breastfeeding

EBF is starting to get tough, but I don’t pump enough for anymore than maybe 1-2 bottles a day ( max. 4oz)

I work eight hour shifts. With a commute, it’s 8.5 or 9 hours away from baby, depending on the day. On off days when baby is with me, he nurses every three to four hours. He’s almost 5 months old, 50th percentile for weight and 40th for height. He has two caregivers while I’m working. One comes...

I’m six days postpartum. I have been pumping and attempting breast-feeding. However, my LO does not like the breast. She will attempt to latch, suck 5 to 6 times, and then pulls away with a grimacing face. After one or two tries on each breast of this, she gets very frustrated. I’ve tried...

While there is much controversy regarding whether excess LA is harmful, there is compelling evidence that a maternal diet that is high in LA can alter the mother’s plasma lipid composition which can alter the lipid profile of the breast milk and influence the child’s plasma lipid profile (Innis...

im a new mom and my milk supply is not here. i keep hearing colostrum is enough but my baby is acting very hungry and not satisfied. what did you all do in the early days? any advice?? EDIT: wow. i wrote this post deliriously tired with a baby on my boob about to break apart. the support and...

I have 6.5 month old baby. Up to now I was EBF and have started introducing solids this month. My baby drinks milk about 8 times a day, plus twice overnight. I’ll in a couple of months go back to work, and would like to already get prepared. I’ve pumped a little milk everyday (together with...

Sorry this got long. Background: I gave birth a week ago Friday via unplanned c-section. After she was out, they discovered pretty bad placenta accreta, and I almost lost my uterus. As it stands, getting pregnant again would be dangerous and possibly deadly. Despite that, my colostrum was...

I'm not sure exactly how to word my question. I know not to compare the volume of breastmilk to formula because a baby will often need a lot less breastmilk compared to formula, but how does this affect stomach size? I've been exclusively breastfeeding my 5mo since a few weeks old so I have no...

I ended up getting postpartum preeclampsia. Baby was born 6 weeks ago. I have been really struggling with my supply since day 1, no matter how often i pump (8-10x a day 25-30 mins each), i just cant get my supply up! I average about 40 ml per session, but sometimes it goes as high as 120 ml...

FTM, girly is a few days shy of 12 weeks. The last few weeks, I feel like my supply has drastically decreased. We breastfeed most of the time, I pump at least twice a day for the freezer stash and so my husband can help with feeding. I used to wake up full and hard. I would feed and still pump...

I've never had enough milk to feed my baby so I've been always supplementing and breastfeeding/pumping. Every little drop counts and I'm trying my best. Today I woke up and after feeding my baby (not much, she's on a booby strike) I started pumping some more. I was feeling quite accomplished...

I am 4 weeks PP and have been feeding on demand exclusively on the breast. Baby eats anywhere from every 1-3 hours, sometimes for 10 minutes, sometimes he just hangs out for 45. He goes 3 hours pretty consistently through the night. He’s gaining weight and I’m confident that my supply is...

So 8 months strong EBF introduced weaning at 5 m/o is still a bit hit n miss with her but she loves food when she loves it. She mostly loves the mama milk the most and i love that for her. I think as a natural progression my volume has been slowly dwindling anyway (though I don’t know for sure...

The night before I had insomnia and he woke up very often for a feed. But then last night I decided to go to sleep early to get at least 3 hours sleep.. and to my surprise, it was 6 hours... Hooray!!! It's not very often that he does it... But the downside is that it takes forever to get him...

Ok so my LO is 9 weeks and just when I thought we had things figured out he suddenly is very fussy and not really eating from the right side. In the first few weeks I could only get him to latch well on the right. I barely had to do anything he just popped on there. The left was another story...

FTM. LO just turned 7 months old. I’ve always felt my breast milk was… inadequate. She had a hard time gaining at first, continuously fell asleep nursing. Weight was a concern really up until she started daycare at 3 months old. Even after pumping twice a day at work, my supply is hardly...

Hello all. Long post ahead. This is on breastfeeding, low milk supply, formula as a backup, and feeling depressed and anxious all while doing it. As I type this, my wife and our 8 day old LO are currently sleeping (finally) after a brutal 36 hour stretch of minimal sleep so I apologize for...

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I’ve gotten some mixed answers. Do you do a full feed on one breast then the next full feed on the other or do you switch mid-feed. I’m concerned that if my baby eats every 3 hours then one side isn’t touched for 6 hours. For example 8am- L 11am- R 2pm- L 5pm- R 8pm- L Left goes from 8-2...