oversupply

hey! so i’m currently 4 weeks pp with my baby boy and ive chosen to exclusively pump breastmilk and bottle feed due to latching problems. my issue (or blessing i guess) is that i produce too much for my baby right now. i pump 4 times a day and get about 40-45oz a day and he eats about 5oz every 3-4 hours so i have excess. the bottom drawer of my freezer is full of bags of milk and i have no use for it. we’ve used some for baths but it feels like a bit of a waste. unfortunately i can’t donate it through the official donation process because i need a blood test to do that and they only take milk expressed after they’ve checked your blood so i wouldn’t be able to give them what i already have. not sure what to do about it because i would like it to go to someone that can get use out of it. any advice would be appreciated

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Let down during adult time

Tonight during sexy time my husband brought me to orgasm and i had a let down and started leaking everywhere. I’m 5 months pp and we’ve been together ten years, married six and i was still so embarrassed. 😞 My husband was very sweet about it but did not want to finish for himself. Has this ever happened to you!? What did your partner do/say?

Breastfeeding in public

I am correctly 6 weeks pp and the closest I have got to breastfeeding in public is by car.
It’s inevitable I will have to feed whilst out but can just picture my full boob being on show to the world whilst I am getting him ready to latch. I am really anxious about it.

Any tips for this!

Please send help

Recently posted this but nothings changing and we need help! Almost 3 weeks now my 13 month old has not been sleeping at night. 2/2:30 wakes up crying and will not settle no matter what we try. It’s taking hours for him to give in. When we go in he settles but as soon as we leave he cries. One occasion I swapped him into a warmer tog sleeping bag and we got a one off night of sleep. We’ve tried offering a bottle which he’s downed but that’s made no help. We literally do not know what to do😫 He’s resisting daytime sleep and I do think he is on the cusp of dropping a second nap. Currently 5am and we’ve been awake since 2:30😭 it’s having a big toll on my husband and I especially given we are up early for work in the week. He’s always been a good sleeper and slept through from newborn. Has anyone got any suggestions, tips etc please? I honestly can’t carry on like this much longer

“Is she always like this?”

I get the question “is she always like this?” EVERY time someone meets my baby. Does anyone else have a calm baby? I’m like “yes she only cries when she hungry or daddy picks her up too fast or she has fever or I wake her from a nap too early….” I mean she cries!! She’s my first and only so idk what’s normal. But i find myself reassuring people that my baby can and does cry. I’m a stay at home mom so baby’s needs are met… there isn’t anything to cry about. are babies supposed to cry about nothing? It’s a question I get all the time and I’m like maybe it’s not normal? Loooking for any other moms with chill babies who get asked “are they always like this?”

Breastfeeding and coughing and gaggin

My little one is 11 days old.

Im breastfeeding and in the day he will be latched for about 10 minutes, and he does the same at night time but it varies from 10 minutes to about 30 minutes. Im leaking a lot from both breasts as well.

Occasionally he will cough and follow up with a gag after about 5 minutes on the breast, Ive googled what this could be and it says I could be producing to much milk and baby could be getting full quick and that's why he is coughing and following it up with a gag.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so what did you have to do?

He also coughs and gags randomly, but not all of the time its just occasional.

9 week, sleep pattern

My baby had his last bottle at 10:45 and slept till 6:30am. Is this too long?

I understand they naturally wake up to reduce SIDS. All research is conflicting, one post will say babies this age sleep between 6-8 hours and others state they should be waking up for feeds and going no longer than 4 hours?

He has regained his birth weight and continuously gaining weight and having enough nappies.

He does have enough calories in the day also.