Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

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...

How many 1ml syringes should I fill before birth? What’s the minimum I would need to do?

Anyone else been there? It’s so confusing as to when I can take them and when I can’t. Did any of you wake up in the middle of the night to take them?

Hey ladies , just wondering what everyone has for there breast pumps or recommends? I don’t want to buy overly expensive one. I’m first time mum and have no idea on these things :) thanks in advance!

Can anyone who breast fed and expressed help please?! I’m expecting my second baby in feb and am hoping to breast fed with the occasional expressed bottle too, can anyone who’s done this recommend what bottles to use? I used MAM bottles with my first but Iv heard NUK are really good and the teats are like nipples? I...

She has suddenly stopped wanting her milk today. She has been offered 28oz and has only had 11oz. I do think she’s teething but surely she should want more than this? She’s not ill or anything, perfectly happy in herself.

Little boy is a month old and for the last few days has been SUPER fussy when breastfeeding. He’s currently breastfed with some formula top ups as needed. When I say fussy I mean; latches, then pulls away (trying to see how far my nipples can stretch!!) bobs his head around, clamps his gums down on my nipple, crie...

Can anyone give me a little bit of info with regard to feeding baby expressed breast milk. Little one is 5 months and has been EBF but I have recently introduced a bottle of expressed milk once a day. How many ounces/ml’s should I be offering and how often? Whilst we’ve been getting used to the bottle I’ve just be...

How long does you baby feed for if EBF my little one only feeds for a few minutes and just seems like it’s not long enough but he’s content and having wees and poos anyone else’s baby feed for a short time? He’s only 3 half weeks

I have almost 150oz of breast milk that’s about to go past 6 months in my freezer and I don’t know what to do with it? My boy refuses to drink it even mixed with fresh milk so I’m a bit stuck. Have already made bars of soap and been using in bath but there’s so much 😂🥲 also would like to get space back in my…

I usually breastfeed but my baby seems like he's not getting enough so I tried to pump to see if I could get anything out and I only got an oz. I don't usually pump so I'm not sure what's a normal amount. That seems pretty low for a 10 month old.

how do i make it less painful 😭😭 my baby’s a few days old and it hurts so much

Can someone recommend best nursing bra?

Have this awful pain in my Boob and if reminds me of when I had a blocked duct when feeding my last child. Only 35 weeks. How can I relieve it? 😬 was under the impression you can't pump/hand express this early but don't want to risk infection. Thx

Hey mamas, I wanted to ask everyone what your take is on combo feeding. I've been having a rough time (mentally) exclusively pumping for 8 months now. I was somewhat of an over supplier for awhile but now My supply is dipping fast, I've stopped using my Lansinoh hands free pumps and went back to using my zomee due t...