mw is due to come today to do los heel p*** test so will ask her about not feeling well ... didnt have a good night at all especially with lola wanting to feed constantly and i just wanted to go to sleep with the way i was feeling thats one of the drawbacksof bf i suppose cant drag dp in to help ... more >>

Brian is now 8 days old...but seems to be like his brother in the sucky department...he's constantly trying to get his fingers or thumbs in there LOL...gets very frustrated at the mo as he dosnt have the coordination
with gregor i used a dummy from about 3-4 weeks old...blissful as it meant i ... more >>

Oooh I'd be praying for thrush personally, I thought mastitis was really painful and worse than thrush! Fingers crossed you get it sorted soon but I'm not convinced this is gonna work, plus it smells like aniseed and ds HATES it, he screams every time and just keeps spitting it out ... more >>

i was told by my mw that when my little girl was 2 weeks old she was being a bit too greedy with the boob as she had green poo, and it was going through her too quickly. she said i was doing really well and not to worry about it and that it would sort itself out and it more or less ... more >>

I droped a feed a wk and now i just have the night time ones to do. Will be doing them in the 6wk hols. dead line 6th sept when im going to be away for the night. lo is 20mths so had a good inings.
I to this time have gone from an 12/14 to a 10 some times 8. I have made sure i have kept it off ... more >>

I have co slept with both my los. DS is still in with me at 20mths{and dd comes in some nights and she is 5} I have got lots of sleep and she has dd,ds and dp. Its been the best thing for us as a family. Im still feeding and when we stop i will start moving him in to his bed{which he has slept in ... more >>

Well done you for going back to it! I hope it works out better for you this time. The growth spurts are definitely one of the hardest parts of breastfeeding. My ds (now almost 8 months) was always a long feeder...anything from 30-60 mins in the early days. I was told that thing about 10 mins too ... more >>

I am feeling so down and irritable today after a really bad night. She woke at 1.30, I don't even remembere when before that, and then every hour until 6.30am. Eventually I got her down again till 8am. The night before she actually slept from 1.30 to 6am, the longest stretch I've had for ... more >>

If you can ladies get down to your local Debenhams, I got 3 today for £15.30!!! The website didn't seem to have many styles and they had sold out of most sizes but they had loads instore (well they did at Lakeside anyway!) I usually struggle because I'm a 34H so I'm well chuffed ... more >>

had the same thing, you do need to keep feeding through the agony, will take couple of days, savoy cabbage is best, alsp hand express a tiny bit after each feed, rub it on nipple and air dry as long as possible. try to massage breast gently as lo feeds, lots of warmth, hot baths will help, ... more >>

as the last poster said...try holding rugby ball way so the impression is that its the favourite side with how baby is lying...DS1 had a preference for a while, did that and yes he took normally after a few days...DS2 is only 4 days old and did have a right hand preference for a day, but ... more >>

my lo has had a dummy since he was 4 days old and never got confused - he also has a bottle of ebm every now and then and he can easily switch during the same session from bottle to breast and viceversa!!! not sure what all the scare about dummies damaging bf come ... more >>

Thanks for your advice girls . . . . .it's so nice to be able to ask questions that I think are a bit daft, and get some proper answers!!  Boots storage bags, here I come!!! x  ... more >>

16 weeks - ish - can be a big growth spurt - have you tried offering the same boob for 2 succcessive feeds (if every 2 hours) as this can fill them up a bit more. I remember with DS, he fed hourly in the day and woke every 2.5 hours at night, for over 7 days at 16 weeks and at 17 weeks ... more >>

Hi hon, my lo has bad silent reflux (shes not sick, just acid comes up and then goes back down) and i have been told by my paediatrician that i am not to stop bf lol. Its the best thing for them as the reflux isnt as bad at night in bf babies, whereas ff babies tend to suffer worse during the ... more >>

Lmao, ds1 used to do that & not just to me when he was about a year & he wasn't even breastfed ... more >>

I tried the sitting up position last night and then he went for 2 1/2 hours - our best ever!!!  Thanks everyone for your help
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My dd1 will 5 in 2 weeks and I exclusively bf her for 16 weeks, I got my 1st period when she was just over 6 months old. My periods were actually better after having her they were in a regualr cycle and the aches and pains were a lot easier. dd2 is nearly 26 weeks now and I am still exclusively ... more >>

I know how you feel with this, lo got to 10 weeks before she fed every half hour... taking full feeds emptying me. My hv told me to think about weaning... but this was 7 weeks before they even recommended it so i was like no i'll carry on. However 4 n a half weeks later lo was still feeding every ... more >>

Ha! not just me being a bit unusual then! It was weird, I swear I could feel my boobs "making" milk as we were at it, not sure it added to the experience tho ... more >>

Get a proper measurement at around 37 weeks they should take into account the need for expansion. I bought a 2 pack from marks to do me the first couple of weeks...i think they were £20 for the 2. They may seem to be too small for a while when milk comes in but if your going to feed for a ... more >>

I agree with the other posts - more people will be able to successfully bf if they know the realities of bf from the start and have the determination to suceed!! For me, bf hurt for the first 12 weeks and I was told my latch was fine, dd2 was putting on weight - but magically and literally ... more >>

I had this problem too and my breastfeeding councillor said it is too often put down to colic. She said that in the evening your milk is very thin and slow-flowing and so the baby doesnt like it and doesnt feel as full and so gets very frustrated.
To combat this, first give your ... more >>

Also when reheating never shake the milk it breaks up valuble enzymes in the milk
Gently swill
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Had the same problem with my lo. We had a traumatic labour, I was on painkillers still, and she was so so sleepy. Most advised me to feed her every 2 hours but she would feed for an hour or so, and wasn't interested before another two or three. Then one m/w said as long as she went not more than ... more >>