Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

My right breast is sore and feels swollen underneath the breast. It feels like a giant lump. What should I do? I don’t feel unwell.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a portable bottle warmer? I’m exclusively pumping so need something to warm my little ones bottles up when we’re out and about.

My son has recently turned 1 and I think I am ready to stop breastfeeding.. he is constantly on me in the night and I’m ready to get back some sleep. I’d also like to stop before we go away end of May but I just wanted to see if anyone had any advice on how they transitioned to the bottle only? Some people do it so ...

If you are planning to pump what breast pumps are you buying/used before? I’m swaying towards Momcozy M5 but keen to hear peoples experiences or thoughts ☺️

Hello, my little girl is exclusively breastfed. I am having to attend a funeral in just over 3 weeks time and trying my best to not take my little girl with me and leave her with someone for a few hours but she won't take a bottle. Has anyone got any tips at all or what helped them? Otherwise I will be unable to att...

My 8 month old baby still only eats maybe half a spoonful of solids, one spoonful at best. She'll start nursery when she's 11 months old and I'm really worried. She's exclusively breastfed and still feeds about once an hour. She refuses bottles and she can drink from a sippy cup but will only do so if it's water no...

What are you ladies doing with regard to drinking? Im more intrigued than anything else as there seems to be very little actual scientific conclusion on this. I felt comfortable with one or two drinks and still feeding but the first couple times I did this he was really colicky the next day so I’ve just not been dri...

Anyone have relief for clogging milk ducts? I’m taking sunflower lectin round the clock with ibuprofen and still get clogged 2x a week. i EBF on demand and i don’t know how to prevent clogs!

Any mamas out there who pumps nights? How do you do it? Do you pump after bf your LO? How many times do you pump overall? 1 or 2 times to keep your supplies and not get engorged by morning? I heard if you keep getting engorged by morning and not pump nights you’ll loose your milk supply?

I have been breast feeding for 3 months now. I was pumping the first month and a half, then strictly latching on and one bottle of formula at night. When my baby is latched on, he feeds until hes full and falls asleep. I started pumping again and I’m barely getting milk. Right boob used to pump 4 oz, and the left b...

My breastmilk has just started to come in and the engorgement is so painful🫠 I feel as if I have 2 footballs on my chest. Did anyone else feel like this? And does it go away? Any top tips to help with the fullness? Xx

My 10 week old has currently been asleep for the last 8.5 hours, which is lovely because we’d been having a bit of a regression lately. The only problem is that I have been up since 4am with hard af boobs, and have been terrified of getting a blocked duct (happened once before, worst time of my life). So now I’ve cr...

Any tips for seriously engorged boobs. I am not breast feeding anymore. They are so rock hard, painful, huge and leaking. One midwife said just leave them well alone. Another said express a small amount off? I am in agony with them, day 4 postpartum

I have a clogged duct and need tips/advice! This is painful, and I really don’t want to get mastitis. Almost half of my breast feels rock hard due to the clog that started yesterday. So far I’ve used an ice pack, taken sunflower lecithin, ibuprofen, and tried massaging it. Is there anything else I can do?

Does anyone know of any good wearable pumps? I use the mommed ones atm but the battery is awful! Does anyone know of any good ones that have good battery life and something that’s isn’t so loud? X

I have been transitioning my baby from taking a combination of nursing & expressed breastmilk bottles to totally nursing. She always had a good latch but is a poor sucker when sleepy. Given her poor sucking i always worry and doubt if she is getting enough or not while nursing.I have good supply but everytime i meas...

My baby is almost 8 weeks old and is still too sleepy to nurse and empty my milk. This has caused my milk supply to drop. She only has an ounce and a half from me. I then have to pump and bottle feed. I’m exhausted. Did anyone’s baby do this? What worked? I’ve tried everything to keep her awake- wet wipes on body, c...

Anyone wean off Breastmilk or formula before 12 months? My baby is 10.5 months, literally 32 days until she’s 1 year old. She is teething pretty bad and started biting my nipple. She was already losing interest in nursing before this because she loves her real food. She eats 3 large meals a day with snacks. Loves w...

Who else is struggling to pump like I just dread pumping and sometimes it stressful cause right when I put the pumps on my baby wants to be held😭😭😭 I had to start giving some formula because I’m not pumping/ making enough milk and I feel so bad but I hate it so much and my nipples hurt so bad. Also idk how people…

I need all of the tips please! I managed to cut her right down just before I went back to work last November. But now she wants it whenever she’s hungry, tired, falls over, gets upset, if she’s poorly or when I come back from being out (could be 1 hour could be 8 it’s always the same). For my mental health we nee...