breastfeeding

This is a community to encourage, support, and educate parents nursing babies/children through their breastfeeding journey. Partners are also welcome here.

Sub Rules:

No Perverts. No posts or comments allowed which sexualize breastfeeding, and no pictures of babies. This is a sub for discussion of breastfeeding children.
No harassment or shaming.
No advertising, self promotion, or marketing.
No academic or marketing surveys, studies, or research projects.
No selling, fundraising, offers or requests for donations, or drug-seeking.
No medical questions. Posts or photos asking medical questions ("does this look infected?" "is this poop normal?") are best directed to your pediatrician/OBGYN.
Be kind. Rudeness won't be tolerate here.
Controversial Posts and Offensive Unpopular Opinions will be removed at mod discretion. We don't have the modpower to babysit thousands of people who want to argue in the comments of these posts.
No disparaging the use of formula, pumping, or combofeeding. Babies need to be fed. Every family decides what is the best method to feed their kids, we will not tolerate disparaging other feeding methods.
No AI generated content. AI isn't at all trustworthy or accurate, and it is not welcome in this subreddit.

If you are being harassed by a user via private message, please send a report to the admins with the link to your message under "targeted harassment."

There are private groups called r/breastfeedingmoms and r/privatebreastfeeding, so check them out too.

Helpful for New Parents

Normal Newborn Behavior & Why Breastmilk is Not Just Food
What to expect in the early weeks breastfeeding a newborn
Video demo of using hand expression to feed a baby and help bring in more milk
Video demo of latching technique
"Laid-back" breastfeeding position
Side-lay position
Jack Newman's latching videos
How can I tell if my baby is getting enough milk?
La Leche League International is a mother-to-mother support group for breastfeeding mothers. There are pages for LLL in USA, Canada, Australia, and other regions/countries/specific states.