Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

If you are someone who says you couldn't make enough milk, or didn't have any milk, what do you actually mean by this? Please choose the closest answer, or even leave the actual reason in comments. I know sometimes it's also friends or family being discouraging by saying that baby feeds too much or wouldn't it be ...

I’m hoping to breastfeed but wondering if I need to pack some pre-made bottles of milk in case that doesn’t go to plan or will Pinderfields have some for situations like mine?

Even if you give up, whether you plan to try at all. You can or not give reasons in the comments.

For those that started introducing whole milk to their babies what milk are you giving them? Is there a specific brand or something that’s best for them ?

My son is 17 months and is still really reliant on breastfeeding. I am Desperate to stop but I don’t know how! He’s never had formula so we have never really used bottles that regularly, only with expressed breast milk and I don’t want to start pumping again. He wants boob at bedtime, overnight and in the morning. H...

anyone else having this issue? my nipples leak so so much colostrum, but any time i’ve tried to express, manually or with a pump, my boobs just don’t want to work with me, and nothing comes out ):

How many times do you pump per day, and is it enough or do you need to supplement? I've been pumping 8 times a day for the first month and just went down to 7 so I can sleep longer at night. So far my supply seems OK. 🤞

Little one is 14, nearly 15 weeks and I don’t feel like she eats enough daily. She averages between 600-700ml of breast milk in 24 hours and I try to feed more often but she doesn’t take it. Averaging between 20-25oz a day. She doesn’t sleep great and wakes every 2 hours for a feed or to resettle but yeah wanted to ...

I have a 7 week old and I’m curious how long you breastfeed for each session. I tend to have him on one breast for 15-20 minutes and then the other side for 10-15 minutes but sometimes he will come off himself a lot sooner. I can’t wait until he gets efficient at drinking and it takes a lot less (if that ever happens).

Anyone else's BF baby biting their nipples? It's so sharp and I don't know how to stop her.

Anyone else expressing or pumping for colostrum at or after 37 weeks? How is it going? Considering buying some colostrum collection syringes today.

My little one is six months old. I’m exclusively breast feeding but having cramps like my period might be coming - have any EBF mummas had their period come back?

Hey, I’m back at work and expressing milk to give to my daughter in a bottle. She’s refusing and won’t drink any milk at all from a bottle. I work 12 hours shifts, any tips to help me get her to take a bottle 😭.

Does anyone have any recommendations for nursing bras for bigger boobed girls? I’m naturally a 36G and now my milk has come in I didn’t expect them to get so much bigger! I have bought primark and momcozy and all sorts 😩

My little girl still has a bottle of milk before bed (whilst she’s in bed). The health visitor has said I need to stop this. Does anyone have any advice or tips to stop this? X

I have one of these Tommee Tippee insulated bottle bags and I know refrigerated breast milk is good out of the fridge for a couple of hours, but can they be in these bags for longer? I’ve read that milk can be in cool bags with ice packs for up to 24 hours, but what about without ice packs? Generally, I breast fee...

I went to a church playgroup for the first time today, and out of 15 mums I was the only one BF, I started feeding my boy and one of the mums chimed up that BF mums constantly “show off” they all chirped up with snide remarks, one of them asking if I thought I was better than them for not bottle feeding. The whole o...

Does anyone have this pump? Is it any good?

Baby is combination fed but mostly breastfed. I’ve been told I have a low supply and to be honest I realised this myself before considering baby wasn’t very content after feeds. I just wanted to know if anyone had the same and managed to increase their supply and could provide any tips or advice please? How did you ...

I’ve seen loads of posts similar to this but can’t find them now I want to read the recommendations🙄😂 Does anyone have any recommendations of breast pumps? Ideally hands free and non invasive, it’s the last thing I need for baby and really want to make sure I’m getting a decent one!