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Do NOT shake your breast milk!

u heard it. swirl ur bm! shaking will denature the proteins in ur bm:) the proteins are large molecules that contains string chains of amino acids. These large molecules will twist, fold, turn, branch and scrunch together in very specific unique ways. The way that these proteins connect and orient themselves is critical to how they work in building muscle, killing bacteria, or doing whatever function that they are designed to do.

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My 8 months old son has been eating nothing except for my milk. I've been direct latching him since day 1 till now. It's fine right? Not eating, just breastmilk.

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anyone experienced mastitis before? any good ways to cure it besides taking medication?

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Which types of fish are good in increasing milk supply? Need advice

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LO DRINKS FORMULA AND BREAST MILK

BUT NOTICE EACH TIME AFTER BREAST MILK FEEDING SHE WILL VOMIT. ANYONE HAS ENCOUNTERED SAME THING? SHOULD I STOP FEEDING LO WITH BREAST MILK

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Stop breastfeeding

I’m a mum of 2, my first born is now 3 and my second is 2 months young. I breastfed my first for more than a year, mainly pump and feed, and latch only for comfort. Now the breastfeeding cycle is back, and tbh it is damnnnn tiring.. I don’t enjoy it. To me it’s like a chore, very time consuming and I will have curfew, I can’t enjoy my outing because at the back of my head it’ll be all the time schedule for the next pump. Not just that, the engorgement is a bytch! Omg! Currently at 2 months pp, I’ve dragged my pump intervals to 6 hourly, 10 mins each side so I don’t trigger to produce more milk, and I will have about 100-150ml in total for every session. Now, I’m thinking of dragging my intervals to 8 hourly. But I’m in dilemma of doing it.. I feel guilty for my second born.. because if I do drag, I will produce lesser and lesser which means she will not have breast milk for as long as her brother. Can mummies out there share your thoughts. What do you mummies do?

research shows that just 10ml bm is enough for a child to benefit from it everyday you can start a freezing system and alternate with fm.

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Breastfeeding Vs pumping

Hi mommies. Need your advice. I mostly pump every 3 hours. However since my son recently learned to latch, I have been breastfeeding more often. I am now wondering if my breast can keep up with his demand. He bf every 2 hours while previously I only pump every 3 hours. Will my body work its way to match my son's feeds/replenish fast enough to meet his demand?

Hello! Usually yes. The body is very smart at increasing the supply. Milk is made when there is milk removal, either by pumping or latching. Now that the frequency is more I.e. every 2 hrs instead of 3hrs, it is telling the body more milk is needed and the body will make milk faster. Also, baby doesn’t drink everything, so there will always be something left. I’m was a pumping and formula mom turn exclusive latched mom from week 8. No issues with supply. Just follow baby’s cue and feed on demand. You can check that he has enough with the wet diaper count

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Areola skin dry and comes of after pumping

Hi mummies i just started pumping and breast feeding less than a week i noticed the areola side has skin peeling of on some parts is this normal but its not itchy? My nipple is not itchy or red tho. I tried using nipple cream to soothe and moisture it .#firstmom #firsttimemom

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Breastfeed lead to sagging or drooping boobs?

Hi mummies is this true?

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Hi mummies! I've been trying to sleep on my left as I've heard it's good for the baby. However, sleeping on my left gives me terrible leg cramps on my left leg. Any idea how to stop this? Thanks in advance.

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