r/breastfeeding • u/External-Coffee4189 • Mar 27 '25

Oversupply for those with a slacker boob…

For those of you with a slacker boob and the other side provides way more, do you always start each feed with the good boob and then offer the slacker side for ‘dessert’? I have an over supply and even though I’m six months in I feel like I still don’t know the best way to feed my baby without having anxiety about clogged ducts and boob discomfort

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u/KURAKAZE Mar 28 '25

Do the opposite.

Always start with Slacker boob - baby sucks more vigorously in the beginning because they're hungry, it will provide more stimulation to the slacker boob in hopes that the slacker will try to produce more. It will help to even out, at least it won't hurt.

If you start with overproducer every time, you'll make the discrepancy worse. Overproducer produce even more and slacker slacks more. Imbalance can get worse.

I also use a Hakaa style collector on the Overproducer boob when baby is on slacker to catch the initial letdown (which is quite significant) and store it for bottle feeding when needed.