Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

A little bit of a weird one here.. My little one is 4 and a half months and I gave up breastfeeding because at the time I was just getting over a traumatic birth, my milk wasn’t coming in enough and I was recovering from a c section so it was mentally too much for me to handle trying to pump aswell and BF all the t...

Anyone else’s baby started biting/nipping while nursing? 😳 How do you get them to stop?

4 months into breastfeeding, never thought I would be doing it this long. My next challenge will be getting through a surgery and continuing to breastfeed afterwards🤞🏻 not looking forward to that, but the stash is slowly building up so she will be fed with my milk either way.

I'm 3 weeks postpartum and I didn't try to breastfeed at the start and have only formula fed. Is it too late for me try now? If not how do I go about trying? Do I just see if she will latch on and go from there?

Has anyone tried to wean off your baby from the breast by applying something on it? My mom told me to just apply tiger balm but I’m not sure how safe it is. Anyone has had experience with this technique? What did you use?

Feeling so deflated 😔😢 Baby is 4 dasy old and I've been breastfeeding but today his cries were inconsolable, my nipples are so sore, im shattered and just had a feeling he weren't full enough. I caved and have given him a bottle and he is fast asleep so shows me I'm not providing enough I know it's only day 4 and…

Hi!! Does anyone get Botox/filler while breastfeeding? My doctor said it should be fine.. but wanted to see if others receive it! Been wanting to get it since postpartum.. need a bit of help😅😂

I had my LB 3 weeks ago and we’ve been BF since we got back from the hospital. I’ve pumped as well to see if I’ve been successful and so far the most I’ve got from both breasts is a total of 70ml. Since his day 5 health check we were advised to top up with formula as he wasn’t gaining as much weight as they’d like. ...

I’m due to attend a wedding when my baby will be 13 weeks old, but the baby isn’t invited .. what would everyone do? I currently breastfeed, but he only has 1 bottle in the evening, so that the Dad can give it to him, whilst I get a bit of sleep. I’m not ready for him to have a whole day of bottles or for me to lea...

Does anyone else have really itchy brests when your baby is breastfeeding once my baby's stopped it goes away but as soon as she's hungry and I brest feed her they become itchy as all hell!!

Do you still get symptoms without bleeding? I feel like once a month I get nausea, headaches, fatigue

Anyone else breastfeeding their older child and now producing colostrum? How are they reacting to the change

Hi mums ! Question, my 12 week old girl I'm breast feeding and then before bed time my husband gives her a bottle, it's been around 70-100mls every night but the last couple days it's been around 50 mls . She also hasn't pooped but I know that can be normal. I'm just worried she's not having enough

I've never used these before, am I best of putting cream on (lansinoh for example) and then these over my nipples after breast feeding or am I best off not putting any cream on at all? Thank you 😊

Our little one is 18wks yesterday and is on the 9th percentile. She’s 12lbs 3oz She is EBF and is quite long. She drinks until she comes off herself and most of the time is satisfied. She will only contact nap in the day or in her pushchair We had a little date day today and left her at my mums where she had an 11o...

So I had my March baby in February, because she came early my colostrum hadn’t come in so there was barely anything there in order to feed her the day she was born so I had to use formula. I kept trying to latch her on after that but she wouldn’t so I kept giving formula whilst still trying. After all that she didn’...

My baby is now 6 weeks old and we’ve done breast and formula due to not initially latching at the start before my milk came in. Since then we’ve done both and I’ve been using shields, he’s only really latched twice without and if I try and not use them he acts like he’s chocking on my nipple before it’s even fully i...

Hi everyone. I wondered if anyone would share their routine with breastfeeding and solid meals now at 12 months old. My daughter went through a 5-day strike of not wanting milk but is now drinking lots again. I'm not sure if we are supposed to drop any feeds or not, but her wee seems quite orange. Can't seem to get...

Anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for milk they’ve used my 2.5 year old is still having milk at night but I’m getting through so much milk it’s unreal and I’m wondering if there’s an alternative that I can give her I’m not sure if it’s milk or it’s just the fact it’s a warm drink that she finds comforti...

My baby will be 4 weeks this week. Today for quite a few of her feeds she will pull on and off the breast. She will cry when the milk comes out but also cry if I take her off the boob. I have quite a fast letdown but she has been able to cope with this fine all this time and I feed in positions to help combat the fa...