Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

For those that do it do you warm your whole milk up? My son didn’t need it to be warm but he loved a straw cup. My gal is not into that idea atm and I’m worried she’ll get brain freeze and be put off entirely. Haha 🤪

Ever since baby started regular whole milk she has been super fussy. She doesn’t sleep well (never really has), but has gotten SO much worse. I’m losing my mind over here!! She cries all day everyday and is up 2-3x a night and up for the day at 5am. I’m a working mom of two and I’m struggling with this sleep depriva...

I’m wanting to give my EBF 4 month old a bottle of expressed milk from time to time so that her dad can feed her if I need to go out etc. Tried with a Mam (0 and 1) and a Tommee Tippee (1) but she just held them in her mouth before becoming upset. What are the best bottles for breastfed babies?

I’m finding it difficult to BF my second baby. my 22 month old is extremely clingy and gets mad when I BF/pump to the point where my milk supply is tanking and I supplement with formula . I don’t have anyone around to help me. But any ideas would be great.

Can you get pregnant while breastfeeding without your period coming back? My husband and I baby danced unprotected for the first time a couple days ago now I’m having like thick discharge like I did with my son

I’ve had a tough time with pumping (2nd time doing it, with the first I had no issues). Cracked nipples constantly no matter what I did. Over the last day or so, I finally had pain free pumping. Literally a couple of hours ago, I’ve had the feeling of let down but really strong intense and way more painful. It hasn’...

Can somebody give me all the advice possible for breastfeeding And pumping? I just had my fourth child a couple days ago and i've breastfed all of my kids, but I always end up giving up cause I don't know what i'm doing per say. I had my baby on Wednesday& started pumping last night. I'm only pumping when I feel lik...

My baby is a month old today and I have been pumping since he was born. I finally got my supply steady when he was 3 weeks old but a few days later I had to go to the hospital for my gallbladder so pumping was not happening because of some of the medicine and getting and when I got home I was so exhausted so my supp...

My LO is 12 weeks old and it currently feels like all I'm doing is feeding her. She's EBF and just had her vaccinations this week. Since then she's struggled to sleep and nap, struggling with pooping and gas and just wants to constantly be at the boob, wether it's feeding or just for comfort. Is this normal? It's be...

So I know it’s not possible to “overfeed” your baby but have any of you actually tried to? And were you successful in doing it? According to google my baby is in the 0 percentile for height and weight. 💀. For reference she’s gained almost 4 pounds since birth and she’s 10 weeks now. She was born small at full…

I had a premature baby who had to have formula at the beggining. I also expressed from the beggining. It was really important to the doctors to know how much we were giving him so I kept expressing/using formula. When he came out of hospital and i started trying to breastfeed we soon found that he was tongue tied. U...

Does anyone have any foods they eat whilst breastfeeding for energy? I feel completely empty today with 0 energy! Or any tips to not feel as dead 😂

I started harvesting colostrum at the beginning of the month and it appears I am quite the cow. I’ve got a LOT of syringes, which is great - planning to bring some to the hospital and leave some for emergencies in the next 6 months, etc. My question is - I think I can stop harvesting now in regard to having enough...

Are there any breastfeeding mums whose baby sleeps through or atleast does a few hours at a time? I need some hope as starting to feel like I’m the problem 😭 for reference my baby did sleep through until 14 weeks

Has anyone tried the my brest friend nursing pillow? I need to buy a nursing pillow but overwhelmed by the options, I just know that I want a cotton cover.

My LG is refusing her milk, she will eat solids happily today but is refusing all milk. Any advice?

I am on day 3 of not giving the boob, however at bedtime only I give her the boob because she’s not been taking the bottle at all , not taking formula tired many brands stuck to aptamal now. She won’t eat solids much much due to teething, still I keep trying old food and new food and BLW. I feel so gluity and wa...

Hi, can anyone recommend any good dribble bibs. Most of them seem to have a wide neck or soak through.

Oh my god, I don't know how much more of this I can take! Since my 7mth old started getting teeth he's always given me the odd bite. But recently he's teething again and is really chomping down with his 2 bottom teeth! I take booby away and say No that hurts mummy. He has teething toys and paracetemol when it's bad....

Anyone else not seeing any Colostrum? I’m 38 weeks and dry, trying to massage but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything.