Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Hey mums! Is anyone else having a hard time at 11 weeks? All my baby does is cry, I read up this is another growth spurt, but it's intense 😭! Probably doesn't help she has a milk allergy too. Is anyone else just in survival mode?

Hi mummas. Just after some honest answers as I’ve heard so many stories. How did breastfeeding affect your boobs and how they looked & felt, both immediately and long term. Thanks

Anyone else feeling guilty giving baby formula rather than breastfeeding? My baby is 1 week old today.

Something I've never really thought about but it's looking like I will have a c section but really want to breast feed! Is this possible? Can I request skin to skin in the operating room or is this a no? Please help!

Hi moms, I recently started breastfeeding my LO who’s 8wks and I feel pain around my nipple which looks quite reddish. I want to know if this is normal and how long is the pain suppose to last for . I’m a FTM

My son from birth would take to a bottle when offered however now suddenly refusing completely. He has been reintroduced to aptamil for 2 months. But last 3 days has been completely refusing . For context i use maam bottles and Phillips avent, i have also used cow and gate in the past. He does not have a feeding sc...

How often is everyone breastfeeding their 19 month olds? I aim for before naptime and before bedtime and 2/3 times during the night. He sometimes wants some milk when he’s agitated during the day but that’s only sometimes. He’s eating his meals and snacks. Should I be starting to cut the feeds down now?

My boobs got MASSIVE on day 2 and since then my right boob produces too much milk and my left one a normal amount. My right boob is literally three times the size of my left and I hate it 😢 I’ve had much so much different advice from midwives and infant feeding experts. This ranged from “always feed from the…

My ob gave me the green light to start pumping at 37 weeks. I’ve never pumped while pregnant before. How often should I pump?

I exclusively pump and just saw a tik tok by a lactation consultant and she was saying everyone should have a spectra pump as their primary pump and then if they want they can have a hands free pump as a secondary pump for on the go. I didn’t know this “rule” and I’ve only ever used the Lansinoh hands free discreet ...

Feeling a bit overwhelmed that I’ve not weaned my little one off breast milk as much as I’d have liked to, and she starts nursery in just over a week. We have days where I feel she’s reducing day feeds and other days not. She doesn’t take a bottle but does have a tum tum bottle for water/cows milk. Does it matte...

Anybody else’s bubba who are breastfed keep coming on n off the breast regularly? Like has a little drink then comes off to look around or watch TV then back on the breast again 😂 So cute

27 weeks! Wondering what breast pumps worked best for you moms, I don’t want to get one that sucks🙄

So I am having an issue where most of my milk is now going to my left boob I am now 2 weeks postpartum. I’ve tried to help my right boob which is slacking by pumping and getting him more on that boob and nothing is working. Yesterday I did a Frida lactation mask on boob and it fixed it for 2 hours and back to the sa...

My LO wakes up and feeds every 2.5 - 3 hours, usually takes 1 - 1.5 hours to bottle feed, diaper change and rock her back to sleep. Then I pump for an hour after that, leaving me 1 hour to clean up and nap. Before I know it she’s up again. Is there a better way to do this? I feel like I don’t have enough time to br...

Hi ladies! I have been exclusively pumping for 6.5 months. My supply has slowly dropped but now I'm lucky to get 10oz a day. I've tried the vitamins, cookies, power pumping, nothing worked. I'm considering domperiodone but it seems to have some wicked side effects. Plus with a 6 Month old, I think ill find it hard t...

Anybody have experience cup feeding your brestfed bby formula to ween them off your breast, my bby is 9 months & im done with breastfeeding

After my first baby 2.5 years ago I struggled BAD with milk supply issues. Just when I thought I could build a stash, my milk production levels would drop so low I had to use the milk I just froze that week. Latching? Forget about it, Supplementing with formula? Sounded cool but my daughter would throw up and become...

Is anyone else nipples really sore. I am 3 weeks and 3 days postpartum. I am expressing the milk then giving it to my baby through a bottle. I am currently finding after expressing every 2 hours that my nipples are so sore that when it's time to pump again it hurts. I only have it on level 1 atm as that's all I can ...

I’m 6 weeks postpartum, when should I expect my period to return as I’m not breastfeeding? Thank you