Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Constantly confused on which manual pump to get out of these two. Any experience or recommendations? I’ll be using MAM bottles alongside.

I have such a love hate relationship with breastfeeding, ready to stop I think but don’t want baby to feel rejected by me. It’s so hard! I can also feel the pressure from other people to stop. He won’t take milk from a cup, I haven’t tried pumping in ages cos he’s just never been interested, he’s all about the boob.

What are we all using to give milk at bedtime and in the morning? 15 month old drinks water fine from a straw cup but won’t drink milk from it!!!

Does anyone know if/where you can donate expressed breast milk in Manchester? I’ve tried looking online and it seems the closest is Huddersfield/Halifax. TIA!

Is anyone else exclusively pumping? I am pumping between 30-40oz a day over about 5-7 sessions in a 24hr period. My baby goes to bed about 6-7pm and usually wakes up once in the night between 1-3am for a feed and then goes back down until 7am. My husband gets up for the early morning feed and change while I pump, cu...

Hi, my LO has started to refuse the breast and prefers bottles. What can I do as I prefer if he drinks from the breast?

My one month old is still jaundiced let me know please if you’ve experienced this

I think I have decided to stop breastfeeding, my little one is 3 months, my milk supply is really low and has been since the beginning but now it’s barely there. I just want reassurance that everything will be okay, my baby will be okay and I’m doing the right thing. I don’t have the mental battle in me to pump all ...

Currently struggling with breastfeeding my 3 day old baby. His sucking is good but can’t latch well. 1/10 tries he’d latch but pinches my nipple bc of not full latch and it hurts so bad. And cries whenever I try placing his mouth to my boob. His cry freaks me out so I’d try only a few mins…😥 it feels like I’m not…

Please could I have everyone’s recommendations on hands free pumps

My husband resents me for pumping milk for my baby. I wasn't able to latch him due to hypersensitivity. But breastfeeding is important to me. I'm okay supplementing with formula but I want him to have real milk for at least six months. My husband hates it and just wants to do formula. I know it's inconvenient that I...

My daughter that is almost 7 months old on the 28th of this month. She keeps unlatching and wants to look around and I try to rematch her but she keeps unlatching or pulling on my nipple. We’ve been supplementing with formula at least once a day but now it might be going back up to twice a day but I don’t want to go...

Hey soon to be AND established parents-is similac okay/have yall used it and your babies like it? I’m just not sure what the research is on it but we use it here at our hospital on my mother baby unit where I work. I plan to use it with direct breastfeeding to combo feed :) thank you in advance!!

Hey all, I’ve been breastfeeding exclusively since my little girl was born. But for the last 4 days my it’s very low. Is there a reason for this, she hasn’t been weaning just yet. I’ve only given her formula for bedtime and nights. But feeling really lost rn anyone else going through

Those that both breast and bottle feed (breastmilk or formula!), what bottles do you use? My little one is ebf but I feel ready to stop and he refuses a bottle. I’m desperate to get him to take a bottle!

I’m having lots of nipple pain mostly after breastfeeding and pumping, it’s my fault bc I used a small flange but I switched it up. It feels sharp and pinching and kinda warm to touch. What should I do!?

Has anyone breastfed after Botox treatment. I’m thinking to get my top up and currently combination feeding my 8 week old

Has anyone dropped a night pump and had their supply stay same or increase? I’m 10 weeks pp and have been doing 8ppd since birth, but I’m thinking of dropping to 7ppd when I get to 12 weeks. I’m an over supplier and make about 55-57oz per day, which has helped me build a great freezer stash. My goal is to stop pu...

Still breastfeeding my 15 month old daughter but wanting to wean her. She’s only on about 3/4 short feeds a day but at night she uses me like a dummy. She wakes up on average twice a night and will not settle without me. She’s not feeding just comfort sucking. Can’t get her out of it at all. Myself and my partner ha...

My Dr and a breastfeeding Dr have assured me and made me feel quite pressured that I should breastfeed and it’ll be totally safe. However I am really apprehensive as I take ALOT of medication and I am going to be starting more medication after the birth of baby. I am currently taking: Inhixa Bisoprolol Nifedipine...