Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Hey! I’m 32 weeks tomorrow, and have just collected 0.2ml of colostrum after holding my 13 week old niece 🤣 she must have confused my brain into thinking we’d had a baby already! Boobs felt a bit achy and I checked and there was some wetness. Anyway, does anyone know of any research into the chances of collecting…

Hey, just looking for advice and some positive thoughts I guess.. I really wanted to breastfeed but I feel I'm hitting every possible hurdle in the way which is making me feel very disappointed and sad. I sometimes feel that I should just call it a day.. So I had an emergency C-section at 39 weeks following failed ...

Are people still doing milk first? Or food first in some cases? X

Hi, I am planning on breast feeding and don’t know what brand of breast pump to get. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)

I wanted to see if anyone else shared this experience as it's been playing on my mind for a while now. I started out really wanting to breastfeed and did manage it to some degree for six weeks. During that time, the NHS gave me so much support. I borrowed a pump from the hospital when it became apparent I wasn't p...

Can anyone post a link to the syringes they have purchased and also how is everyone storing the colostrum until baby gets here?

So I was scrolling on TikTok the other day and saw an American talking about how she sells her breast milk. I just wondered does anyone in the UK do this? Apparently body builders have started buying it at like £2 an ounce If you sell it where do you find your buyers because I wouldn’t mind doing this for some mon...

I’m 16weeks tomorrow and planning on breastfeeding. I didn’t do this with my first child and definitely regret not trying so I want to try with my second. However, I’m confused about the pumping like do you have to pump while breastfeeding?🤷🏻‍♀️ and It sounds awful but I don’t want to breastfeed for long I was…

If my baby doesn't finish his little bottle of breast milk. Is it best to dump it even though it's like gold dust because I don't make much anyway

My partner and I are discussing when to start trying for baby 2. Our first is currently 2 months old. I am thinking to start trying when our first is around 6 months old. Initially I was against the idea of having 2 under 2 as I really struggled with my first pregnancy and am worried I won’t be able to cope with a...

So I had all these amazing plans to start baby led weaning. I was so excited and nervous and just ready to start. And I can’t. We had an appointment for my sons reflux and a swallow study and he can’t effectively swallow or cough when he needs to so it isn’t safe to start him on ‘real people food’ we can start with ...

Over the past 10 days I have started introducing foods to my 6mo. All vegetables to start with. I want to now start offering porridge in the morning and then continue with exploring the veg etc midday. I currently exclusively breastfeed I have 2 questions. 1- do I buy the baby specific porridge from, for example, ...

My 6 month old has always been the same she will not take a bottle even from me unless we are at home. Having anyone sat with me even at home means that she will fight it. Going out in public she will refuse the bottle also. She will split the bottle out/arch her back/ wiggle etc but as soon as we go home and we ar...

Hey 👋 does anyone drink 1 or 2 alcoholic beverages whilst breastfeeding? I'm 3 months pp and really fancy a drink but my baby is pretty attached to my breast at the moment so I don't always know when her next feed will be, she's gone from every 2-3 hours to now every hour at times lol... I've heard so many…

My baby is breastfeeding with nipple shield but he takes ages and keeps falling asleep He’s latched a few times directly but I really want to train him so that I can easily feed him whenever he needs Have any of you had success with this? My baby is 7 weeks old so I want to be patient

May be silly but... I'm always scared to pump while the baby is asleep and then I might not have enough milk to feed her ... I have this feeling as my breasts feel "empty" after pumping or feeding baby...

hey guys! just looking for some advice really. i’m currently pregnancy with baby no.2 and im hoping to potentially breastfeed this one. i decided against breastfeeding with my first as i was too scared and heard lots of horror stories but im hoping to try it this time! can anyone please give me some advice as i have...

Is there any way to increase milk production? My lo is 3 weeks now and I pump every one to two hours all day, as well as putting baby to breast and I maybe get 2 oz on a good day. The lactation consultant says I'm doing everything right but I feel like I'm missing something. Any of you wonderful people have any ideas?

Hey girls! What do you recommend to up my milk supply?

I don’t know if I should get MomCozy or Evie? Is there more? Double or single? Please advice! First time mum 😫