Community Posts, Tips & Support on Breastfeeding

Hey everyone! My little one is still breastfeeding 4/5 times per day and my cycle has still not returned 9mo pp. Is anyone else also experiencing this? Starting to think about baby #2, but not ready to wean quite yet. Thanks:)

Anyone else LO not like cows milk still so has toddler follow on milk instead?

Afternoon all, My LO was one on the 3rd, she is fully weaned in terms of meals, she has breakfast, lunch, tea and snacks at nursery and then fruit and dinner in the evenings at home. She drinks cows milk but we cannot seem to stop the night boob feeds. I work for emergency services so night shifts are back on th...

Currently on hour 3 of being awake with my 5 day old where the only thing stopping her from crying is being latched to my right nipple (the left just isn't good enough) Tell me it gets better 🫠😴

Hey everyone, my husband and I want another baby soon, but apparently only 5% of women breastfeeding get pregnant. I just got my period so y’all know what that means! Ovulation around the corner! Is there a possibility or anyone in a similar or was in the same situation as me have any advice or knowledge?

How often are you pumping and can you skip it at night ?

Even if baby has a good latch, will breastfeeding always hurt for the first week or so? Baby was born yesterday afternoon and the midwives aren’t being super helpful so I’m waiting to go home and meet with the infant breastfeeding team. In the meantime, me and baby were separated for about 3 hours after birth be...

I think I’m done pumping. My son turned 1 10/16. I stopped pumping at work, and cut it down to one pump at night. Last night I only pumped 2 1/2 ounces. I think I’m going to skip tonight’s pump and maybe offer him the boob tomorrow morning? Or maybe just stop all together. 😭 knowing he’s my 4th, and last baby this…

How long does your baby stay on your boob? I feel like I’m doing something wrong . I can only get about 5 minutes out of my baby girl before she pulls off or constantly turn her head . Idk if she’s eating enough because it’s a short amount of time and when I feel her stomach afterwards it doesn’t feel full . She ju...

Has anyone got any experience with wrong size of breast pump ? I have immensely suffered severe pain up to my nipple for a few days now. Got a new pump I think it’s a medium so a size smaller than my initial one and I’ve been using it more and notice I had clogged duct it was hard and very painful 😣. I tried using…

Anyone else back in the cluster feeding trenches? 😅 Had 3 days of false security. Getting 6/7 hrs broken sleep at night. Back to hourly feeds tonight 🥲

Hey all, so I have a query as there are mixed messages online about storing hand expressed milk in the fridge - I’m sticking to using it before 4 days but I accidentally added fresh breast milk to a bottle I had stored in the fridge 2 days prior and apparently it needs to be cool before mixing? The whole body temp t...

I understand some women aren’t able to, or don’t want to, but there’s this narrative that bf is pushed too much? I just found the statistic very shocking. Since reading it I’ve felt very self conscious feeding my baby in public.

Help! My son will be going to daycare really soon and he refuses the bottle at all cost. My mom says it’s on me for not using the bottle more or having others feed him. But I wanted to EBF. When he was first born there were so many issues where I couldn’t and at one point all he took was the bottle. Now I only breas...

I exclusively breast fed on demand for 7 months. I just returned to work and am now pumping and I’m having such a hard time figuring out how much milk my baby needs. Advice??

I am about to stop breast feeding. Usually I pop a boob out while half asleep. I’m not used to being particularly physical to feed her at night. My LO (1 y/o) drinks cows milk in a sippy cup. Can a cup of milk last on the bed all night? What do you do during the night? Does porridge stop night feeds?

I’m 37+5 and tonight I started colostrum harvesting, I did try a few days ago just by hand expressing but I really struggled so tonight I decided to use a manual breast pump.. I managed to get 3 syringes. I’m just wondering if this looks right? As I see some peoples looks a yellow colour so I’m confused as to weathe...

Does anyone know how to help? We're trying to breastfeed our newborn and I had just fed her and about 5 minute later she was showing signs of wanting to feed again, but when offered she didn't want to latch on or engage. I'm worried she's either not getting enough or there's something else wants and I can't figure ...

Hey girls, I bathed my baby this morning and noticed his nipple was red and slightly bruised and has a little but very obvious lump under it. I rang 111 as hes had no trauma to it and they sent me straight to A&E. He also has a lot of mucus in his poo the past 3 days which can suggest infection according to google...

Breastfeeding mums - how often are you all offering the boob for feeds in the day and do you offer before food or before naps etc… I sometimes worry my wee one isn’t getting enough milk as I often feel like she doesn’t seem that bothered by her food either. She’s feeding roughly 4 times a day and typically before na...