Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I recently went back to work full time and have been giving my 8 month old baby the bottle while he’s at daycare and he’s started refusing the breast at nighttime. Sometimes he latches for a few seconds and then pulls off or he just bites my nipple or plays with it. Can I get him interested in it again?

Hi, I naturally have an oversupply and even though I have dropped my pumping sections to every 5 hrs now, milk production hasn’t dropped, it seems to have increased. People tell me not to pump til’ empty but if I don’t I will have to deal w/ engorgement and clogged ducks. How did you wean down if you had an oversupply?

I am in agony from breastfeeding (day 11). My nipples are cracked and bleeding, latching feels like I'm being stabbed and my mental health is taking a massive hit because of it. I desperately want baby to have breast milk but I equally don't pump enough for a feed😭 I feel so hopeless and cry constantly which is…

My little one has been at nursery for three weeks now. I work three days a week. She can eat nothing all day and refuse to drink the milk I send in. This really worries me as she’s not eating for 9 hours. When I pick her up she breastfeeds really well and then makes it up by breastfeeding a lot in the evening and ov...

When I latch my baby on one boob the other one leaks but when I pump it is not even 1 oz, why leak but not even have barely anything ?

If i leave my breastmilk on the side for 4hrs can i then put it in fridge/freeze it and if i have pumped milk in fridge for 4 days is it then ok to freeze???

Hey moms! I exclusively pump my breast milk as my son sadly never latched, he’s only 6 weeks, but I’ve noticed the last two weeks my nipples will randomly feel like they are on FIRE, and then milk comes pouring out. Is that normal? Lol it hurts a lot especially if I’m not wearing a bra and they are touching my shirt...

Anyone know any ways to make hand expressing feel less like a chore? I can't use my pump fur to the fact I only get 1 Oz with both combined but when I hand express I get 5 to 6 oz combined. Also need any tips on increasing supply. I am 2 weeks postpartum but would like to build my stash.

After 2 years and 11 months, my breastfeeding journey is finally over!! What a beautiful journey it was, but ya'll... I am ecstatic to be done 🤗🥳

What nipple cream foes everyone use for sore nipples

We had to start our baby on a bottle way earlier then we would’ve liked because she was in the Nicu initially, and it was a lot of work to get her to latch well but we did it!! … Then recently we’ve been using bottles more as I have started working a bit, and now she has been crying at the breast for the last day or...

So I have always had very small boobs - 32/4A cup - but since stopping breastfeeding two months ago I swear they have shrunk to even smaller than they were before pregnancy and I absolutely hate how they look, feel like a child. Anyone else had this? Does it get better again somehow?! Presumably nothing I can do (ex...

Just don’t know if it’s just me my baby turned 6 months had a HV appointment about going to food and she said how breastfeeding will reduce and supply will slow down. Is it normal that it’s just hit me that my breastfeeding is going to reduce and I just feel really emotional about it. I don’t want to loose this bond...

Do you all wait to feed baby when he/she cries or do you figure out when it’s been 2/3 hrs?

My little boy is 8.5 months and has 7 very sharp teeth. We are still breastfeeding as he won’t take a bottle and he’s chomping down at almost every feed, to the point I have very sore ulcers on my nipples 😂 Does anyone have any recommendations for this or for anything which may help with the pain? We’re trying to…

Hi, just wondering when everyone got their milk coming through, I’m almost 28 week pregnant and my milks just started leaking. Is that normal? Or is it early? Thanks in advance x

Is it safe to breastfeed new born baby when mother is having fever

Has anyone successfully got out of this human dummy stage? The last few days and nights my little boy has just been screaming and screaming until he’s on the boob, and then won’t feed he’ll just hold it in his mouth and suck every so often. He uses it to go to sleep but then when he falls asleep and doesn’t have it ...

Hey, can someone tell me why this eve when I’ve tried to pump I can’t? I normally do this every evening around the same time and can’t understand why nothings coming out 😅 & has anyone introduced formula to there baby as well as breast milk/expressed milk? What’s your experience of this please if so

Hi My baby boy is 5 1/2 months, so I’m going to start weaning him. This may sound like a silly question but do I still give him his milk as normal? I have bought Ella’s Kitchen pouches to begin with. He has 8oz every 4 / 5 hours. Do I give him his milk like normal and give him the pouches or do I miss a bottle ...