Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I keep seeing posts on here about bf babies only having 2-3 feeds a day. Just wondering if anyone else is still breastfeeding on demand? My little one still has milk roughly every 3-4 hours (and several night feeds). I should add though that she doesn't eat loads of solids. Is it just me?!

Has anyone used these whilst breastfeeding? I’m due to go in for a planned section in 16 days. This will be my second baby and I was devastated at stopping breastfeeding my first (I lasted exactly 2 weeks). I stopped because despite the help from a lactation consultant, midwife and perseverance, I had horrific cra...

What do you consider breastfeeding

Just wondering how much milk your 11 month old is having? I am breastfeeding he has feed after waking then maybe has 100ml expressed milk in bottle during the day then feed at bedtime. He does eat lots of food. Also any advice on how to stop breastfeeding and go onto Cows milk at 1yr? X

I need ya'lls advice/recommendation as a mom My child (21 months) has been nursing 1-2x a night for almost his entire life so far. I stopped nursing 3 nights ago. So now instead of the breast he has a bottle. And he demands it. Like last night I told him we were out of milk (I didn't have a second bottle prepped) a...

Currently struggling on what type of bra to wear… 24 weeks pregnant so got a bit to go yet😂 just want comfortability! Underwire? Sports bra? What’s best?

We’re 3 weeks in to breastfeeding, he has suspected tongue tie and waiting for an appointment on the nhs. My nipples are so sore and sensitive! His latch is terrible and no matter what I try it hasn’t improved and comes out like a lipstick. I don’t think he’s getting the full feed as there’s no fluttering. He’ll com...

Im so sad! I just came back from My baby’s 2 month appointment and he weighs 11 lbs. the Dr said he’s on the 16th percentile and that I need to start supplementing with formula. I EBF. My first had trouble gaining weight because she was allergic to dairy and was a very hungry and unhappy baby due to all the tummy pa...

I’ve been exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months. It’s been a tough journey and I’ve been considering switching . My first was on Similac but I’ve heard those are on the list that came out with heavy metals and other bad things. That and the cost are the only things keeping me from committing to switching

I’m size 28/30G pre pregnancy, the feeling of not wearing a bra makes me angry/over stimulated sensory wise.. These bra’s with no underwire just aren’t cutting the mustard lifting them up or holding them in place PLEASE HELP ME OUT

Hi guys! My daughter is 15 months old and soothes to sleep using cows milk. She wakes up quite a lot throughout the night and relies on milk to get her back to sleep. I’ve heard that it helps to switch to water throughout the night to stop babies from being so reliant on milk. But does this mean if I gradually sw...

How many times a day/ how frequently are your 4 month olds eating? My girl eats every 2.5-3.5 hours (breastfeeding) & usually eats 5-6 times a day, but she also sleeps through the night! So I’m just trying to see if this is a pretty normal amount?

I’m 4 weeks PP and I’m really struggling with breastfeeding my LB. We had to top up with formula as my milk took a week to come in, and we’re still topping up - giving him a bottle last thing at night and sometimes in the day depending on what we’re doing. But lately my nipples have been so painful and sensitive and...

I'm hoping this is the correct word colsetrem .when does this start coming in ? I plan to breast feed and have advised to collect the colsetrem when would I do this cab it be frozen

I’m 7 weeks PP (not BFing) and still no period - hoping it comes back soon (as much as that sucks lol) but that’s how I track my ovulation. With my first I was combo feeding and got it back at exactly 8 weeks so I was definitely expecting to get it sooner this time around.

The last couple days I’ve been having a very hard time with keeping up on pumping in the middle of the night and I have noticed that it is starting to affect my supply. I am almost 4 weeks postpartum, and I was keeping up with his feeding up until recently. Any advice to bring my supply back up would be greatly appr...

29 weeks, leaking colostrum from only one boob is this normal?

I’m a first time mum to be and hoping to breastfeed but going to buy some formula just incase. I’m feeling overwhelmed with all the different brands and struggling to choose which one to go for. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations or advice?

So this is my second baby with suspected cmpa but I formula fed my first. I’m currently 6 weeks in with my little girl and ebf. We’ve just decided to cut out dairy as she’s showing a lot of the symptoms my son did, however I have an incredible sweet tooth whilst bf. I’m wondering if anyone has a favourite alternati...

We are still using a bottle for milk at bedtime but I want to move to a different cup. Does anyone have any recommendations?