hi, i had a tough time trying to feed  my first child. i couldn't get him to latch on and when he did he wasn't on properly. i only fed him for 5 weeks and always felt bad about it. i am 6 weeks away from having my second and i really want to feed her. any sugggestions?

Hi all, my 3 yo is a boobie-a-holic, and weaning he is just so difficult. My 1st weaned at 3 1/2 and I thought that was too long, my 2nd at 18 months.

I've tried telling him he doesn't need it anymore because he is a big boy, butt he is always at me for the comfort no doubt.

Now, just to let you know, I can't just get up and go elsewhere because I have mS, so I am always having ''gruelling sit downs'' which makes it all too easy for him to just climb on up, can any of you offer any advice PLEASE.

CHEERS

I am just 10 weeks away from my EDD and have a few questions:

I tried to breastfeed my daughter but everytime I tried to get her to latch on, I broke out into a cold sweat, did anyone else experience this?

If I am unable to get the new baby to latch on, can I still express my milk and feed with a bottle?

I would also like some advice on how to help baby to latch on and some techniques to try.

Thank you

Clare xxx

Any difficulties with breastfeeding can be solved with dietary modifications. Maintaining a high fibre diet will stop any constipation issues with your baby(ies). Get fibre from vegetables, if you want to lose weight, and keep up the fats - a half cup of raw oil will help your baby keep gaining weight. Flaxseed oil is good (olive oil can cause skin issues).

Things can surely change fast. When I entered the post below, I was breastfeeding 3x a day and had no problem. A week after that I got bit and bit hard, by both of the girls! Now only do they bite, they somehow clamp down while nursing. I was sore for a week.

So now we're down to 2x a day. I think we're surely heading down weaning, how soon or how long the process will take is undecided so we'll play it by ear.

My twins are now 13 1/2 months and are still breastfeeding. We are now at 3x a day. I am quite pleased and feel no urge to stop just yet, especially that they are having cow's milk allergy issues. I breastfed my son for 11 1/2 months so we're past that now. Yay!

I was just planning on breastfeeding the girls for at least a year and was planning on fully weaning this month in preparation for an 8 hour drive to a sister-in-law's wedding. But the wedding got postponed, so I decided to just take my sweet time with the weaning process. But currently, I don't mind at all so we may keep going.

I am currently breastfeeding my four month old daughter. From around 8 weeks she was sleeping around 8 hours straight each night before waking to feed. For the last few weeks she has been waking more often in the night to feed. This has coincided with a reduction in the amount of poo she produces (did not poo for 33 days!!!) I suspect it has something to do with lower milk supply (as I had been doing alot of exercise...) Any ideas of what I can do to increase my milk supply - I have ceased exercising to lose weight and have increased my calories... (pediatrician said no poo was ok because baby was breastfed....)

Just wanted to say hi! and not lurk lol i dont currently have any children,hoping to start ttc in a yr and a bit, hoping to breastfeed when bub is born just looking for advice before i take the parenthood plunge...knowledge is power after all! =)

not trying to take away from this great group, BUT i emailed the breastfeed ass with a question and they were great! prompt to answer back too, so if you need more info they are good too. www.breastfeeding.asn.au

This question is a little hard to put in words but i'll do my best...Scott is 4 months old and feeding well, however for the past month or so on one breast he has been acting a little strange.  When he is feeding from my right breast he always pushes his face deep into my breast and then pulls his head and my nipple back, stretching it beyong belief, he will do this the whole time he is on this side.  It is quite painful when he stretches it out and i end up with a shooting pain in my breast.  He also spends less time feeding on this side.  Both breasts fill up evenly so i don't think it is a lack of supply to one side but i do have trouble expressing from this side.  someone suggested that it may take longer to 'let down' on that side but i can never feel the let down so am unsure.   Does anyone have any idea's why he does this?

I woke up this morning with a very blocked milk duct, I've never had one before and I'm wondering if anyone has any great ideas for getting rid of them, I've read to massage them down during and after feeding and to use warm compresses before feeding.

Can you get rid of it in one feed or is it a process? Any more ideas for getting rid of it?

it is sooo painful, please help, I really don't know what I am doing.

i have been successfully breastfeeding for four months and decided to express some milk to have on standby in the freezer and so dad could help out with feeds now and then, i bought a manual pump (Avent) but i could only get 20mls at the most at a time from one breast and nothing from the other, i decided to hire an electric pump (Ameda) and i have the same problem 20 mls from one side, the milk flows for a few minutes then stops, but i get  nothing from the other side. this even happens if i am expressing when he has missed a feed so there is plenty there it just wont come out.  Are there some people who are just unable to express their milk?

