Articles & Expert Guides on Breastfeeding

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Breastfeeding

Can You Take Ashwagandha While Breastfeeding?

Tassia O'Callaghan

The Breast Pumps Loved by Modern Moms

Phoebe Corcoran

7 Breastfeeding Positions & How to Try Them

Peanut

How to Create Your Pumping and Breastfeeding Schedule

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Top Tips for Breastfeeding with Large Breasts

Peanut

Sunflower Lecithin and Breastfeeding: What We Know So Far

Deborah Vieyra

Clogged Milk Ducts? What You Need to Know

Peanut

Caffeine and Breastfeeding: What to Know

Peanut

Breastfeeding in Public: 4 Tips to Empower Your Journey

Guest Post: The Little Milk Bar

World Breastfeeding Week: When It is & How to Celebrate

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Breastfeeding Orgasm: Fully Explained

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Your Breasts after Breastfeeding: What’s normal?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Foremilk vs. Hindmilk: What’s the Difference?

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

31 Best Breastfeeding Tips for New Moms

Tassia Agatowski

What is the Best Breastfeeding Diet?

Deborah Vieyra

Breast Milk Storage Guidelines & Tips from Real Moms

Tassia Agatowski

6 Best Hands-Free Breast Pumps (& Your FAQs, Answered)

Tassia Agatowski

Pumping 101: Your Complete Guide to Breast Pumping

Tassia Agatowski

Your Exclusive Pumping Guide: Tips, Tricks & Schedules

Tassia Agatowski

When to Start Pumping: Too Soon? Too Late?

Tassia Agatowski

From the community

MIL not listening

Just looking for a bit of advice. I'm really lucky to have a "village" and once a week my MIL watches the baby (10 wk), so I can shop/nip to the gym etc. The only problem is she doesnt feed her. Ill have expressed ready to go or formula as back up but she never feeds her.
My LO tends to cluster feed a little on a morning as shes a decent night sleeper, but only really cries at desperation - she puts her hand in her mouth or grunts as early warnings. Ive told MIL this, and asked her to feed when she sees it. Ive tried saying "she was fed 30 mins ago, she'll want another in half hour", but she never does.
Yesterday I explained shed been really hungry and hadnt expressed much as shed fed so much I hadnt had chance, said to give her a little formula as she'll want it in about 45 mins. I got home 3 hours later and asked how much shed eaten.
"Oh, nothing, she had a little cry but we distracted and she went to sleep. She'll probably be starving when she wakes up".
She was starving. And then had both sides (which she doesnt normally do) and ended up more refluxy and messed up her timings all night, so she woke up more through the night (not ideal as we have an event today).
I dont wanna fall out as I'm grateful for the help but I'm running out of things to try. My husband is on my side and wants to tell her not to come if she just wants her "to sleep" and not actually look after her. Any advice??

Bottle for Breastfed baby

Tips on how to get breastfed baby to take a bottle? My LB currently only feeds using a shield (we use MAM) and he would always take a bottle (MAM) previously but I got lazy and stopped using it for a while and now he’s refusing😅 I’m going out in a couple of weeks so really need him to take to it again😅 any tips greatly appreciated x

Can’t breastfeed and it’s making me depressed

I can’t get my baby to latch. I’ve had loads of midwives try and help and it’s just not working. I’ve been told now to pump and I’ve bought expensive wireless pumps but I feel so sad pumping and after all the sterilising I just can’t face pumping every 3 hours like they suggest, especially as I can’t even cuddle my baby when the pumps are on. I’m reaching out to a lactation consultant as a final attempt but I never thought it would affect me so much. I hate bottle and formula feeding as baby always gets so sick and trapped wind after a bottle so I feel like I can’t even do that right 😩

Cluster feeding 3 weeks old

Any tips? Little one constantly feeding non stop.. how long does this go on for? Feeling very tired!

Husband starting shaming me for breastfeeding

My little boy loves the boob and is on and off all day atm. He’s teething and going through separation anxiety. My husband has started shaming me for giving him the boob when he asks for it and blaming me when he cries.

Breastfeeding is more than just milk and from 1 its mostly about comfort.

Is anyone elses recently 1 year the same? I don’t think im doing anything wrong. He starts nursery soon which i’m hoping will help reduce his needs during the day.

Breastfeeding 2 under 2

Hey guys, so I recently found out I’m pregnant with our second baby and I currently have a 10 month old who I wasn’t quite ready to wean off the boob as yet. I planned to feed her as long as possible but I’m not sure what to do with a new baby coming. I usually feed her on demand and she is very attached to the boob. I give her solid food as well to eat but after every meal she defaults to the boob. I just want to know if anyone has breastfed a newborn and a toddler and how they navigated it or if I should wean her off and how should I start.
P.S. she doesn’t drink milk from a bottle. She’ll drink water and juice but not breastmilk even if someone else is the one feeding her.

Clogged Duct?

Any tips mamas? I noticed a very specific targeted sore spot on the left side of my left breast recently. It hurts when I extend my left arm or lay on my left side. I haven't done anything differently the last 3 months postpartum....baby feeds from both sides regularly and I only wear lightweight cotton nursing bras. I pumped last night and didn't get as much out as I expected from that side. I took ibuprofen this morning and I've seen mixed advice online about hot/cold for inflammation. Help!

2 years old feeding

Hi moms I really need help my girl is 2 years old stopped breastfeeding at 1 year and started milk . Now she drinks so much milk , still wakes up twice at night for it. Very picky eater . Doesn’t eat too much idk what to do . Her pediatrician said she needs stop consuming so much milk . I know no night feeding she is 2 but idk how I water down her milk I give just water she still wakes up . If I don’t give her she cries so muchhh she does not stop . And still baby bottle too . Am I bad mom ? Please give some advice

I feel like my nipples are too big

Baby was doing ok the first couple days until i realized he wasn’t getting enough to eat. Cue pumping and supplementing with formula. He’s doing really well but everytime i try to get him to latch he gets so frustrated and like can’t even latch anymore. Did I make a mistake starting to bottle feed? Do I still try to get him to latch so he doesn’t forget my nipples 🥹

Breastfeeding Mums - what are you doing at night?

As our babies are starting to sleep longer stretches, I wanted to ask for those breastfeeding how they deal with their milk. I find even if I am still feeding 2 or even 3 times in the night, the time in between is still longer than in the day so I often find I wake up having leaked through my breast pad, bra and top.

The most obvious thing to me would be to pump, but the nice thing about baby sleeping longer is I thought I would be able to sleep longer too! And I know if I get up to pump (having to sit upright, noise of the pump, sorting the milk after etc) that I would have trouble getting back to sleep. Not to mention it would probably wake my husband up too. Curious how others have dealt with this. Are we just accepting being leaky everywhere? 😂