Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

My LG is 5 months old & EBF. I’m meant to be going back to work at the end of April but she won’t take a bottle at all (I’ve tried all brands & sippy cup/open) nothing works Last night my partner tried and she just cried herself to sleep, it’s just heart breaking to hear I’m at a real loss and don’t know what to...

Can anyone recommend an electric good one? I struggled to breast feed after 3 days with my first one and want to see with a pump if I’m able to produce the milk. Struggling with which to buy as they vary in price!!

I'm just after noticing my 9month old baby has a lump right behind her right nipple, has anyone's baby had this? She's not in pain with she laughs when I feel it

How's your period after the C-section? It's been 10 months, and I'm exclusively breastfeeding. I've already had one period about 2 months ago, but no sign of the next one... Is this normal?

Hi all! I am 10 days PP and have been struggling getting breast milk. After getting some colostrum right after birth, regular milk started coming out in small quantities (few ml) but not enough to feed baby fully on (e.g. baby would latch for a long time and then shows signs of hunger so we need to complement with f...

If you breastfeed but don’t feed to sleep for their last feed of the day… how do you do it? Do you feed before bathtime? We’re trying to improve little ones nighttime sleep and feeding to sleep very clearly does not help the situation! Thanks, from a very tired mama.

Any mamas out there with pcos, successfully breastfeeding?

currently beginning to collect colostrum and was just wondering how many syringes people are collecting before baby arrives, i currently have 8 1ml syringes in the freezer but didn’t know how many was needed! 🙂‍↔️

I’ve been EBF my 9 month old and it’s been lovely, there’s been ups and downs but overall lovely experience. I’m going back to work in June and need to wean her off as I think it’ll be too hard carry on and she also wakes up 3/4 times at night suckles and falls asleep. Another issue is she feeds to sleep so I know i...

I have nipple trauma on my right side (caused by combination of bad latch and cluster feeding). It got to the point where I was crying with pain when feeding from that side. I am resting that side and only feeding from my left. I'm pumping/expressing from the right to keep my supply up but baby won't take the bottle...

Do you guys toss over leftover breastmilk after two hours if it hasn’t been used within that timeframe?

Hi ladies, are any of you still having irregular periods? I’ve never breastfed and I’ve had one period last about 3 weeks and then maybe a week later I’ll start another one, then I’ve had one be 10 days late😭 is this normal or should I be regular by now?

I exclusively breastfed for 9 months. Then introduced 1 formula and 1 bottle from my freezer per day for the last few weeks. We do the morning and evening breastfeed still. I obviously expected my supply to dry somewhat but now baby doesn’t seem satisfied especially during the evening feed. I wanted to give up at 11...

All of a sudden my baby only wants to feed from one side. Has anyone else had this problem? And how did u fix it?

Hi! I’m looking to hear your experiences from dropping from 4 to 3 pumps. Have you reduced duration first? Have you redistributed pumps to have more even gaps in between or just dropped one and left other 3 the same? Please share your experience. Thanks!

Who has pooped while breastfeeding?

My baby turns 1 next week. I'm wondering if I can stop breastfeeding in the day (offer cows milk in a sippy cup instead) and continue at nighttime? Will I still have milk? I wanted to stop gradually so I don't get engorged or uncomfortable. My baby has got two teeth and more are coming. I am very sore. She has mad...

Looking for most comfortable, I have a spectra 2 but it's not portable and struggling to use it enough for my second, with a toddler around. Thank you.

Anyone else mentally exhausted with breastfeeding? My LO is three weeks old and while he’s a good latcher, he’s a slow feeder (30+ mins) with a short wake window. This past week he’s been fussy with our sessions and it seems he doesn’t get a full feed and wakes up almost every hour after breastfeeding :( . I don’t t...

To those who are breastfeeding, how often do your babies feed? I feel like I’m feeding so often