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Best pumping and nursing bra

2nd time mom and looking for a bra that can be used to nurse and for pumping. Thank for the recommendation in advance

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Breast milk supply decreasing

Hi, my LO has a preference for the bottle i think. He don’t want to be breast fed for long, sometimes screams soon as i bring the nipple close to him. At night he would feed well. I found pumping really hard so hadn’t been pumping for a while and now my breast milk is reducing. If i start pumping again, is it possi...

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Weaning off Breastfeeding

Hey Mamas, I just wanted to ask for some tips for weaning my daughter off breastfeeding. She is nearly 3 and is still obsessed 🫠 I am proud of how far we have come and will miss it so much but I think it’s finally time.. My daughter has always fed to sleep and still has a couple random feeds throughout the day at…

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But why lol

Why is my 5 month old making noises (moans/groans/etc.) while trying to breastfeed??

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Throwing up

My baby is exclusively breastfed 27 days old is throwing up a lot after feeds any advice I’m worried

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Period returned while breastfeeding

This is my second time round, I breastfed my first til 21m, but I dont recall getting my period back so early - baby is 11m old and still feeding heavily. It's also a bit of a gnarly period! 🫣 Have you started menstruating again while breastfeeding, and if so, how soon after the birth?

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EBF - how many times a day and transition to cows milk?

My little man will be 12 months of 14th Dec and has been EBF since birth - he took expressed milk from a bottle a handful of times when tiny but refused bottles every since and tbh didn’t really try too hard as I was happy (and lucky enough) to breastfeed. I’m in no rush to completely stop breastfeeding. How many ...

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Drinking milk in bottles

Are your 3 years olds still drinking milk in their bottles? I’m not sure when to take this away. Obviously she drinks any other liquid from a cup but mornings and night times she drinks from a bottle.

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How many time do you pump a day ?

Does any exclusively pumping moms actually pump 8-10 times a day? I’m 8 weeks pp and I have not been able to make it past 6 times any day. My baby is super clingy so I can’t put her down for anything or she’ll start crying. I’m starting to lose my supply because of that unfortunately

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Help

Looking for some advice, as feel like I’m failing! I’m EBF my 2 week old girl, initially she struggled with latching in hospital but once we got home everything seemed to resolve itself and she was feeding well. 2 weeks on and we seem to have gone backwards, she’s getting the breast and nipple into her mouth and j...

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Colostrum harvesting 👩‍🌾

For anyone who’s successfully managed to collect enough to fill a syringe - how long did it take before you could produce more than a drop or two? I tried for the first time tonight but only managed to get a couple of drops from each nipple!

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Breast milk Jewellery? 🥛

My husband has bought me a beautiful ring with small diamonds and sections made from my breast milk. I love it. I had a really difficult start to breast feeding. He’s ordered it because he said he’s so proud of me for getting to almost a year and still breast feeding. However, I’m concerned and a little nervous ab...

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Tumble dryer recommendation

Can you recommend a heat pump tumble dryer? I'm looking for something max £600 ,for 8 or 9kg load. I usually like Beko and AEG appliances. I will use it regularly mostly for kids clothes. Any good with anti crease? Thanks

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Advice needed please

I gave birth to my second child yesterday and just looking for some advice and support with regards to breastfeeding please! I breastfed my first baby for six months no problem and I am hoping to do the same this time if not longer. This time baby has latched so so well straight away - however, I had a postpartum ...

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Exclusively breastfed baby - Occasional formula feed?

Hi, My baby is 6 months old. She has been exclusively breastfed so far but I struggle to pump milk and was wondering if it would be fine to give her occasionally formula - when she stays with my partner and I go to a doctor appointment, or a keep in touch day for work, etc

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Are you still exclusively breastfeeding?

Just wondering how many are still exclusively breastfeeding as I saw a stat that suggests only 1% of U.K. babies are exclusively breastfed at 6 months but it was an old study so wondering what that looks like in this group :)!

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Too much milk and sick?

I understand that you can’t over feed a breastfed baby but my 9 week old has been at the boob a lot in the last 2 hours and during last feed was sick (not spit up, probably at least an egg cup full). She was totally fine and happy after but can only assume she’s eaten too much in a short space of time and it had now...

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Stopping pumping

Hi all Baby is 3 months and I’ve decided to start weaning off pumping. I cut down to 4 a day and my supply maintained, then to 3 a day and I’ve seen a slight dip but still giving baby same amount daily. However, the milk from the 3 pumps a day looks a lot more watery / less fatty, from the past 2/3 days - is thi...

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Pumping to freeze

Hi!! I don’t know if anyone is in similar situation. I’m EBF but would like to make some stock for when my baby goes to nursery in March! I did pump in July/august but then no more, I’m gonna use that milk because shouldn’t be frozen for more than 3/6months. Now I tried pumping but I did like 5 ml after 15 minutes i...

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Stopping breastfeeding

Every day I wonder if baby would be better off if I switched to formula, it still stresses me out that I don't know how much he's getting from the boob - he is putting on weight, plenty of nappies, but I just think it would be a bit easier if he was formula fed, routine would be easier and I'm sure he'd wake up less...

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