My twins have 4 teeth on top and 2 on the bottom, but it's only lately that their teeth have been hurting me while they are breastfeeding. They are sharp and annoying, but the thing is, they don't hurt me all the time, plus it seems to be happening more with Jojo than Katie.  I thought maybe it has to do with the latch, so I unlatch and put Jojo back on, but it doesn't help. And like I said, it doesn't even happen every feeding.  I figure it has to do with position.

Have any of you, found a way/position or whatever else that is helpful in order to prevent their teeth from hurting the breast?

I suspect that my 19 month is just power crazed, but I thought I would see if this has happened to anyone else, or if you can hazard a guess as to why she's doing it (other than because she can)?

Soph has discovered how to ask me to swap her from one breast to the other (she flings herself up and down in a head banging action while saying "ddd ddd" or attempts a "sss" sound).

Problem is, she can swap sides every couple of minutes, which is annoying. After a few swaps I will usually tell her "no more swap sides" and try to stick to it. Sometimes she accepts that, sometimes she doesnt.

So, power crazed, foremilk addict, am I running low, any ideas?

I am just wondering what worming tablets you can take whilst B/F? i did my Family but couldnt do me and I am always craving sweets. Anyone have any ideas?

love n hugs

milkbars

I have an almost 3 month old son,  he has started screaming about half hour after each feed and holding himself rigid. it starts just after lunch time and happens after every feed till about 11pm. I thought it may have been something I have eaten but I haven't eaten anything different to normal, I did get my first period the day after it started so I am thinking hormone changes???  Could this be possible, has anyone else had this or know of anyone who has had a similar experience?

As he is feeding every 2 hours during the day it is getting quite alot. I have never heard him cry like this before, it is quite upsetting, he is still passing wind like normal, and bowels are normal so this is the only thing I can think of.

going over my legs on his tummy and patting his back doesn't help he screams more, being upright doesn't make all that much difference, we just have to walk around jiggling and rocking him until he stops walking around helps a little but he still cries.  he stops late at night then sleeps and feeds fine during the night, no complaints.

Any Ideas??  Please help.............I may however get him checked out by the doctor.  but in the meantime......................

I'm going crazy

Just thought I would let everybody know I am selling a breastfeeding reminder bracelet on ebay, its mothers minder, silver with pink numerals. You can check it out here.     I no longer use it as I forget to put it back on after showering.

I have a 7.2week old son who I am breastfeeding and he is feeding all over the place, he will feed mostly every 2-3 hours but we have days where he is on and off numerous times within the hour for most part of the day.

When do they settle into a routine? I feel like he's feeding too much, I know you can't overfeed a breastfed bub I just feel like he's on all the time. He is a good size for his 7 weeks so I'm not worried about lack of supply.  But it would be nice to know roughly when they start to settle into a routine.

After talking to several other women I have come upon this question and wish to ask:

Of all those who have breastfed their babies, has anyone notice one side to be more productive and which side?  Also did that side thus become larger or were you able to correct the less productive side and how long did it take and how did you do it?

I ask because several have said that their right side produce more milk, like mine.  However, I have tried to feed more on my left only to not really find a difference.  I can go many hours without draining any of the right side and it will still make even more milk!  I don't look lopsided, but it feels fuller then the left. I want to build up the supply on the left, but don't want to get engourged on the right either. 

I'm reallyl interested to hear the answers to these questions

I was in a church-run workshop today when a woman kindly informed me that when I was playing down on the floor with my baby, particualrly if I lent over, the men on the other side of the room might feel uncomfortable to look in my direction for they would be able to see down my top.  I thanked her at the time, and then went to adjust the straps on my breastfeeding tank top, only to realise it was as tight as it was going to go.  Puzzled I didn't know what it was she expected me to do or not do.  I then wondered, what would I do if my son needed a feed.  My breasts would be even more exposed then, would the men feel uncomfortable with this too?!  I mean, I usually casually use a wrap to give myself SOME privacy, mainly so people don't see much of my nipple.  And a 5 month old can pull on and off all the time making it hard to be discreet.  Now I am confused as to whether it will be considered inappropriate to breastfeed in any church meetings.  This woman later rang me to "apologise", but then when I asked her about the breastfeeding issue she then said she wouldn't have a problem with it if it was in a woman's meeting, but men find breasts a turn-on (then again they used to ahve to cover chair legs for this same reason).  I am confused as to what the politically correct thing AND the morally correct thing is to do in this situation.  I know I should be allowed to breastfeed in public, but does that mean it is taboo also to have anyone see my bustline  if I lean over to play with my child or take him in and out of his pram?  Do I need to spend $60 per top so that I am wearing discreet breastfeeding clothes?  I just had one from target, where it unclips like a bra, but it does have a lowish neckline.