LC Run Breastfeeding Support Group

Hello!

I am currently pregnant with my second baby and would love to give breast feeding a good go this time. I stopped at 2 weeks last time due to a combination of reasons - mainly being I only found it easy to feed off one boob and my baby just wasn’t getting enough milk supply. I had a breast augmentation 10+ years ago and one of my boobs just didn’t seem to produce much milk at all so I wonder if there is nerve damage there.

We also introduced a bottle on day 5 with pumped milk (due to my boobs being so sore I couldn’t bear anything touching them) and then by 2 weeks he was fully on formula.

I am looking for tips on ways to improve milk supply any other tips to make breastfeeding more successful this time. We want to make sure that our baby takes a bottle (whether pumped milk or formula) so are keen to introduce this early on but maybe day 5 was too soon.

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Hoping for some advice. I’ve been back at work now for just over a week and I’ve been pumping during my breaks to get some milk for my nearly 10 month old to have the next day at nursery. While on maternity leave I was exclusively breastfeeding.

Well I feel like I’m not pumping very much, in 8 hours at work I get about 4oz, maybe 5.

Do you think that’s an ok amount? How much should a 9/10 month old be having in one feed? It just doesn’t seem like very much and I’m wondering whether I should supplement with some formula as well.

Any lactation consultants that can answer my question?? I don’t want advice from anyone who isn’t certified as a lactation consultant! (Sorry I just need advice from a trained professional!!) I am currently 10 months postpartum, and almost 6 weeks pregnant. I stopped breastfeeding and pumping at 3-4 months postpartum due to medication I was on and baby couldn’t drink the milk! I’m starting to get full of milk again (it never fully dried up and I would have small leaks sometimes while I haven’t been pumping or anything. But now I can feel the milk coming back and I leak more often. My question is, is it safe to start pumping again to get my supply back? I know it’s safe to keep pumping and stuff while pregnant if you’ve been doing it but I’m not sure if you are able to start again when you’ve stopped for some months! I would like to add I am NOT on the medication anymore that wasn’t safe for breastfeeding/pumping so the milk would be safe to drink!

Hey, so I've been breastfeeding for 6 and a half months now and normally it goes OK, bit of soreness at the beginning but all normal. The past week or so my little boy has been starting to bite down with his gums (he doesn't have teeth yet) but he bites down really hard to the point it really hurts and will also pull on my nipples with his gums. It happens on both sides, I just don't know why he's doing it. Is it something all babies do?

Currently have 10 month old and 27weeks pregnant last month had to go from exclusive breastfeeding to using formula because I had a big drop in my milk supply… I’m aware that my hormones will have affected my milk supply and now she doesn’t breast feed because not enough is coming out to satisfy her, I still try to pump to give her atleast two smaller bottles a day but that is all I can get and I’ve noticed is getting a bit less than what it was… When should I expect what I have left of my milk supply to turn to colostrum?