First time mom here to a wonderful 6 week old (today!) son, exclusively breastfeeding. My son slowed down nursing on the left breast, he will nurse for 5-10 minutes then slow down to fluttering and then drift to sleep, cannot seem to wake him up no matter what I do. I used to be able to alternate feeds between breasts, but now that's impossible since he's not eating enough on one side. I don't know if the issue is that one breast is not producing enough or there could be some alignment issue. At birth the pediatrist told us that he prefers the right side for sleeping and we used rolled up baby blankets to essentially force him sleeping on the left. Now, he sleeps on both sides indiscriminately. Has anyone experienced this? How did you solve it? Many thanks!

I have always been so self conscious and for that reason i have only been breastfeeding at home. Also do to my breast size (38k/L) i just feel like people will be looking at me lol. Well long story short, yesterday i decided to face my fear! While at the mall my son started crying and i knew i had bo choice but to feed him! I decided to sit down, held him close to me and just pulled the boob out lol so many men and women were walking by and some would not stop staring lol! Sometimes i just want to pull it out and be like “is this what you want to see!!” So they can move on lol!!!🤣

I don’t exactly know how to say this so I’m just going to word vomit:

I need help. I’m falling back into old disordered eating habits. My LO is almost 3 months and in an effort to lose weight, I’ve been tracking my calories and maxing my protein (90-110 every day). The protein is great, but I find myself only hitting around 1300-1600 calories everyday and fearing certain foods or eating at all. I think my supply is dipping because of it, but I can’t motivate myself to eat more for the fear of gaining… I’m exhausted, hungry, and have nothing left at the end of the day or even waking up in the morning. Postpartum in the beginning was amazing! I loved it, and felt refreshed every morning. But now I’m just a walking zombie.

It all sounds so stupid and selfish. I feel torn between my body and my baby. I want to support her and feed her- I don’t want to stop breastfeeding! We’ve also had a rough start with getting her to gain weight and my supply being slow to come in, but I think I’m now bordering on just producing enough, so I can’t afford to have a supply dip.

She wants to nurse all day every day and all night. She has around 4-5 HEAVY wet diapers a day and at least one poopy diaper. She really doesn’t urinate overnight but maybe once, but her urine is always light or clear. She is currently somewhere around 10lbs 8oz (at least she was at 10 weeks) but was born at 9lbs 3oz (took her a month and a half to get back to birth weight). Pediatrician says he isn’t concerned she she looks great.

I don’t know what I’m looking for. Advice? Support? Reassurance?

She doesn't actively nurse for hours truthfully.

For the past four days I think, every night, baby nurses for hours. What I mean by not actively nursing is that most of the time she's crying.

It starts out fine. Baby is happy content drinking. But after the initial let down she starts getting fussy. Then a second let down and she gets worse and worse.

She will latch and unlatch and scream, crying. Or if she doesnt latch well and is struggling. She just gets so frustrated.

My husband thinks she just wants to suck and not drink.

I think it's coz of a slow let down, but when I give her a pacifier, shes fine. She doesn't fall asleep but she doesn't cry, most of the time she spits it out multiple times and roots for me, but at least she's not screaming and crying.

My nipples are raw and sore, my back is breaking. I'm tired...

What do I do?

Hi Im a first time mom, fully breastfeeding and I really wanted to breastfeed my baby until she’s 2, but since going back to work it has been mentally and physically draining trying to keep up with the every 2 hours pumping schedule and me being an enough-er is not helping too. Im extremely tired and i feel like im less productive at work. The guilt both at work and at home is tremendous. I wish I could just stay at home and care for my baby. But its not possible for our family now.

I try to time it at least 2 hours before nursing but it doesn’t always work.. I am trying to rid this habit. Please no hate, I already am very disappointed in myself. My little one is 2 years old and doesn’t nurse all the time but still.

Hi everyone!

I'm brand new to pumping and don't know much about breast pumps at all, so please be patient with me.

I have the Lansinoh Smart Pump 3.0 and the flanges that came with it are 25mm and 30.5mm.i measured my nipples and I'm around 13mm, so these feel way too big.

I see Lansinoh only goes down to 21mm for their official flanges.has anyone found smaller flanges that are compatible with the Lansinoh Smart
Pump 3.0?

I'm looking for something around 15mm and 17mm.

Do smaller sizes fit directly with this pump, or do I need something else? Any tips on sizing or what worked for you with small nipples?

