How long does a breastfeeding session take for you

Opposite concern to you- my daughter is almost 8 weeks old and she feeds anywhere between 5-15 mins. Most of the time it’s around 7 mins every couple hours in the day and every hour in the evening before her first “long” sleep. I feel like it’s too quick! But she is gaining weight well so 🤷🏽‍♀️

Also got an 8 week old and she feed around 10-20 minutes every 1.5-2hrs in day and every 3hrs at night

mine same take small feed but more frequently

she can empty both of them in 5 min

how do you know when to take them off or when the feed has finished? Not sure if I'm doing something wrong xx

I just wait for her to come off. She takes herself off 99% of the time. On the odd occasion, I know she’s fallen asleep completely and I’ll just move back a bit and she’ll just let the breast fall out of her mouth. When you try to move off, does your baby suckle harder like they want to stay on? In which case, they’re still feeding! If not, they’re asleep and the feed is over.

Does he fall asleep when feeding? My girl does quite a lot and tend to notice that she is trying to just comfort after a certain amount of time. She stops swallowing and takes less of my breast in her mouth.

@Ash sometimes he comes off himself but then i put him back on and he carries on feeding so I don't trust that he's full whenever he "comes off", and yeah whenever I try to move him when i think he's asleep he'll start suckling harder

he does but when I go to move him he starts actively feeding again and sucking harder which confuses me!

@Lizzy at the start I can tell hes actively feeding because he's sucking and swallowing but that only lasts a few minutes and then he just sucks and I dont see as many swallows, but when i go to move him off he starts sucking harder again. Not sure if i just have low supply because he still acts hungry even after feedings :(

@Ash my baby is the same, and I was concerned she is not eating enough, so we got a scale for home, weighed before and after feed and it seems she eats 70-100ml in 5-10 minutes, so I guess she is just efficient :)

oh that’s a good idea! We got baby scales and just weigh weekly to plot in her red book. Didn’t think to use for how much she drinks in a feed! Does that mean the scales show a 100g increase after a feed? That’s crazy considering they put on about 200g a week!

If it helps at all my 7 week baby will feed anywhere from 5 minutes to sometimes up to 90 minutes in one session, depends on if he falls asleep or has slept for a long time, tend to get the longer and more regular feeds in the evening. I always feed until he unlatches himself. My health visitor said the difference in time can be the milk coming out quickly or slowly or I’ve noticed he can have a lazy/shallow latch which means he’s taking in less

My little girl is the same, especially at night, about 45 minutes sometimes longer before bed!

My 8 week old feeds for 20 minutes, sometimes when it's hot will do 5-10 minute "drink", but actual feeds every 2-3 hours in the day for 20 minutes and goes slightly longer between feeds at night. It's so hard to know what they're getting isn't it. I'd love to weigh before and after out of curiosity but don't want a scale taking up space along with all the other stuff we seem to have acquired!!

thanks! I tried weighing before and after feed and discovered I fed 120ml! Never knew how much I was making before (as I don’t pump). Thanks for the tip!