Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Unfortunately my c section was a little rough to say the least. The problem is I don’t know if it’s just the stress or the fact that it took 5 times the normal dose of anesthetic to make me not feel the pain of them cutting me open…..they said my body was metabolizing it too fast…..I’m trying so hard to breast feed ...

I have a question for all only breast feeding mamas. My daughter is now one and I’m still breast feeding. But I’ve seen a lot of babies her age with several teeth, walking, and holding there bottles. The only difference between them is that those babies are formula feed. Is that a variable at all?? I’m just so curio...

Hello. So I exclusively pump (4mpp) and noticed only the top of my breasts seem to feel uncomfortable and harder after a few hours (5 or 6 during the night). Is it possible I'm only producing milk from these ducts because of how I'm placing my pump? I am just wondering, as I am making enough milk for LO

when did everyone get their first period while breastfeeding

If anyone has tips to get my baby to take a bottle, I'd appreciate it. We've tried different positions, nipples, and like 5 different bottles. He just ONLY wants my boob 😭

Hey mommas, my daughter has been breastfeeding she’s now 13 months and I’m ready to be done. She started to bite me and just rips my boob out whenever she can. I’m personally over it, although I understand the nutritional value of breastfeeding in toddler ages… I don’t think I can keep doing it. How do you wean your...

Hi ladies anything I can do for my boobs not to hurt as I’m collecting colostrum but they burn it feels like a sharp pain in my boob and can’t get any nipple cream till I get paid which is next month ☹️

What rules do y’all follow when it comes to breastfeeding after having some drinks. I celebrated my 30th birthday last night and had quite a bit to drink. My baby went to sleep pretty late last night and is still asleep but I’m nervous to breastfeed him when he wakes up in a few minutes. I’m engorged because he is m...

I'm 36 weeks pregnant and didnt experience any breast milk expression. I have no colostrum for my baby. Can anyone help In the matter ?

Hi. So my baby boy is nearly 18months old, and I’m starting to think about stoping breastfeeding. I don’t know how to go about it as he really loves his milk. He will eat his food and still wants breast after, also he still feeds at night, and thats bothers me the most. When he wakes up at night he wont settle witho...

Hi mamas, My 5month old is breastfed till she is sleeping at night. The problem I have is she is waking up if she cannot feel me or feed off me. I was wondering what I can do to stop this. Thanks

I know every body is different but I’m worried I won’t produce any colostrum. Been told to harvest it at 36 weeks (in 2 weeks time) but there is nothing there atm and I’m worried it’ll be the same in two weeks. Does it just magically appear once you start to hand express?

I’ve been working so hard to breastfeed and get the latch right despite lots of pain at first and still working at it. Thought we were doing really well but baby kept crying so offered him a top up.. usually he’d only have 30ml or so but this time he took 90ml! So he’s clearly not getting enough milk. Grateful for a...

Please help, my milk supply used to be anywhere from 3-6 ounces on each side and now I’m lucky if I get 1 ounce on each boob. I stopped pumping as much because I was combo feeding, but now my baby is lucky if he even gets one bottle of breast milk per day! I just want my normal supply back!

My baby is 4 months old but the size of a 6-8month old. I'm fairly short on the other hand. We've been going through a breastfeeding crisis which meant I could only feed her right when she was waking up as she would otherwise get distracted by other things, so we now always feed in the side lying position on our bed...

I posted this in another group but have had no answers, hoping to get some here: My baby is a week old, and he is bottle fed breastmilk. Whenever we give him the bottle he will feed from it then pull away, just to immediately cry and start rooting again for the bottle. He also lashes at the bottle and will cry while...

My 14 week old has finally took to tummy time but now sees it the most fun when on the boob to take himself off and give me a big cheesy grin with a mouthful of milk Honestly adorable but now covered in milk at my MILs 😂 any tips for keeping focus on the boob

Hey I’m looking to join a breastfeeding support group in Nottingham (based in mapperley / Sherwood), are there any that people can recommend? X

We started weaning baby 6 days ago. So far we've only done pouches as we've been moving house at the same time and it's been chaos. She absolutely loves her food but yesterday and today she is hating her milk. We make 180ml bottles and we're lucky if she has 90ml of them. She's waking in the night starving and then ...

I’m a bed sharing EBF mama who loves having her baby nurse to sleep and help himself to night feeds as he wishes (these days it is about two night feeds, one around 1 am and another around 5 am). I haven’t gotten my period back and I read that stopping night feeds might help with this. I’m not in a huge rush, but I ...