Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I’m going in for my c-section Friday, just wondering how much colostrum you would suggest taking with you, I have got 43ml in the freezer but don’t know if I need to take it all or if I should get more I forgot to take any with my first so defo wanna take some, but not sure how much

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a dilemma of my own making and wanted your thoughts. I'm breastfeeding my baby and feel strongly about being able to do this openly and not covering up with a muslin (I'm wearing nursing clothes to do it so you can't see much anyway). I have a friend coming over soon who needs her husba...

Hi there, so here is my scenario: I don't plan on breastfeeding for personal reasons, however, I'm interested in harvesting colostrum before birth to give to baby when they are born, before moving onto formula. Does anyone have experience of this/know how this would work practically?

Has anyone else found their knickers aren't fitting? I expected to need bigger bras but not bottoms 😂 currently debating whether to stick with my usual or go for some granny pants 😂 all of my lace type ones are causing a bit of irritation too

My daughter will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and cluster feeds so much at night. She will want to be on the breast for 2+ hours every night and will freak out if she isn’t getting the breast. My husband tries to take her, but she will cry and root for the breast. What can I do to get her to do this for shorter amounts o...

Hi girls, I have an 11 day old beautiful baby girl and I am finding it soo hard to feed her! Really want to breast feed however she just doesn’t latch and if she does it doesn’t seem as though she is getting enough milk! So we are having to top up with formula! Any one else having the same problem and if so what can...

I am 2 months PP and have been exclusively breastfeeding the whole time. Bleeding stopped around third week but now I just wiped and I have light bleeding. Am I misinformed about not getting a period while breastfeeding? Could this be my period?

This is my second pregnancy, and with my first (2023 baby) my boobs were leaking so much throughout pregnancy. Towards the end, there was so much milk leakage! I breastfed my son for 10 months. This time, no leaking yet at 30 weeks. I was definitely leaking before this last time. I’m worried this is an indication ...

Am still breastfeeding but have been swapping a couple of feeds to formula and upping her solids but still no period. She’s now 10 months old

Anyone else still not got there period back yet? I am exclusively breastfeeding baby boy. He will be 5 months next week.

hi is anyone’s 19 month still breast feeding and bed sharing , I’m a single mom so he sleeps with Me and he only breast feeds in the morning bf work and at night bf bed . Thanks in advance

Hello! Wondering if anyone else has experienced this and how you handled it. We’ve been ebf since birth with the exception of a nighttime bottle of expressed milk (or formula if I haven’t remembered to pump) so dad can help. The past couple of days my daughter has been popping off the breast during feedings, so not ...

Im only 7 days post partum and I pumped around 7am this morning and I got 2oz, I just pumped and got 1oz. In total just today from this morning 3oz is what I pumped outside of feeding my son. Am I over producing?

Anyone ever feel like their baby is shredding their nips and belly with constant sucking and scratching? Omg just had the worst night.

My boobs have become huge and I’m only just over 6 weeks pregnant!! I’m not sure when I need to get a different bra if they just keep on growing?

Anyone can advice on a bf friendly pacifier? Baby is 5 months and half and I’d like to introduce him to one to have a few hours a day but scared it will mess up the breastfeeding latching game.

Baby girl is 8 weeks old and she’s recently started refusing to latch to the bottle like she use to. After about an ounce of milk she’s pushing the teat out and won’t take no more. In the last 12-14 hours, she’s only taken about 6 ounces of milk? She’s a little unsettled but nothing major - she took an ounce and...

hey , my boobs seem to have gotten a lot bigger all of a sudden I’m only 14 weeks has anyone else had this?🫣 Also how do I go about getting a bigger bra did you just get the next size up from what you normally wear?😳

Is anyone breastfeeding and still getting really irregular periods? Mine vary from 27 days to about 40!! She does feed relatively often still, but thought that they’d have settled abit!

I ebf however I return to work in January and will need my partner to feed our LO whilst I’m at work. I’ve tried expressing using the Medela Harmony manual pump but had no luck. Can anyone who struggled to get into expressing but is now successful recommend a pump?