Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I would love another baby and to be pregnant again, but I have a 6 week old and am breastfeeding. How long did it take all you breastfeeding mothers to get your periods back?

Advice very very welcomed. I think we’ve finally come to the end of our breast feeding journey.. as much as I’ve loved it my son has become increasingly boob obsessed (at times impacting his eating and appetite) and clawing at my top/chest which I’m finally just done with. I just don’t know where to start! I hate ...

Hey, What are people doing with any colostrum they harvested & froze? Conscious of it being 6 months nearly...

Hi. I'm a new twin mum. I breastfeed one baby at the time whilst we are still adjusting to everything 1 week after the birth. I'd love to breastfeed them both at the same time in the future to save time, especially at night. But not sure how the burping part works when I'm on my own with two fed babies. Any advice? X

My little one turned 1 last week and we’ve started to transition to cows milk from being EBF, I’ve dropped 1 feed a day to introduce cows milks in place of this but she seems to hate cows milk!! I’ve tried all different types of bottles/cups to see if that helped but it’s definitely more to do with taste. She starts...

Hello! I guess this is actually more than one question from a mama who is a bit stuck on what I should be doing right now. My little girl is one at the end of February and I have pretty much always exclusively breastfed, apart from at the beginning when she was first born and I needed to top her up with pumped m...

I am having my waters broken tomorrow morning 🤞🏻, I’ve just got home and had the thought in my head, what do I do about taking some colostrum. Did anyone take any of their frozen stash with them, or did you just express after birth?

Due to a 3 day long labour, being left with broken waters and eventual emergency c-section with general anaesthetic, I didn’t get off to the start I wanted with breast feeding and baby hasn’t been willing to latch since day 2. I’ve been expressing to ensure my milk came through and to build up a supply, but the most...

Hi all, I have an 8 week old who has started to cry towards the end of her feed. I have a fast let down and she usually fusses a bit at the start of the feed and sometimes has a cough at the boob as well- this has been consistent from around week 4. But the crying towards the end of feed is new. I take her off to ...

Does anyone know if legally your employer has to allow breaks for you to express?

So this post is abit TMI, but I didn’t want to end up in a Google hole! My partner and I were intimate last night and during which there was some boob feeling and I milked for the first time😭😂😂 this is my first pregnancy and first sight of any milk coming out. Question is, now that has happened is it more likely…

I'm so engorged 😭😭😭 Any tips on relief or how to dry these boobs up? They are so painful!! My midwife said a hot shower but online advice says no hot water so I'm very confused 😂😂 First time since January 2022 my boobs will be in a non pregnant state so very ready for the relief!!

Considering buying this pump. Has anyone used it and would recommend?

Has anybody had gone through the same? I stopped breastfeeding at 6 months, then at 8 months I got my period and it went away 6 days later. I didn’t have bleeding for a whole week and then today I got it back. No spotting, real and regular period blood. Doesn’t fill up a whole tampon but it does fill it half way. I ...

My baby is 10 weeks old exclusively breastfed, I’ve tried to give her a dummy on a three different occasions now and every time after she’s had it for a couple mins the next time we feed it’s like she doesn’t latch as strong and comes on and off my boob. I think her having one would be so helpful and she does like i...

I'm really frustrated because my daughter is 13.5 months and I i stopped pumping when she was 8 months when i felt like i had enough of a stash to tide us through anything and i mentally just couldn't pump anymore. I have continued breastfeeding and i love it. My issue is that this is the second time my MIL has gott...

Wondering when you guys introduced bottles during breastfeeding? My daughter is a week old and has her check up tomorrow to check weight so i wanted to breastfeed exclusively untill then but the exhaustion is starting to kick in and my fiance would like to be able to feed baby as well!

We topped my 6 week old off with a bottle (breastmilk) last night and she has pretty much slept through (3am now and shes still asleep) She went on both breasts and then had 3oz as I was worried she wasn’t getting enough from me ( had blocked ducts 2 weeks ago so im paranoid now) Am I going to produce enough mil...

My breastmilk supply has significantly declined and I am not engorged anymore even if baby has not been on the boob all day.. I have been drinking a lot of water all day and eating a varied diet. Moreover, the colour of my breastmilk has changed from white to a more murkier colour. What can this mean? Anyone else ...

My twins were born at 32 weeks on Tuesday and our NICU has a lactation department that is helping me get started pumping for them. The goal was to pump at least 600 ml by day 7, double what they recommend for a Singleton. I just finished pumping for day 5 and hit 780ml!! I'm thrilled that it's working and just wante...