> So I started pumping.  Now the LC
> thinks I have overactive letdown and he goes crazy with eyes bugging out,
> screaming etc when on the breast so I am not forcing it.  We try at least
> once a day (sometimes more) so it doesn't become traumatic for him.
> Hopefully the letdown will slow soon and that will solve the problem (if
> that's really what it is!)

Could it not be that it is not an overactive letdown but the letdown as is? I
understand the baby took bottles or whatever for 5 weeks, so it would seem
possible to me that he forgot about the letdown and now fights it. Perhaps if
the mom starts with putting the baby at the breast after some pumping the baby
will accept the slower milkflow. Or she can take him off the breast as the milk
lets down and put him on again when the flow slows down. Just have him getting
used to it gradually again.
Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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