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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Msg. 2 of 3: Pulling off at breast? #6534 01/09/06 05:43 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 H Helen OP member OP Helen member H Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 14 Over the past week or so, my 13 week old DD while nursing will pull off and latch on, pull off and latch on, and so on, several times during nursing. Once in a while she fusses, but most of the time she just keeps doing it without complaining! Now that she's 3 months old she's interested in so many other things that if I just stop nursing and hold her, she complains for a few seconds and then doesn't seem to mind. Has anyone experienced this, and what does it mean? Is she trying to get a let down? If so, it usually doesn't work! Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard

Re: Msg. 2 of 3: Pulling off at breast? Helen #6535 01/10/06 04:41 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada L Lenore extra helpful experienced member Lenore extra helpful experienced member L Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,347 Canada Hi Helen, Congratulatioins on your new baby! It could be that something in your baby's mouth is bothering her or she's trying to get you to let down faster. You may want to try breast compressions to assist milk flow. If that has the opposite effect, she may be dealing with too fast a flow in which case you can try leaning back while breastfeeding. Start with this and let me know how it goes. Best, Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.,CCC,IBCLC Wife to Rob, Mom to Adam aged 13, and Ethan aged 9, both born via GS and breastfed via Regular Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.

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