Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Any mamas out there who pumps nights? How do you do it? Do you pump after bf your LO? How many times do you pump overall? 1 or 2 times to keep your supplies and not get engorged by morning? I heard if you keep getting engorged by morning and not pump nights you’ll loose your milk supply?

I have been breast feeding for 3 months now. I was pumping the first month and a half, then strictly latching on and one bottle of formula at night. When my baby is latched on, he feeds until hes full and falls asleep. I started pumping again and I’m barely getting milk. Right boob used to pump 4 oz, and the left b...

My breastmilk has just started to come in and the engorgement is so painful🫠 I feel as if I have 2 footballs on my chest. Did anyone else feel like this? And does it go away? Any top tips to help with the fullness? Xx

My 10 week old has currently been asleep for the last 8.5 hours, which is lovely because we’d been having a bit of a regression lately. The only problem is that I have been up since 4am with hard af boobs, and have been terrified of getting a blocked duct (happened once before, worst time of my life). So now I’ve cr...

Any tips for seriously engorged boobs. I am not breast feeding anymore. They are so rock hard, painful, huge and leaking. One midwife said just leave them well alone. Another said express a small amount off? I am in agony with them, day 4 postpartum

I have a clogged duct and need tips/advice! This is painful, and I really don’t want to get mastitis. Almost half of my breast feels rock hard due to the clog that started yesterday. So far I’ve used an ice pack, taken sunflower lecithin, ibuprofen, and tried massaging it. Is there anything else I can do?

Does anyone know of any good wearable pumps? I use the mommed ones atm but the battery is awful! Does anyone know of any good ones that have good battery life and something that’s isn’t so loud? X

I have been transitioning my baby from taking a combination of nursing & expressed breastmilk bottles to totally nursing. She always had a good latch but is a poor sucker when sleepy. Given her poor sucking i always worry and doubt if she is getting enough or not while nursing.I have good supply but everytime i meas...

My baby is almost 8 weeks old and is still too sleepy to nurse and empty my milk. This has caused my milk supply to drop. She only has an ounce and a half from me. I then have to pump and bottle feed. I’m exhausted. Did anyone’s baby do this? What worked? I’ve tried everything to keep her awake- wet wipes on body, c...

Anyone wean off Breastmilk or formula before 12 months? My baby is 10.5 months, literally 32 days until she’s 1 year old. She is teething pretty bad and started biting my nipple. She was already losing interest in nursing before this because she loves her real food. She eats 3 large meals a day with snacks. Loves w...

Who else is struggling to pump like I just dread pumping and sometimes it stressful cause right when I put the pumps on my baby wants to be held😭😭😭 I had to start giving some formula because I’m not pumping/ making enough milk and I feel so bad but I hate it so much and my nipples hurt so bad. Also idk how people…

I need all of the tips please! I managed to cut her right down just before I went back to work last November. But now she wants it whenever she’s hungry, tired, falls over, gets upset, if she’s poorly or when I come back from being out (could be 1 hour could be 8 it’s always the same). For my mental health we nee...

Baby is 13 weeks and I really should have consistently tried but he's solely breastfed and refuses a bottle (expressed breast milk only). I need him to take a bottle as I have a work event in just under a month and my mum will be watching him. He last took a bottle when he was 5 weeks old and had no issues taking...

Hi, Currently exclusively breastfeeding at 4 weeks old. Also wanted to combi feed so have started trying to introduce a bottle a day of expressed milk for now. Started off having some milk (very on and off and didn't have more than 1 or 2 Oz) but now doesn't take any. Normally followed lately by hours of unsettled ...

Hi! I’m planning to continue breastfeeding my son as I normally do now that he is one. We got cleared by the pediatrician to not start cow’s milk as we have plenty of frozen breastmilk and I’m still nursing. My question is if anyone else is doing this are you just nursing? Are you offering cups of breastmilk with me...

Anybody else hungry soon after eating? Whew, breastfeeding is another job lol

Just after some advice. I've been breastfeeding my baby for 5 months, and for the last 2 days, my nipple has been absolutely killing me whenever she's feeding. Her latch has stayed the same, so I don't believe it's that. I have had some hardness at the top of my breast too the last couple of days, but I am unsure if...

My 8 month old will usually have 4-5oz in a morning we make 6. She has breakfast a few hours later then her lunch around 1pm. She hasn't had milk at lunch time for a few weeks now. We would make her a bottle and she would have none of it. Now this past week she's only had 2 oz with her tea. I've tried offering mil...

Hey, so me and my partner aren’t getting along and I really just want a night away from him maybe 2 but I’m still breastfeeding our baby so I would want her to come too she’s 10 months old. All I want to do is just go back to my mum and dads house with my baby, has anybody ever done this or wants to do this please c...

My baby is exclusively breastfed with the exception of an occasional formula bottle if we are out of the house and in a pinch. She breastfeeds and drinks a pumped milk bottle once a day. She does not seem to be a baby that breastfeeds for comfort, but only when hungry. Lately she sometimes cries when I try to nurse ...