I was thinking about all the strange places you might have nursed a baby, the best ones I have done are * on a trolley in A&E whilst attached to a drip * in the bath * at the boathouse, having our post outing crew chat, stood in the boat bay with huge male rowers wondering around what are the...

I think it is laziness with both of us, but Ada has slipped into not having the best latch in the world, any tips for encouraging her, obviously the same things as with a newborn apply, but some of them are more difficult to do with and awake and heavy 6 month old! We mostly feed lieing down due...

I kept deciding it was bad and I would go to the doctors, then it would feel a little better and I'd decide not to, in the end I finally decided to go this evening, as I wasn't sure if I could wait 'til Monday and we have plans for tomorrow. Conclusion, no idea, baby hasn't bitten, or had a bad...

I asked DH to support me when I go to the doctors tomorrow, specifically to make sure that I don't leave without something being done, i.e. still on antibiotics and a come back next week approach, he has refused to do that, to which I can only conclude he for some reason, despite me telling him...

the weight starts to come off! It's happened twice now, have baby, lose significant weight in first week then nothing until after 1st birthday. I've breastfed both beyond the first birthday, so it doesn't really make sense, very little has change in terms of breastfeeding this time since about...

I'll be in Seattle next week and I'm considering getting fitted and purchasing new bras, my current bras seem to fit ok, but are seriously worn out. If I want to do this job in the US it has to be next week, I don't think it will wait 'til October. So, which stores have good fitters and a good...

I'm on a yahoo group, ukmidwifery, someone asked about breastpumps, I responded, and as they were talking about expressing in the early days, I encouraged her to do so, but warned her that the milk may not keep as long and as it will contain colostrum baby might not like the taste if it's fed...

so I was all ready to pump first thing this morning, I woke up with my right breast feeling achy, which seems to be just a case of it being fuller than it has been for a while, Ada fed, which reduced that feeling slightly, then it was pump time, which got me same as yesterday less than an ounce...

I'm having a nightmare nursing Ada, 16mths. She's never learnt to demand milk despite us trying to teach her the sign, so I basically end up guessing when she wants a feed, which can easily end up being only once a day. Then when she does feed, she goes for about a minute, then delatches and...

don't really know what these are but I talked to a breastfeeding supporter about my persistent lump on my nipple and this was the only thing she suggested, I need to call and make a doctors appointment to let him have a look, but I wondered if anyone knew anything about them Anne

bizarre, funny thing is the 2 things I particularly noticed about her not wanted to breastfeed were not getting engorged and not leaking, erm, isn't that what happens if you don't breastfeed? Oh well, there are always going to be some cynics out there Anne

.....shhh, don't tell anyone! I wanted to pump after feeding and realised the pump needed washing, no probs, I carefully balanced ds on the worksurface, holding him securely with my left arm, but leaving my hand free, ran the water, washed all the easy stuff, plates, glasses, cutlery etc and the...

usually ds feeds about every 3 hours sometimes more often, sometimes less, this morning I went out and I was going to miss one feed, so I left some ebm, but when I got back he hadn't demanded any food, apparently he hadn't even cried and had just played and then slept and generally been very...

I've found I can purchase either a Medela Mini Electric Plus or an Ameda Lactaline for =C2=A375. They are described as lightweight double pumps. Has anyone used either? The Medela one seems to be a double version of the normal mini electric, which I had a lot of sucess with, until it broke. I'll...

ds has just got really enthusiastic with solids and doesn't really demand the breast, he's nearly 7 months weighs a little over 13lb and clearly needs my milk but in the day time he can't be bothered to ask for it and has increased his night wakings, he used to go 11 hours, last night he went for...

I read in the patient information leaflet that sertaline has the side effect of prolactin production which can result in abnormal milk production. I'm really suffering with engorgement and plugged ducts and my pump outputs are huge, this all started about 3 weeks after I started taking sertaline...

my hubbie might have to go to the states for a week at the beginning of february, I am really not ready for this, we've never been apart that long, plus I'm not sure how I would cope for a week alone with ds, I love him very much, but the really bad bits of my PPD are not the long ago and though I...

Heh...Ana now pulls my shirt at the front, peeks down and says "Boobie!". Only at home...yet. I don't let her pinch though, because nipple twiddling is a pet hate of mine. She's taken to biting too, not on the boob thankfully, but random biting on our arms, legs etc. I don't even use the ...

I haven't a clue what is going on, but one nipple is swollen about double the usual size, it's literally only the top 1cm or so, meaning that latching is slightly painful first suck, but once she is on properly she's gripping round the unswollen areola. It also looks slightly red. To the touch it...

I waited about 3 weeks after the last feed before posting that post, as I continued to offer for a while and was only then I was convinced it wasn't going to happen, but, today I had a bath with the kids, I was just investigating to see if I still had milk and she saw and climbed over and had a...