Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

I can’t tell if my baby is using me as a Paci or if she is actually nursing. She didn’t gain as much weight, as her pediatrician would like at her weight check. My babe wants to be latched all the time and will suckle but she falls asleep at the boob too. Any advice or tips? She’s 2 weeks old

I have been breastfeeding for 8 months, but since I gave birth I have been eating so little. I’ve lost so much weight, would it affect the quality (nutrients) in my milk :(

Will continuing to allow my 11 month old to nurse (with no milk) to sleep and for comfort prevent/stunt him from drinking other milk? He will only take sips between food but not whole bottles like other babes. (Food is also hard to get into him:/) I’m so sad I’m losing my supply even with power pumping and supplements.

I'm 6 months pp, and my supply decreased a bit. I pump about 5-7 times a day, with a power pump if there's time. I'm currently working part time. What could I do to get it back up or is this a sign my body is slowly drying up?

My little one turns 5 months tomorrow and already has two bottom teeth, with another one possibly coming in on the top. She’s been constantly chewing on her teething toys because of it. I’m exclusively breastfeeding, but it’s become quite difficult as she’s bitten me several times. I’ve started expressing milk and ...

How do you deal with this? I tense every time she's feeding now, especially when it comes to getting her to sleep for the night. She has made me bleed a few times and every time she bites, I unlatch her and say no biting. But I'm so anxious putting her back on. It hurts to much. Honestly, breast feeding has been dif...

Can anyone recommend where to get good quality maternity bras for DD+ sizes?

Hi lovelies, My little one is breastfed, I've given her a few bottles of pumped milk she has finished them (medela bottles). I'd like to give her a few more bottles throughout the day/night but have noticed she's now become a little fussy with those bottles. She takes it to begin with and then she becomes frustrate...

After much perseverance I’ve just managed to see some colostrum! I was given syringes by my midwife but I’m confused they have a thread at the end as if to put a screw on cap. But I have no caps. Are they supposed to have caps? Is it pointless me expressing into these if I can’t cap them, very unsure.

Hi lovely mums, I started trying to collect colostrum two days ago but haven’t had any luck – not even a drop yet! I’ve been having a warm shower, massaging for about 5 minutes, and then expressing for 10, but all I’ve ended up with are sore nipples. For those of you who’ve done this, how long did it take before y...

My baby will get really frustrated into the feed whilst I’m breastfeeding, I’m exclusively BF. I don’t understand why he starts crying and I have to re-latch him. I try and burp him in between but he doesn’t burp much (midwife says this is normal in BF babies) can anyone tell me if this is normal or something not ri...

Our little one is just so difficult in the evenings. She’s as good as gold all day, but when it gets to around 5:30pm she’s so grumpy and fussy and cries a lot. I’m breastfeeding and when I offer her a feed, she feeds well for a bit but then starts crying and bouncing on and off the boob. This behaviour started w...

Anyone else’s 3 month old gone off their bottles & are being extra fussy suddenly?

Hey Mamas! So I've gone from constantly feeding back to sleep all through the night - max sleep was 2 hours, sometimes 45 mins to now only feeding twice in the night. This is obviously fab from a sleep point of view, but I feel dreadful! Just feel like I've crashed - low mood, no energy or motivation and just don't ...

I stopped feeding my one year old a few days ago and feel AWFUL like actually depressed.

Is anyone bottle feeding expressed milk before bed? If so, how much is your LO drinking?

Any recommendations on breast feeding supplements?

This might be a funny question, but could somebody explain to me how to bring pumped milk with you for baby when out and about? My baby has been breastfed for 8 months with no use of bottles. I would now like to try to use pumped milk when going out because she gets too distracted to nurse. Do you bring the bottles ...

Never had a problem feeding on one side but today he’s decided he doesn’t like the right one, he won’t even try and latch 😢 but will take the left. He will also take the right after the left. Anyone know why this could be? He did have his 12wk jabs yesterday

For mamas with an oversupply what are you doing to decrease. I stopped pumping completely probably 3-4 weeks ago and just nurse and use a little collector. But I am so insanely full all the time and I keep getting clots. I want my supply to go down because I have to go back to work in a week and I'll only be able to...