Actually, I pump to maintain and try to increase supply. My baby is now 11 weeks old. Born at 2.7kg, at 9 weeks, during doc's visit was 5.1kg. I assume I am doing ok here. 

During confinement, I usually pump right after I feed my son, but now, since I don't have help, I tend to pump later and I feel that lately, I hardly feel that my breast are full (hard and heavy) but soft, like just after feeding or pump. Am worried that I might be drying up though i do eat (not gonna worry bout weight atm) and drink a minimum of 2 litres of liquids. I also drink fenugreek water at least once a day. 

Appreciate all advices from experienced bf moms. Thanks.

Hey Victoria,

thanks for the pumping tip. Will definitely try that out. Don't wanna dry up so soon...planning to bf at least till he is 1.  

Have a nice day 

Hi all, my wife has been bf since delivering, however, bb seems to cry even after long hours (the most 3hours straight) on the breast. We worry he might be hungry still,so no choice have to give him formula milk, then he will sleep nicely, We know that giving formula milk will break the cycle of bf and lead to low bm and stop production eventually.  But the initial problem of bb still crying after long hours on the breast, is it because of low milk flow? improper latching? We really wanna bf bb as long as possible.. but we really need to cut down on formula milk, but we also wanna give a good breastfeeding where bb will be full & sleep well.
We are sure latching is not an issue as bb mouth is taking the areola whole.

btw bb is 3 weeks old now..

Hi all..
Would like to ask all breast feeding mummy here, izzit ok for a mum who plan to fully breastfeed to travel when baby is 4 mths old..? Will it be troublesome?

Many thanks in advance..

Hi dear.. Thanks for ur reply.  Im not traveling with the baby.. That's why I'm kinda worried.  Cuz even now my MIL did mention abt formula milk.. My EDD will be on this early December.  I'm afraid that when I'm not around she will feed my baby with formula.. 

Does it mean that when I'm traveling, I have to expressed out the breast milk and throw it away..? 

Dear experienced mummies n daddies, I really need some help n advice here.

I have a baby boy of about 3 weeks old and I've been striving to feed him exclusively with breast milk. However I do encounter some problems along the way so I'm hoping to get some advice here.

1. I let LO DL during daytime however I was too exhausted for the night feeding so what I did was pump enough during day time and confinement lady will feed LO using bottle. However, to do that, it means I will BF for 30-40 mins then when LO is done I rest a bit and continue to pump. Js a while after finish pumping it's almost time for the next feed. This is quite tiring and I'm literally doing nothing else! Is there any better way to store up breast milk for night feeding?

2. Somehow my LO is rejecting my left breast and only want to suckle on the right. Therefore my left breast is stimulated much less and is producing less milk. Anyway to make LO suckle on left as well? Everytime I put him to the left he suckle a bit and will reject and keep crying until I have no choice but position him to the right again.

3. Do I need to burp LO if he DL? Some articles that I read requires burping but the hospital lactation consultant said that BF babies do not need to be burped.

Thanks all!

Can I use back the bm for next feeding  if baby cant finish it?

The milk is from fridge and already warm.