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How to get my fatty creamy breastmilk back?

I went to the pediatrician yesterday and was told my 8 weeks baby girl has not gained weight since her last visit. My baby is 100% breastfed. The pediatrician suggested it has to do with my breastmilk not giving her enough nutrients. No need to say that I was devastated. I exclusively pump then transfer milk to bott...

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Feeling like I’ve failed..

I’ve been so stressed and I think it’s finally caught up with me. I went from being a little bit of an over producer to a just enougher and since yesterday, my milk supply has drop drastically… I feel like I’ve failed my son. I literally don’t know what to do. He spits up formula worse than when spitting up my brea...

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Tongue tie

Hey, my little one is 4 weeks old and has struggled with gas pain, reflux etc. I have been breast feeding and feeds have always taken over an hour (which I was told was normal!!). After seeing a lactation consultant they confirmed he is tongue tied. I am unsure whether to go ahead with cutting it - has anyone else h...

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Exclusively Breastfed babies

Does anyone have a feeding routine for their EBF babies? And how many hours do you have between feeds? I'm wondering if a routine is possible because I'm currently feeding on demand.

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Pumping routine

Hi! My little one is 7 weeks tomorrow and has been EBF since birth. I'm wanting to build up a stock of milk so my partner can start giving a feed. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on starting a pumping routine. At the moment I only really manage to pump once in a morning. Thank you x

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Baby doesn’t want formula

Since my girl has been born she has been slow to gain weight so I breastfeed and offer formula after every feed too. Sometimes she takes only 5ml of the formula, sometimes she has lots! Recently she’s been rejecting the formula completely. We finish on the breast and then when I put the teat in her mouth to offer ...

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Formula milk

My baby is 2 weeks old. Has anyone of you tried this? I’ve been breastfeeding her but the nights have been super hard as guilty as I’m I just want her to be well fed at night since breastfeeding or pumping is a whole task one eye open 😞

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poo

is this normal she’s one month old exclusively bf but been like this for a few days

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Breast implants and breast feeding

I’m wondering, if anyone has breast implants and is going to try breast feed? Sounds so silly, but can you even breast feed with implants? I’ve had my boobs done, and wondering if it will make any difference to my milk supply etc?

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Sleeping longer

So I'm exclusively breastfeeding and baby has steadily started to sleep for longer between feeds at night (one night up to 6.5 hours). This naturally causes havoc for my boobs so wanted to hear from other breastfeeding mums about how they've managed this change. Happy to have more uninterrupted sleep but the engorge...

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Uneven Breasts EBF

Hi y’all. I currently have a 3 month old who definitely prefers one breast over the other and it’s gotten to the point where my left breast is shriveled and makes probably an ounce of milk a day, while my right breast is 5 times the size it should be and makes all of the milk for my baby for the day. It is almost ...

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Pls Help tired mama lol

Help!! My child is 6 months and barely sleeps through the night! I’m to my wits end. Extremely exhausted. Nothing seems to work and I’m to the point where I’m discouraged and burnt out. My son is fully breastfed but I’ve been giving him oatmeal before bedtime to try to fill his stomach. We have a bedtime routine. He...

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Breastfeeding and waking lots

I'm EBF my 10 month old and she will not sleep longer than 3/4 hours at night. She goes to bed at 7.30pm wakes at 10.30pm, 1.30am, 4am, 5.30am then gets up at 7.30am. She is eating solids throughout the day. Can anyone help with ideas on how to get her to sleep for longer. I'm exhausted

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What’s the best way to increase my milk supply

I used to over produce then my supply tanked

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Supply drop during period

My little boy has just turned four months and last month I got my period back. I noticed last month that I felt like I had a bit less milk than normal but this was nothing major. This month I honestly feel like I have no milk, my little boy is getting so frustrated and is clearly hungry (hitting at the boob, throwin...

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What would you do?

My baby is 4.5 months old. I pump once a day (at night) and leave my pump parts in the basin over night and clean and sterilize the next day. Last night I pumped and put the pieces in warm water without soap and just let them soak all night/ day. When I got home, my husband had sterilized everything. However, he inf...

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