breastfeeding

At the end of the post is one day of the feeding schedule for my little one. I am worried because this has been our schedule for about 2 weeks - Little One is a little over 4 weeks old. I imagine that the bouncing between breasts is cluster feeding but I also worry because it seems like cluster...

My daughter had her one month check up today and is gaining weight wonderfully. She was born 5lbs 9oz, dropped to 5lbs 1oz, and is now up to 7lbs 6oz. I asked my doctor about clusterfeeding and how often I should be nursing, since it seems like my daughter just wants to be on the breast almost...

I returned to work a few weeks ago, just on the weekends, and wanted to see how long everyone who goes to work pumps and how many times throughout the day. When I work 9-5, I pump 3-4 times for 15 minutes and when I work 10-5, it’s 3 times for 15 minutes. But then it takes me like 10-15...

Hi! I am a PhD candidate at University of Illinois Chicago. My dissertation research focuses on maternal perception of insufficient breast milk supply (PIMS) in the U.S. Please help us learn about your experience of having an insufficient breast milk supply. Your thought is invaluable...

My LO is 3 months old & ive already had mastitis 2x, killing my supply. My period also seems to drop it a little too. I nurse him and then offer a 1-2 ounce bottle after, which he always drinks. My friend’s baby just turned 1 and she has about 300 oz of extra milk she gave me. He drank it...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has any advice on how I can stop breastfeeding my toddler without going cold turkey. I have adored our journey but I'm just done now and have had enough. I have tried the 'don't offer, don't refuse' thing but he just jumps on me and pulls at my top and says 'I...

My 9-month-old has been breastfed since day 1. Never taken a bottle. Followed his weight curve (perfect 50th percentile) until he was 7 months old. Then he stopped gaining weight - which coincided with him starting to move around, but I assume the weight curve takes into consideration that...

Ive been told over and over that when I’m done nursing I’ll get depressed. Does this happen to everyone? Is it inevitable even if you wean slowly?? I had some PPD and the thought of being depressed gives me such bad anxiety- what a vicious cycle. 🥴 my son is 21 mo and he still nurses 3/4 x a day.

Hello! I’m looking for encouragement and support from our amazing community. I started my relactation journey at 12 weeks postpartum. This community has been one of my motivating factors for trying again, so I hope you can cheer me on! You can ready my story here: Please help me succeed by...

Just wondering if yours do to? My LO falls asleep between 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm all depending on her naps throughout the day. Usually she gets Fed right before bed. She wakes up after her first 6ish hour of stretch and eats. Then sometimes actually for most nights she wakes up around 4:20am...

Hi all! I have a 14 month old and we’re down to nursing just once a day. My breastfeeding journey is coming to an end. I’m posting because I am obsessed with the super comfy nursing bras that I’m linking below, and I don’t want to go back to the kinds of bras I was wearing before I got pregnant...

Baby girl is 6 weeks and has been struggling to gain weight since 2 weeks. Been working with a LC and her and the pediatrician have both checked multiple times for tongue ties or anything. Started triple feeding and supplementing with formula 2 weeks ago and we’ve seen improvement but not...

My LO will be 12 weeks tomorrow. I’m looking for some support or hope or any kind of guidance or advice at this point. Our journey started out with a very long induced labor which led to an unplanned c section. Post surgery my blood pressure dropped so low I was basically passing out and...

Basically as the title says. She’ll be 8 weeks come Thursday. She normally nurses for 10-15 minutes but lately has been nursing for 7-8, sometimes 10 minutes at a time. It freaks me out because I’m not sure if she’s getting enough milk. If I try to nurse her more, she just cries and gets upset...

Hi everyone! Wanted to reach out if anyone on here has successfully breastfed after a C-section? I’m a first time momma and have been stressed to find out that my baby hasn’t been getting enough milk from me so his pediatrician recommended to top off with formula. We are on day 9 PP and when I...

I’m 4 months postpartum. I don’t leave the house much. When I do, it’s in baggy sweatpants and a loose maternity top (so I can easily pull it up/down to nurse in). It’s winter so I can throw a long jacket over whatever I wear. Usually I don’t even wear a bra. Warmer weather is coming. I’d like...

UGH MIL took care of LO for the first time today… We were gone for 6ish hours Came home and my freezer stash is at 0!!!! There is absolutely no way she drank 30+ oz of milk in 6 hours. She formula fed her kids so maybe she doesn’t know how much goes into producing BM? Idk. Just feel like...

OK, maybe I’m being wildly optimistic, but my body has clearly been fighting mastitis for the past 24 hrs. Started to feel crappy yesterday afternoon and By evening had a slight fever (e.g., 99.1 degrees) and felt AWFUL (sore all over, headache, felt cold and couldn’t warm. Up). Took some...

Had tongue and lip ties done back in a day. Have slight issues with neck she prefers the right side over the left. Saw pt they said to do stretches. We saw 5-6 or maybe 7 lc and to no avail. Is there anything that helped u guys with the shallow latch? She wants the breast but doesn’t open her...

Anyone have any suggestions on transitioning from EBF to solids. My LO is 6 months and not interested in solids at all. Also will only take milk from the breast which is exhausting. LO will wait hours to feed instead of having cereal or any food. I’m tired. Any suggestions on encouraging the...