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Definitely keep up any nursing you can, hopefully your LO will learn to cope with your letdown as she gets older and bigger!

Can you also try different positions? Football hold, dangle nursing, side lying etc? Sometimes I change of position can also make a difference!

Hang in there Mama!

I am sorry this is happening to you..... nursing strikes is the worst! It drove me insane for many months. When it happened to me I didn't know when do I pump anymore because I offered, baby refused and cried and I tried for a bit more and at the end I scrambled to get the bottle and feed him, and burp the colic baby.... by the time I could pump it would have been at least an hour later, then I worried about my supply (since I often pump hours later because of nursing strikes)! Argh!

Do whatever you can - I hope your husband is around to help you out!

Have you put your baby on a schedule already, and maybe you fed her before she was really hungry? Now thinking back I think one of the reasons why my LO had off-and-on nursing strikes was because I was too focused on feeding him on a schedule.

These are the things I'd try:
- try not to focus on a schedule. Feed her when she's hungry, feed on demand... just give it a try;

- nurse her when she was drowsy: When she is about to doze off for a nap, or when she barely woke up from a nap. scoop her up and feed her. That was our IBCLC's suggestion. I've had 50% success with that during nursing strikes.

- Breastfeed in dim lights and in motion (rocking chair) often helps for me.

- if your problem was forceful letdown, many breastfeeding resources suggests you to hand express some milk first before the feeding happens, so when your baby drinks from you the flow would not be forceful. (Personally I find this difficult to accomplish in reality.... because you can only do so many things.... and how do you do that when you are usually holding a baby in your arms? Ah but that's just what I read before)

- Breastfeed her during night wakings. That was the only time I was able to breastfeed my son with 99% success rate. haha!

- Offer her your breast first at every feeding. if she doesn't take it, don't keep forcing it - just take out the bottle, feed, burp, and pump. I was having the hardest time with that back then because I really wanted to breastfeed, so I would try really hard for half an hour to an hour (!) and sometimes we both were frustrated and timing got all screwed up. Now looking back, it is probably OK. It is just breastfeeding, it is not the end of the world.

- Relax and chill. Your baby can sense your energy.