Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

My son is breastfed. He all of a sudden just stopped wanting to latch. He arches his back & starts crying every time I try. Does anyone know why he’s doing this? He will take a bottle too, so I’ve been using my stash to feed him. My mama heart hurts though because I love breastfeeding him.

Cluster feeding is…. Hell!!! That’s all. That’s the post. You are all doing great!!! We got this 💕

My baby has a preference of which side she’ll drink from. I’ve notice when on the right boob, she tends to gag quite a bit and will either get frustrated refuse it completely or keep trying till she doesn’t gag anymore. When she refuses I just give her the left side and she’s completely fine, no gagging no struggles...

How long does it take your baby to finish a bottle of expressed breast milk? We introduced a bottle to our 5 week old earlier and he drank 3oz in about 5 minutes. Is it normal for them to drink so quickly? Bottle was pace fed with a size 0 teat.

Breastfeeding mamas what bottles and pacifiers did you prefer??

Anybody got extra for my almost 2 months old daughter I’m not producing enough.. please and thank you

How long is everyone planning on breast feeding for?

I’m booked for a c section in 2 days and I’m trying to harvest colostrum. I’ve managed to get a very small amount but it’s barely anything to collect. I’m on blood thinning injections so scared to continue with trying to get colostrum incase I go into labour before my section. I plan on breastfeeding anyway so baby ...

Please does anyone have any advice? I remember seeing a similar post on here but I can’t find it now, I wanted to see the comments on that post 😭 my baby was taking the bottle absolutely fine but for the last couple of weeks she’s refusing, absolutely kicking off and screaming her head off. Like I’ve never heard…

Hello, my milk supply has been low since I’ve given birth. I can pump maybe 2-4oz a day. I’ve been nursing as much as I can, and feeding as much breast milk as I can to my baby. His main food supply has been formula. I would love to move to mostly breast milk. Is there anything I can do to increase my supply? I’m st...

She used to take it well (though it wasn't a regular occurrence) and lately she is screaming when being fed. We upped the teat to size 1 and it made a slight difference, but she's taking less than she used to. She would previously do 4oz every 3 hours I was out. I was out this weekend and she had 3 oz after 3 hours,...

When I pump it comes out like white water is this normal? When my baby is sick it is like water too

Has anyone got any experience with an FET and breastfeeding? I have my 1st child from IVF and still breastfeeding. I am considering a FET but wasn't sure on the recommendations on breastfeeding and if i need to stop before hand. I've read a few different things on good old Google. I'd love to hear anyones experienc...

Pumping while baby wants to be held

Hi all, Baby girl made her arrival on 10th November and I'm starting to feel so lost already on my breastfeeding journey. I breastfed my first for 3 years and she's now 6. I was super excited this time round to do it all over again but it's proving so much more difficult than before and so much more painful. It's n...

I am attempting to hand express colostrum for my LO but once the milk comes in I plan to stop as I had a terrible experience with my 1st and breastfeeding. I am struggling to get the colostrum. It took me 2 hours to get 0.7ml!! I am shattered. Does anyone know if I can use my pump to help stimulate my breasts for th...

I just tried to give my baby some of my defrosted breastmilk for the first time yesterday and she threw a fit and wouldn't eat anything else I offered her for hours despite being hungry. I tried again this morning thinking it might have been timing and same thing. She doesn't seem to like the defrosted milk. But idk...

Hi! is everyone on here pre buying or waiting till baby is here to buy a breast pump? They are just so expensive and if for whatever reason i don’t get on with breastfeeding or i can’t produce it’s quite a bit of money to lose 🙈 i would like to have everything prepared before she is here but also have been advised…

So my baby’s just got his first tooth and omg he keeps chomping down on me and it’s like a needle. He also screams like mental until he can simultaneously grab my other nipple whilst he’s feeding and pull / yank / squeeze it the whole time he’s feeding. I try cover it up but he just pulls off whatever is on it to ...

My baby is 11 weeks old and EBF. We’re trying to get her to start taking a bottle so my husband can help out with some of the feeding but we’re really struggling to get her to take it! She seems to get frustrated when trying to latch onto the bottle then just gets really upset when she can’t. Does anyone have tips o...