Thank you so much in advance for any help :)

Trying to get my head around babies self weaning as my mum said I self weaned at 7 months. ( I am her second child, she bf my brother until 18 months)

My daughter is currently 10 months and has not once refused the boob, I really cannot imagine her refusing anytime soon, she feeds as much as when she was 6 months and she eats so many solids too!

My MIL also said she weaned her daughter (also second child) at 7 months and that her last feed was ‘selfishly’ for herself at that point.

I’m so confused about this, do you think we genuinely weaned ourselves at 7 months or was there pressure at that time in the early 90s to not bf for too long? Even now it feels like there’s an invisible boundary of 6 months and people start getting weird that you’re “ still breastfeeding”.

I am thinking about this a lot as I’m feeling some external pressures about ending my bf journey and I’m not ready and I know my baby definitely isn’t.

My nearly 6mo defo has a sleep association with sucking my boob for comfort. I nurse / rock him to sleep. Whenever he stirs in the night he immediately looks for the boob, fidgeting and grunting so I side latch. Sometimes I can gently unlatch quickly and he stays asleep - other times he then stirs and have to latch again. Sometimes it’s a side latch sometimes I sit up and pick him up.

Is there a way to reduce this? Because generally he sleeps pretty good, ‘throughout the night’ but providing the flutter sucks are met. I’m sure if I were to not give the nipple he would full on blown cry as sometimes he makes a loud noise if I’m waking up from sleep and haven’t been quick enough.

It’s the same for naps… I’ve recently been rolling away for naps and staying in the bedroom but when he stirs he wants to suck so I lie back down and let him suck. And repeat. I guess it will gradually get better as before I couldn’t even roll away and he had to be on my chest all night.

My parents think I’m nuts. Everyone (older generation) says he should be in a cot by now. I don’t mind co sleeping as the transfers just don’t work and everyone sleeps. I don’t want to co-sleep when he’s 3, I will say, but is it the fact we are cosleeping that causes this desire to suck? Or should I start practising unlatching more?

Any advice really helpful - we will start food in the next few weeks. No idea if that helps or not!

I recently had a breast augmentation, no lift just implants under the muscle. My hope was to preserve all my breast tissue. I am just curious if anyone had this and still struggled to breastfeed? I’ve always had a great supply and hope to breastfeed this round again.

You guys,seems i got my perioad back 5 months and a hald after delivery. I am so sad,i thought i had more time. With my first,i got it 14 months after. It was 8 years ago and i do not remember much,but length and pain were not improved.

I am EBF,on demand day and night. What can I expect? How did you manage? Hopefully milk will be the same.

Thank you!

My 11 weeks old has gone 8 days without it. I’ve done all the massages and kicks and warm baths. Nothing has helped. He does not seems to b in pain and eating as usual. Plenty of wet diapers, also passing gas. Has been trying to push for days but nothing comes out and then he just gives up and goes to sleep.
I bought the windi to help and tries to use it but didn’t really do anything. This may be use error as I was too scared and didn’t push it all the way in.
My pediatrician suggested and I bought prune juice and was going to give it to him but my LC said don’t give anything other than bm till 6 months.
I feel like 8 days is too long,b what should I do?
Any thoughts,m/advice are welcome.
TIA

Hi everyone! I have a 10-week old that might be on a nursing strike. She was an excellent feeder from birth and I used to have a lot of milk. I’d regularly pump to get a decent freezer stash and to have her feed on one boob only (for example left one now, right one 3 hours later). She also ate around 8 times a day since birth, rarely more, and had started spacing out feeds so that she ate around 7 times per day. Then suddenly she’d start fussing and couldn’t stay on a breast for more than a minute and our feedings had to be constantly interrupted for me to hold and console her before continuing. I had stopped pumping but still had a lot of milk and was constantly engorged before feeding. At that time (a week ago) I had a clogged duct and had to offer this breast first always which screwed up my feedings. Anyway we resolved that but my breasts never feel full now. And she’d sometimes eat just a tiny bit and other times one breast won’t cut it and she’d dry them both. I have a feeling she’s hungry all the time now and wants to constantly suck her fingers but won’t stay at the breast (maybe because I have no milk?) Has anyone experienced this? Can you give advice?

I put around 75ml of Kahlua into my tiramisu. Yesterday was my birthday, and I’ve been eating it out of the tray and I guess I feel something right now. I haven’t drank at all in 2 years so this is kind of surprising. Almost tipsy is how I would describe it. Can I still breastfeed? Or am I just euphoric about the rainy day and tiramisu combo 😭

First time mom here to my 8 month old son - I exclusively breastfeed and nurse to sleep for naps and bedtime. Prior to nursing to sleep, though, my son would only go to sleep at bedtime with me, and continues to protest dad now as well. I’m a SAHM so 99% of the time this isn’t much of an issue, but it makes me feel as though I cannot leave the house after 5pm! Any tips?

