Hindsight is always 20/20, so I'm not criticizing your management of this case at all. Oversupply moms are more prone to mastitis, so I'm usually cautious about this. I usually use Diane Wiessinger's procedure for oversupply to gradually decrease milk supply. First, I recommend that mom bf on one breast per feeding, unless baby clearly wants more. Next, she feeds on one breast as many times as baby wants during a 3 hour period, and then uses the opposite breast for the next 3 hours (unless the baby goes longer than 3 hours, then she uses the breast whose "turn" it is, then uses the other breast for the next feeding, whenever it is). Next, we stretch the time between switches to 4 hours, then 5, until mom and baby are comfortable. If more help than this is needed, then a little sage tea or tincture is also helpful. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html