Burping BF baby if fallen asleep

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I am exclusively BF and wondering if I should burp my baby after every feed? What do other mums do if the baby falls asleep at the breast at night? I’m worried that burping them will wake them.

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If they’re asleep and not gassy then no. My first baby I never had to wind because he just wasn’t gassy. We fed side lying, he fell asleep and that was that.

This baby is much more gassy but even still if he’s fallen asleep I leave him, if he’s uncomfortable he’ll wake x

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I burped in between and after every feed. My baby slept through it mostly as a newborn. But it's never made my baby alert and not able to go back to sleep

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I find if I don’t burp my baby he’ll end up spitting up in his bassinet and wake himself doing so, then be fussy because he’s got spit up all over his face. So if he falls asleep on the boob at night, I put him upright on my chest for at least 20 mins and gently pat his back. This usually prevents any spit up episodes, but not always. If he’s swallowed too much air that he needs a proper burp, he usually doesn’t fall asleep on the boob so I don’t have to worry about waking him when I burp him.

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I've never actively burped a breastfed baby, they've never needed it

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