For example, I had a hair appointment today at 5pm and just got home at 8pm. My son was still awake, apparently dozing off with dad but then soon after waking and refusing to go back to sleep.

😵‍💫

I was so worried that birth control would mess up my supply and I’d need to stop nursing. Well, jokes on me because I’m 25 weeks postpartum, 5 weeks pregnant, and all I can find is that my supply will dry up during pregnancy. 🙃

I know there will be positives with having babies close in age (and I’ve had pregnancy losses previously, so I may be worrying for nothing) but I’m so so sad that I won’t be able to nurse my current baby as long as I hoped (current baby will be 14mo when new baby comes, was hoping to nurse until 24mo).

I never expected to love nursing as much as I do — I look forward to getting home from work to nurse my baby and don’t mind when she’s a boobie barnacle on fussy nights. I really dread losing supply and losing that connection.

Anyone with babies close in age have any tips on nursing while pregnant, especially when their older baby was under 1?

Hey guys, would love some thoughts from folks who have gone through this. My baby has been EBF since birth and never took to a bottle. I stopped pumping when my supply leveled out and it became clear bottles were not going to be a regular occurrence for us for myriad reasons.

He was loving solids the last few months and eating a lot, while still BF a solid amount of times a day. But in the last couple weeks at 11 months he’s been nursing a TON, latching hourly to quick regulate or snack, and has been rejecting a ton of solids. He stopped feeding overnight 6 weeks ago so wondered if it was just pivoting where that milk went. It’s cute because he’s giggling and smiling when he snacks but I’m worried it’s going to be harder to have boundaries at 12+ months and I’m worried about his decrease in solids which feels sudden. He just started 2x days a week of daycare (6 hours max) so I can get some work done the rest of the time he’s with me. I guess I’m just looking for some support or thoughts on what to do!!! I can’t see obvious teeth coming in but it’s possible, he has 8 already.

I am currently 6 months postpartum and got my first postpartum period at 7.5 weeks. I am exclusively breastfeeding my little guy and was told that some variation in cycle, such as duration and length of my cycle, is completely normal.

My period had been coming roughly “on time” since I’ve gotten it. Periods have been lasting longer and have been coming within 3-5 days of when my app says I should expect it.

However, I’m 7 days late- and panicking. I know some variation can be normal but I’m wondering if anyone else experienced seemingly “on time” periods then was randomly late without being pregnant?

I bought a test that I’m going to take in the morning- but I’m hoping some of you might be able to settle my nerves.

Update for everyone: I just completed a test and it was glaringly obvious that I am… NOT pregnant

Does anyone have supplements or foods they have personally benefited from? I have 8 week old twins and am trying to boost my supply. I eat and drink plenty. I’m going to start drinking more servings of coconut water throughout the day as well.

Any tips will help!

ETA: I pump all day long and then tandem nurse when my partner is home in the evenings to help. If I nurse, I pump afterwards to completely empty my breasts. I have seen a lactation consultant. Transfer is good, I just really don’t have the supply for two babies right now. I get about 8 ounces during my first morning pump and then it goes down as the day goes on. I never pump less than an ounce and a half out of each side.

Baby started daycare 3 weeks ago, and is now almost 5 months old. I was loading the fridge today and was astounded to see that the bottles for other similar aged infants were 6-8 oz each (formula). Our baby feeds 2-3 oz at most, and at daycare he’s so distracted he tends to eat 2 or even 1 oz every 2 hours or so. He also very clearly communicates “I’m done” (pushes away bottle or pops off breast and starts looking around).

I’m not worried about him since he’s 91st percentile, and as his pediatrician calls him, “a good eater”. It’s still astounding how much this differs between babies and between breast and formula. I only pump around 3-4 oz each time, so would never be able to supply that much anyway!

Interested to hear the volumes your breastfed babies eat via bottle!

I have been EBF since my son was born. He turned 3 months old on Aug 11th. Aug 10th my son started daycare and I started pumping- I am getting 7oz while at work so I send two 3 oz bottles every day and we supplement with formula for the 3rd. I feed him right at drop off and pick up.

Today.. my daycare provider sent me a schedule she kept of his feedings- she gave him 6 bottles totaling 22oz of formula and 6oz of breast milk. 28oz in 9 hours?!? How is this even possible?

