact same for my now 2.5 year old. X

My 1st was the same and so is this one! I think they’re just very efficient 😊 if you’re worried you could have him weighed to make sure he’s putting on weight

We're in the same position, at this stage with baby 1 we were sitting for 2hrs at a time, yet baby 2 is done in a few mins. The midwife said so long as plenty of dirty nappies then nothing to be concerned about!

Same here. Occasionally we get to 10 mins but usually less time and she rarely wants a second boob. Sounds like she's gulping loads and weight is going on fine so I guess she's efficient but I will check with midwife as it does seem quite quick for this age. It's impossible not to worry about everything- if she was slow I'd be worrying about that too!

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