Overactive Letdown

ADC1979

Hi ladies, I thought by now everything would be smooth sailing on the BFing front, but over the Thanksgiving weekend the letdown in my right breast turned into something like a firehose!  The letdown has been quite overactive, and I did some online research but everything I've found seems to apply to moms not as far along as I am.

I'm a working mom, so I pump both breasts 3x a day at work and then had been EBFing LO at home.  I used to do 2 breasts per feeding, but have gone down to one side per feeding due to having an oversupply that I'm trying to get under control.  I'm guessing that the letdown is maybe a symptom of me trying to correct the oversupply, but it made it really miserable when trying to feed DS!  He couldn't get any control over the flow so would cough, gag, and then pull back and cry.  

I tried to catch the letdown with a burp cloth and put him back on a few minutes later, but it still was out of control.  So ever since Saturday, I've been feeding him from only the left breast, and then pumping the right a couple times a day with the hope that maybe I can get it under control.  

Anyone have any tips or suggestions for handling overactive letdown when your baby is older?  I'm worried that my current plan will lead to the left breast deciding it needs to produce even more, while the right will get the message to cut production too much!  I had no idea that it would still feel like a juggling act at this stage.

TheFutureMrs.O

I'm not sure how old you lo is as I'm mobile bumping but like pp said the laid back position has helped us greatly.

ADC1979

Oops sorry should have put the age for the mobile users.  LO is a little over 4 months old.  We've tried with me laying back and him chowing down from above, but he doesn't seem to be a fan of it. But that maybe was due to congestion since he's been recovering from a cold, too.  I'd imagine that congestion wouldn't help any of the troubles we had the past few days!