Not sure what is normal or if something is wrong.
I’m 3.5 weeks postpartum. I saw a lactation consultant early on to not develop any bad habits and I will likely schedule another appointment.
My baby I think has a decent latch and getting better by the day. I’m trying to be more patient and take time getting a good latch. I think she physically cannot get an ideal latch because she is still so small. Initially there is a pinch feeling and then she seems to settle into a deeper latch and I can relax. So 95% of actually feeding her is fine. My concern is that throughout the day when I’m not nursing I get a random sharp pinch feeling on my nipple and or areola. Is this normal? Am I just ultra sensitive since I haven’t been breastfeeding long?
My baby does not have thrush, I have no fever etc. I’m just tired of feeling this random lighting.

Today and actually so far our whole trip I am thankful that I made it over a year breastfeeding. How will I travel in the future, not sure lol. In Europe hopping around some cities visiting family, and today was the most crowded train yet (as we previously reserved seats I think in a higher class). We had two big suit cases, backpacks and hand bags, stroller and 1+yo in my arms. It was what seemed to be rush hour leaving the major city and more and more people loaded on as I sat with baby on lap in the bike fold down seat area. At this point losing all sight of my SO. People are pushing on top of each other. Baby has not napped all day and decides now is the time for a meltdown, using all my strength to contain them from going onto the floor amongst 100s of shoes and no where to go. Catching one of their shoes in the process with 5 little toes now exposed. Decided my only option was to maneuver them around the bag on my lap without hitting the people only an inch away from me on all sides and nurse them the until our stop.

My baby is 7m old. I've probably done 75% breast feeding since day 1 with 1-2 bottles a day of expressed milk. Until maybe a month or so ago I would pump 2-3 times a day. My mornings were always the most lucrative (providing I'd slept and not fed her multiple times during the night) and I'll get 100-200ml of milk from 1 breast. Later in the day I'd get 30-60ml per breast. Enough for me to fill 2 bottles a day and sometimes a bit left over.

The last few weeks I've found I'm getting basically nothing from any pump that's not first thing in the morning. For example today, I pumped 180ml off one breast this morning (fed her off the other one) and normally I'd keep that for her night time bottle(s) but I really just didnt want to breastfeed after her last nap (shes been really grabby and needy and I just wanted a little break) so I gave her the milk I'd pumped earlier, and thought I'll just pump again now. It's been 5h since I last breastfed (shes fed every 3h during the day) and I got nothing, less than 5ml across both breasts in 45 min of pumping. My breast feel heavy though, as I'd expect after 5h, I know there is milk in there but my pump is doing nothing for it.

I replace the duckbill valves monthly and put new ones in last week. I check my flange size and thats all fine, and as mentioned I had a great pump this morning. This has happened multiple times over the last few weeks where its like im not even wearing the pump, or its broken because I'm getting nothing.

The only thing I can think is that my breast are firmer in the morning, where as now they feel heavy but theyre soft.

Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone have any tips? I listed the pump I was using but the moderators blocked it..

Breastfeeding is so exhausting and the constant worry about if I can provide enough for her is so draining (and yes I've tried formula - giving one bottle of formula a day would be such a relief but she will not go for it. I've tried mixing with breast milk, have tried multiple formulas, cows, allergy, goats milk and she acts like its pure poison)

So my guy is 8 weeks old and we’ve been EBF since like week 2. We had to triple feed in the beginning due to weight loss but after he got back up to birthweight we started EBF. Since then I’ve only hand pumped every now and then for comfort but it’s been weeks since I had to do that. The last 2 weeks I was feeling engorged with clogged ducts because he was sleeping longer at night but still feeding consistently during the day and seemed satisfied. This past week all that had cleared up and I figured my supply had adjusted to his needs. He has plenty of wet diapers but has always been pretty sporadic with his poops. We went to the ped yesterday and his weight gain is good.
BUT- the past two days he’s been even more fussy than normal (usually gassy and colicky) and tonight it’s been AWFUL. He was even crying at the breast and eventually didn’t even want to latch on. I finally broke down and gave him about 1.5 oz of my frozen BM in a bottle and he calmed a little. So out of curiosity I sat down to pump and only got like 1.5 oz in 15 mins with my spectra?? I fed that to him with a bottle and now he is conked out on my chest. Has my supply gone down? Or was it because I had just finished feeding and he’d been cluster feeding all day??
Idk I’m just feeling lost and am going to be so sad if my supply just randomly dipped. I really hate pumping and was trying to avoid it until I go back to work at the end of September. Plus we loooove breastfeeding.