Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

How much coffee are the breastfeeding mommas consuming?

So quick question, my little girls 10months now and I’ve read nhs website that she should be having 3 milks feeds per day but then I read another site that contradicts this. What’s people doing at the moment for their little ones? Just so I have an idea of where to go from here I just want to make sure she’s having ...

Hello ladies, what hands free breast pumps are you going for/would recommend? I’m keeping my eye out for Black Friday sales so wanted some research/recommendations in advance 😊

Seems a shame to waste it

There’s no lump or redness which makes me think it’s not mastitis/blocked milk duct. It’s just soreness and aches in one area of my breast

So my boss brought a piece of rum cake from his trip to the Caribbean and everyone at work had a slice. Not even thinking I took a very small piece. You can definitely taste the rum but idk exactly how much it was. But I would assume it's equivalent to a few sips?? My question is with pumping. If I wait 2 hours to p...

Ladies, and friends with breasts! I am pumping every 3 hours, and my boobs are SORE, like to the touch, the nipple and areola are so sore you could drag a cloth across it and I would wince, i don’t have cracked or bleeding nipples, I used the correct flange size for my pump, but my breasts are just painful and soree...

Breast is so heavy/sore with a particular area really painful. Anyone know how to relieve this? Massage/feeding isn’t providing much relief 😩

My 7 month old has started to pinch, scratch and pull at my skin when feeding (breast). Is there a way to stop this? I can stop one of her hands by holding it but the other I can't. Makes me wince every time 😅

When does colestrum start to form I’m 36 weeks and I’m reading about people getting it in the second trimester. My boobs don’t feel sore and haven’t changed size so I’m getting worried I won’t produce anything. Is this genetic as my mother couldn’t produce breast milk……I’d love to breast feed but FTM here and I’ve a...

Probably a silly question but, if colostrum only comes out in a few drops per feed (rather than a teaspoon per feed). What do you do?

I'm trying to find some real gold jewelry because I can't wear fake jewelry. If you don't like breast milk keepsakes just please keep the comments to yourself.

Has anyone introduced their baby onto soya milk yet? We can’t do cows milk due to CMPA. Won’t be doing the milk ladder until we’ve had other allergies confirmed

Ny 4month old has gotten bigger and doesn't like being fed in the lap anymore..I've tried to feed while he is laying next to me and it has worked better but he still struggles and often doesn't latch well or for long enough. I'm wondering if anyone can help me find some positions that have worked better for when the...

Do you guys like when your partner sucks on your nipples? I’ve never really liked it pre-pregnancy mostly because my nipples are too sensitive and the sensations move beyond pleasure to just intense sensations. My partner likes to do this for foreplay and when I told him to stop, he said “I really need to find anoth...

Hi mums, I could really use your help rn. So I stopped breastfeeding my little , firstly in the day time, then the first feeding before sleep and for the last two nights I didn’t breastfeed her at all. I didn’t have much milk anyway but from today my boobs feel hard and with a little bit of pain. I put ice and I did...

Baby is coming up 5 months and although breastfeeding is going very well, I do want to introduce a bottle of expressed milk to allow me a little more freedom now and then. Currently been trying Mam bottles with a size 0 test but baby straight up refuses and screams when I put the teatime in her mouth. I can barely g...

HV said to put the vit d drops on my nipple as EBF. I assume it's the same to start dropping it onto a dummy instead as I'm always ruining clothes otherwise!

Does anybody have tips for pumping? My baby has been EBF for 5 months and absolutely refused a bottle. He’s recently started to take a bottle so I want to pump instead of use formula but I can’t get anything out when I pump? I’ve tried a manual and electric, nothing happens. My baby is on the 99th centile and happy ...

We're at day 5 and I'm afraid our breastfeeding journey is already ending 😔😔 My nipples are cracked and one has started to bleed... I've kept offering my baby the breast as much as possible since birth, but it seems that my colostrum was basically inexistent. She stayed in the breast literally for hours the first…