Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

So my nipples are kinda soft... As in they need to be stimulated to 'get up' which affects our latch. Is this normal?

I combi feed my 9 week old with breastfeeding and top ups of expressed milk or formula but he’s recently started rejecting the bottle. He just screams and refuses to suck on the teat. The only time he has taken it is when he’s really hungry and I offer it before the breast, but it’s not consistent. He’s also rejecti...

What does your baby do with their hands while breastfeeding? My baby used to hug my boob like she's holding a burger lol but recently she's in a slapping and pinching phase 🥴 didn't realise little finger pinches were so painful! If i try move her hand to stop pinching she'll grunt in disapproval and try again!

Any remedies or tricks to help with mastitis? My left boob is killing me 😩

My baby is 16 months old and on cows milk. I gave him a bottle of cows milk at 1.30am this morning as he was unsettled. He drank half the bottle and I put the rest of the bottle on the floor. We have woken up at 8am and he always plays upstairs with some toys and he found his bottle and drank the remaining of the bo...

Does anyone have any tips for getting a breast fed baby to take a bottle? Baby girls' growth has slowed down, I started to introduce a bottle of expressed milk once a day as an extra feed. The first 3 days she took it first time, and then after that she just screams when the bottle goes near her. I've tried to brea...

Last night my baby did a long sleep stretch and when he and I woke up my boobs were rock hard and needed him to feed quickly. I put him on one but then noticed the other one was pouring out and absolutely covered his sleeping bag. Annoyingly, I’d lost loads of milk and I wish little one had had it ! Any tips for cat...

I'm having one of these moments now...we've been awake for 4 hours, baby's been on and off the breast. But whenever they're on theyre fighting - grunting, pulling and twisting on the nipple. I think its gas but they keep wanting the breast. My nipples feel like they're on fire. I just want to quit.

Had my second baby a week ago and I can’t figure out how to help her with nursing… we seem to be having a list of issues and idk what to do! The issues are as followed: - She struggles to latch properly - she won’t stay latched - she shows no interest in waking long enough to eat half the time - even if I can ge...

Baby girl is 3 weeks old and will only latch onto the right side.. I have a suspicion that it's because my right nipple is a bit more smaller and shallow. Has anyone else had this issue? Any suggestions on how I can get baby to latch onto the right side too?

My first c-section was an emergency and my baby was rushed to nicu with breathing issues so I wasn’t able to breastfeed for weeks afterwards. This time so far the baby looks good and is term. What is breastfeeding like after a c-section? Do you have to wait? Or should I pump right after my delivery? I’m going in tom...

Hey mums, I’m super anxious about stopping breast feeding because I honestly don’t feel like I can cope with the fight of it (with my baby and my husband). My LO is boob mad and is only settled by me at night. She still wakes regularly throughout the night and I am done with that too. I need a night to myself. I am ...

2nd time mom and looking for a bra that can be used to nurse and for pumping. Thank for the recommendation in advance

Hi, my LO has a preference for the bottle i think. He don’t want to be breast fed for long, sometimes screams soon as i bring the nipple close to him. At night he would feed well. I found pumping really hard so hadn’t been pumping for a while and now my breast milk is reducing. If i start pumping again, is it possi...

Hey Mamas, I just wanted to ask for some tips for weaning my daughter off breastfeeding. She is nearly 3 and is still obsessed 🫠 I am proud of how far we have come and will miss it so much but I think it’s finally time.. My daughter has always fed to sleep and still has a couple random feeds throughout the day at…

Why is my 5 month old making noises (moans/groans/etc.) while trying to breastfeed??

My baby is exclusively breastfed 27 days old is throwing up a lot after feeds any advice I’m worried

This is my second time round, I breastfed my first til 21m, but I dont recall getting my period back so early - baby is 11m old and still feeding heavily. It's also a bit of a gnarly period! 🫣 Have you started menstruating again while breastfeeding, and if so, how soon after the birth?

My little man will be 12 months of 14th Dec and has been EBF since birth - he took expressed milk from a bottle a handful of times when tiny but refused bottles every since and tbh didn’t really try too hard as I was happy (and lucky enough) to breastfeed. I’m in no rush to completely stop breastfeeding. How many ...

Are your 3 years olds still drinking milk in their bottles? I’m not sure when to take this away. Obviously she drinks any other liquid from a cup but mornings and night times she drinks from a bottle.