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Tongue tie advice please

My little boy is getting his tongue tie assessed at the hospital next Thursday and will be 15 weeks when he gets it looked at. He is breastfed with the occasional bottle but is primarily BF due to being unable to latch well onto a bottle because of the tongue tie. With getting the tongue tie cut, how long did it tak...

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Sterilisers

Hey, here’s me yesterday 33+5 at my baby shower which I had the best time at! Felt so so overwhelmed by the end of it as everyone was so kind and excited. Now I’m on the final countdown to work out what else we need prior to babies arrival and aware we haven’t got a steriliser yet, which ones are the best? I’m goin...

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Do I take my own bottles to hospital?

Hey ladies, so I am hoping to exclusively pump for baby. I want her to have my breast milk I just don’t want her to latch. So my question is, what exactly do I need to take to hospital for birth? Would it be… pump & bottles? But what do I do about sterilising things? Can I sterilise at the hospital because obvious...

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Colostrum?

Has anyone leaked Colostrum at 24 weeks? I haven’t started leaking yet and wondering if it will come anytime soon so i can save it for my baby.

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Increasing supply - pumping

Due to blood loss during labour I didnt breastfeed or pump until I was 4 days post partum. I'm averaging 1- 1 1/2 oz a pump per 4 hours. How do I increase my supply as I'm aware as baby is nesrlyn1 week she will start to want more soon. I'm still having to supplement with formula.

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Exclusively expressing

My little boys 2 & half weeks old, BF wasnt working so i just express and bottle feed. He has 60ml 2oz every 3 hours.. i feel he could have more on some feeds but everywhere i read says 60ml max for his age? Any advice please? thinking of going to formula! x

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Breastfeeding vitamins?

Are there any good vitamins out there to take when breastfeeding? Or anything else that's good to have/take?

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BF advice - fast let down

Any advice for a fast let down? (EBF) It’s making baby boy very fussy on the nipple and think his latch is letting air in so he’s struggling with trapped gas a lot x

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Period affecting milk supply

Hey, has anyone else been unlucky enough to get your period back ? My periods came back when my baby girl was about 2 months old and every time my period is due she feeds loads and loads she's now 5 month old and everytime my period is due my nipples get so sore from feeding literally every hour. Is there any advice...

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Too many feelings

It's been a week since I had my emergency C-section. I have been feeling okayish up until now. I'm very tearful today and I feel I can't connect with my baby because we haven't been able to breastfeed as I wanted as he doesn't stay latched on and I have very little milk. Midwife is very impressed with how on the go ...

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Handsfree pumps?

Anyone had any luck with handsfree pumps? My LO has decided that she only wants the bottle during the day, so I'm having to pump constantly, which is making it difficult to get anything done when using my "corded" pump.

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Haven't started my cycle yet

So I know this is tmi but I really need to ask this. So I haven't started my cycle yet but I have been breastfeeding and pumping non stop since my son's been born could that be the reason?

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LO Keeps Unlatching

My 4 wk old has recently went from BF completely fine when latching on/feeding, to now unlatching and struggling to latch on without a fair few attempts & guidance. He also gets really angry/ fussy and starts kicking his legs, throwing hands, crying & going red faced.. plus he’s been spitting up a fair bit recently....

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Medium flow teat

So my LO is just under a month, we've had to switch him to the anti reflux aptamil and he's been having 2oz of that and 2oz of expressed breast milk at every feed, but he's taking about half an hour to get it out and is tugging at the teat when he's feeding and sometimes get a little frustrated because he can't get ...

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Feed amount has reduced

My LO is 4 weeks old tomorrow. He is combi fed (expressed breast milk and formula). He has had problems with reflux and a poor latch (he had tongue tie which has now been divided), his latch is improving but still not great. Usually he will have 3-4oz every 2-3 hours, however since last night he has been having roug...

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Switching from breastfeeding to formula feeding

I’ve been EBF my little boy since he was born, but as I will be returning to work in a couple of months, I would like to start transitioning him off the boob and onto some formula milk until he’s old enough to drink cows milk. Does anyone have any tips on the best way to do this and also which formula milk do people...

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What bottle are you all using for milk from age 1 please?

My little one starts nursery in 5 weeks and we currently exclusively breastfeed so starting to make some changes now and will start giving her milk from a bottle but was wondering what bottles / cups to use. Thank you x

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Watery eyes

My baby is 3 weeks old and has constant watery eyes. Doesn’t look like infection just watery. What helps this? I’ve heard breast milk will help conjunctivitis but it doesn’t look like that🩷 Xx

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Guilt about formula feeding

My baby is a week old. I chose to formula feed as I was struggling with antenatal depression and I knew I couldn’t cope with the pressure of breast feeding - I wanted to be as mentally well as possible for my baby. Now I’m feeling massive prangs of guilt about not breast feeding. Especially when my milk came in. Wh...

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Colostrum?

Officially 29 weeks! Getting really crusty nipples. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this dried colostrum?

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