Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I have been expressing for around an hour and this is all I have managed to produce. My boobs dont feel full anymore and im no longer leaking but my 5 weeks old is still being breastfed. What am I doing wrong?

When was the first time you left LO for 12 hours? And if you haven’t yet when do you plan to? I have something I need to go to when my boy will be 16 weeks but I’ll be away for 12 hours and I’m worried it’s too soon. Any advice welcome! Worried he gets nipple aversion after (I have a freezer stash we would use for t...

Hello! My baby (8weeks+1 day) is breastfed. Her dad. Who sees her all of two hours sometimes four hours a week is trying to get her onto bottles asap so she can stay with him. He is now threatening legal action because of this. Baring in mind I haven’t started bottles yet as I have been waiting to have a mature civi...

Hey ladies, I’m exclusively breastfeeding my baby that was born on the 14th. He brought my milk in by the time he was two days old cluster feeding. Then he cluster fed again the next night I’m told was a growth spurt and putting in his order for milk. But now he’s 5 days old and he’s still going, he wakes up every h...

EBF and between halfway to to the end of a feed my five week old keeps unlatching, head bobbing and is unable to re-latch even though the nipple is directly in front of him. He gets very frustrated and does this repeatedly. I have tried burping him in case of discomfort from trapped wind but he doesn’t like the mil...

I LOVE chest feeding my child it’s so magical and just brings me so much joy. This being said…I absolutely freaking HATE pumping!!!!!! It doesn’t even hurt or anything but it’s just awful and I don’t even feel human when I do it.

Hello!! Really random but I’m almost gobsmacked… I’m 25 weeks tomorrow and I just started leaking colostrum last night. I haven’t expressed intentionally due to me reading about it sometimes inducing preterm labour. When did you guys start hand expressing and collecting colostrum? I know not everyone leaks pre ...

I breastfed my first born for 12 weeks but am 12 days in with my newborn and already really struggling! I feel nailed to the sofa with my newborn feeding for around an hour at a time every 2 to 3 hours. I'm struggling with mum guilt as my 3 year old wants me and I can't go to her because I'm feeding. I've also suffe...

Hey, so me, my partner and my mum think my little girl (14 weeks tomorrow) might have an allergy, we’ve been changing poo nappies easily 6-7 times a day recently, she screams like she has bad colic, tenses her body up and is really struggling to gain weight - she went from just over 50th percentile down to 9th perce...

Did everyone started weaning yet .how much milk they take and which one they dropped and how many time you are giving solid please do comment I just wanted to start my baby she is one time solid and only night time around 8clock and dropped 1feed and taking 750/800 with one 2oz purée

My baby is 2 weeks old and she just started wanting to eat every hour. I’m EBF and it’s so exhausting. She did it through the night too. She was eating every 2-3 hours for 15 minuets before but now it’s every hour for 20-30 minuets.. sometimes 40 minuets. 😭 Is this normal? Is she not eating enough?

Ok, so I am expecting soon and trying to wrap my head around things. I keep reading breastfeeding mamas say that their milk started to come out second or third day after birth. What does that mean? What do you feed the baby before that time? Formula? Or whatever drops coming out? Sorry if this is stupid 🤦🏻‍♀️

I believe I may not have the highest level of milk supply because my baby has pretty much cluster fed from 1 month to now (4 months). So I honestly want to get baby on the bottle and give myself a bit of a break but it’s not going to plan.. Albeit I haven’t been consistent with pumping and trying her on the bottle...

So my milk has just come in and my boobs are rock hard, leaking and sooooo sore. I am offering my baby breast at every feed but he isn’t really taking it at the moment. I don’t have a breast pump yet. If I wait a few days is the pain going to get worse??

My OB told me to try and use the breast pump for nipple stimulation to induce labor, but everything I am reading is conflicting. It says use it for 15-20 minutes every 1.5 to 2 hours. Just like you would if you were pumping to feed baby. Others say use it for 5 minutes with a 5 minute break for a whole hour 1-2 time...

Hey! Does anyone have any recommendations as to which breast pump I should get? The Elvie one looks good, does anyone have this? Any other suggestions are more than welcome! This is my 4th baby, and I haven’t used my breastmilk before, and will also be the last baby I have so I’m trying to do a lot of things I ...

Hey y'all! This is my second pregnancy and I'm planning on nursing again when my baby is born. Problem is, my old nursing bras have seen better days.. and if I'm being honest, the ladies up top aren't quite as perky as they used to be after that first year of breastfeeding. Does anyone have recommendations for nursi...

Hello, has anyone got any tips/ recommendations on breastfeeding and expressing pumps please!

Hello mommas I’m currently 30wks and 3days my breast have been leaking while I sleep I’m curious to know when should I start collecting colostrum and how do I collect it I’ve heard of other mommas collecting colostrum by a syringe but how do I go about it and when thank you in advance

Heyy, so I'm an exclusive pumper. I tried breastfeeding but baby girl struggles and was tongue tied and ruined my nipples. So now I just pump. I was pumping every 2 hours but she is about 8 weeks old and I have a huge amount stored in deep freezer. I generally pump every 3-4 hours now but I was wondering how much sh...