Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

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Periods

Anyone not had their period yet?? 5 weeks pp not breastfeeding and freaking out 🥲🫣

I am 5 weeks pp and struggling even producing an oz. I have two other children 10 and 8 that breast fed for yrs and it was never a problem. I have not had an appetite since I gave birth so eating might be an issue. But I’m also very stressed with my relationship. Any tips I appreciate.

Breast milk

My milk supply seems to have dropped massively can’t help but feel sad

Breastfeeding

When did people choose to stop breastfeeding? Little one is nearly 14 months & I’m feeling very pressured that he “should be on cows milk by now”

Exhaustion

Anyone else feeling completely exhausted? I'm currently 2.5 weeks postpartum and trying to get my milk supply and production up so have been either breastfeeding or pumping quite regularly. The past few nights I've been up for about 2-3 hours at 2am, and then again at about 7am + for pumping, feeding and changing nappies. Yesterday the total breastfeeding time was 7 hours and pumping was 2.5 hours. I am really exhausted but I am conscious about cutting down on pumping or feeding as I really hope this breastfeeding thing works out well In the end (hoping to get a good excess supply of pumped breastmilk so my husband can also feed her and I can get more rest/break).

Anyone has any thoughts or advice on dealing with exhaustion particularly with having to pump and breastfeed?

I try to take a nap in the afternoon too but the broken sleep in the early hours is catching up on me.

Breastfeeding

So I see that a lot of moms on here are exclusively breastfeeding and I wanted to know was it hard for you the first little bit and I assume it eventually gets easier and at what point is that? I’m 4 wks pp and some days I feel like I’m getting the hang of it but other days I’m like maybe I should just pump or give formula and nothing wrong with that a few months in I did that with my first. But I really wanna give it a proper shot this time

Please give me all tips and tricks that worked for you sometimes my baby keeps falling asleep at the breast every 4-5 m so I feel like I’m constantly feeding her. Nothing wakes her up not diaper changes, not tickling or applying cold she just wakes up like half an hour later and I’m feeding her again. So for times like that I get so frustrated she’s not getting a full feed at the boob

Anyways just wondering if it ever gets easier, less painful, faster and you become more confident because I’m already 4 weeks and don’t feel that

Nursing Bras

Hi ,
I’ve looked at M&S, Next, Amazon and Primark for Nursing Bras but not sure which ones to go for ! Has anyone got any recommendations please or could let me know which ones you’ve bought please ! 🙏🏼
This packing hospital bag is stressssfulll 🙈🤣

How to produce more

ok so im almost 3 days pp c-section, babygirl is great at latching but i dont think im producing much at all because she stilo hungry… we have been giving her donation breastmilk while in the hospital but im most likely gonna be going home sometime tomorrow. I have been having her latch ok both sides for as long as possible and trying to also pump after breastfeeding but idk it doesn’t seem to be helping me produce more and im just worried im gonna basically starve my baby when we get sent home because i cant produce enough😔

Periods

Had baby end of December and bled for a few weeks. Have since bled a little and had one actual period last month. Express milk everyday too. When did your period return? How frequently?

Milk at night

Does anyone’s littles still have milk in the night ?

Lactation suppression

I do not want to breastfeed (please don't ask me why) i just don't want to. I just found out the NHS no longer prescribe cabergoline and instead recommended cabbage leaves 😞 anyone know how I can get a cabergoline prescription or anything else I may be able to ask for or get to stop lactation. Happy to pay private prices

Breastfeeding and perimenopause

Anyone breastfeeding and going through perimenopause? The struggle is real! I just started hormone replacement therapy this past week, my doctor said it's okay since im over 6 months postpartum and I'm hoping it will help, but curious if anyone else has found any tools - supplements, exercises, tips, etc. that have helped and also just looking for camaraderie.

Breastfeeding

Hi ladies! FTM to a 2 week old boy. Anyone else having issues with getting enough milk to breastfeed? I’ve tried all the teas, all the cookies, power pumping and I feel so guilty and defeated because my baby boy doesn’t do well with formula we just switched him to a Soy formula this morning which he seems to be doing a little better on. I never knew guilt like I’ve felt with this Mom Guilt.. just venting

Anyone noticed their baby seems less bothered by milk lately?

I am breastfeeding for reference. Feeding for comfort/ sleep but doesn’t seem bothered hunger wise. I put him to the boob every couple of hours, he will just not give me any cues!

I am trying not to feed right before sleep to change the association with it.

Cups

My almost 18 month old won’t leave the bottles, she’ll drink water out of any cup and straw cup but she will scream for hours if her milk is in anything but a baby bottle what can I do???

And before I get judged just know that when I was trying to take away the bottle she had some seizures and we were at the hospital and that was the only way of soothing her while she was hooked to to an EEG

The bra is overflowing!

Y’all listen! I’ve been relying on sports bras, bralettes, or going braless. None of my bras fit. I ordered some custom nudes (specifically for melanated girlies) in preparation for my maternity photoshoot and called myself doing my own measurements. Everything arrived on time, but they still didn’t fit 😭. I used to work in fashion design so I know what I’m doing but clearly I needed help. So my husband and I stopped by Victoria’s Secret to get a sizing done. For years I’ve been a solid 33C or 34B. That lady said I was now a 34D! Yet when she got a bra in that size for me to double check I felt like a smoked sausage because it was hella small. So she brought me a 36D and that fit just bearly clinging to the last hooks. Y’all I’m now a 38D! 😳 And I’m only now entering the third trimester! Now I know why nothing fits! Do yourself a favor and go get sized! And maybe not just once, but every time that bra starts overflowing!

Cows milk transition

Hey mamas!
We recently stopped formula and transitioned to Cows milk and due to misinformation I literally was giving her 4 bottles a day of 160ml each 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Now baby is so constipated , she struggles when she pushes and she does very tiny poo that you can’t even see.
This is day 2.
I gave her, pears, kiwi, watermelon and water, and no much change.
I have done massages to her but it doesn’t seem to work.
Any one on the same boat?? Im planning to contact my GP tomorrow (Monday) but Im so tempted to go ER as she is making a lot of effort to push and makes her tired

I think my pumping journey might be over 😢

My little girl is 3 weeks and 3 days old, and I set out wanting to exclusively pump. We breastfed while my milk came in, which I found really difficult but we did it 💗 we now sort of combi-feed as I’ve always struggled to keep up with her. I pump about 140ml each time, and she drinks between 120-140ml. She also cluster feeds in the evening so we started supplementing with formula maybe 1 or 2 feeds a day so I could get on top of my fridge stash.
The past few days I’ve been really ill, and I’m still recovering from my c section which has taken me by surprise on how slow it is. I’ve missed pumping windows for 2 days, some windows going as far as 5 or 6 hours. I was either doing other things such as sorting things for my 3 year old, or I’ve fallen asleep and slept through the window with being unwell. I’m now trying to pump again last night and today and I’m barely clearing 100ml between both sides 😭
I feel so guilty. Like if I’d have just stuck to the 3 h r windows like I’m meant to then I’d have enough for my little girl. I’ll continue pumping but I feel like I’m just not enough for my little girl and I’ll have to formula feed her. I really wanted to breast feed for minimum 6 weeks

Boobs/breasts

At what point do the breasts stop getting big during exclusive breastfeeding 😒I am 12 weeks, and they seem to still get big. One breast seems bigger than the other ones. It is stressing me out.

No period yet

Anyone else not had a period since giving birth? I’m 13 weeks post c section , just bottle fed so no breastfeeding and still no sign of a period. Is this normal?