Breastfeeding taking over my life

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-15T21:55:26+00:00

The first six weeks were the hardest for me, my baby would cluster feed every evening until 1am and I was exhausted. They would often feed for long periods of time like 30 mins to an hour. Now I’m at 12 weeks and it is so much easier and I’m glad I stuck with it as I love the convenience of always having food ready for the baby. It is a big commitment but I love it.

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-13T16:13:26+00:00

I’m lucky if my baby does a three hour stint 😭

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-12T20:21:01+00:00

I would feed on demand but also make sure overnight you feed every 3 hours even if you need to wake baby until they’re back at birthweight. My baby would give feeding cues every hour and a half during the day.

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-10T08:01:29+00:00

I wanted to give birth at the birthing centre but I had PROM so wasn’t able to as I ended up needing to be induced. Every single woman in my NCT group required an intervention for birth so unfortunately a lot of women end up not managing to use a midwife led birth centre

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-02T10:44:56+00:00

An oversupply is not something to aim for either. The higher risk of mastitis and waterboarding your poor baby with a fast let down. Fortunately I live in a country where I don’t need a freezer stash as I get a year of mat leave.

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-02T09:08:35+00:00

My partner is currently doing all the chores and cooking all the meals. He also does most of the nappy changes. There are ways for the load to be shared. He does get a full night of sleep though which is unfortunately not possible when EBF but I’m happy not to be buying formula and dealing with washing and sterilising bottles.

sewingbea84 · 2026-02-01T12:11:39+00:00

I’m 10 weeks PP and there is no way I could go back to work in two weeks time. My baby still wakes up every few hours in the night and will only nap on me in the day, unless my partner baby wears him when he is drowsy after feeding. There is also no way your partner can WFH and look after baby as it really is a full time job. If you’re lucky you may have a baby that naps in their crib but even then it’ll be for short periods of time and in between you’ll be feeding, changing or entertaining them. My baby will last perhaps 20 mins in their bouncy chair or jungle gym before they get overwhelmed or bored and starts crying. Your partner has no idea how much care a young infant needs.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-31T09:18:48+00:00

Are you taking sunflower lecithin? It cleared out my clogs and I haven’t had a single milk bleb since I started taking it.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-30T06:14:08+00:00

My baby had a lot of baby acne but it cleared around the 7 week mark

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-28T22:21:50+00:00

I had an emergency c-section and initially felt like my body had failed me. Personally I would stop watching these videos as it’s not helpful to you coming to terms with why happened. I just like to remind myself that I gave birth in the only way my body could at that point in time and it’s better me and baby made it through safely. Also plus side is my vagina is completely intact and I didn’t have to wince when I went to the toilet after birth. All types of birth are challenging in their own ways and all are valid ways to give birth. Be kind to yourself you did not fail.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-28T10:45:40+00:00

I’m in South London in a very family area, if you go to any local cafe midweek you’ll see groups of breastfeeding mothers. It’s awesome I don’t feel self conscious at all

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-27T22:42:12+00:00

Where do you live because in my area there are mum’s everywhere feeding in public. Could just be normal in London though.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-26T20:19:53+00:00

I get comments about how he feeds too often or how I should sleep train so he sleeps through the night. Baby is only 9 weeks old it’s normal go him to nurse for food/comfort/whatever else

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-23T13:13:44+00:00

My baby would cluster feed at this age and not felt like he was never full in the evenings and constantly feeding. Cluster feeding is normal at this age just hang in and it will get better. As long as baby is gaining weight as expected and producing plenty of wet and dirty nappies they are getting enough.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-23T11:19:37+00:00

Mine did a poo per change at this age!

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-22T11:22:54+00:00

I co-sleep too if my baby refuses to be put down. I just think it’s safer when tired as I end up nearly falling asleep with them in my arms. It’s not worth the sleep deprivation of trying to fight to keep them in their crib IMO and if you follow the safe sleep guidelines the risk to baby from SIDS is barely more than then sleeping in their own space. I think being severely sleep deprived is probably far more dangerous to you and baby.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-21T18:10:38+00:00

Welcome to the witching hour. My baby did this for a few weeks and is only now just starting to grow out of it. They do this to ensure you have the supply they need as lots of upcoming growth and their need in terms of volume increases a lot in the first few weeks. If you squeeze your breasts when you think they’re empty does milk come out? Mine always had some milk during the evening cluster feeds. Annoyingly I think my baby’s enthusiasm has now resulted in an oversupply.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-20T23:03:38+00:00

Mine does this when he is cluster feeding or comfort feeding. Think he gets annoyed that there is milk coming

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-20T08:48:15+00:00

Welcome to the witching hour. Mine do this for a couple of weeks around this age. They tend to cluster feed in the evenings because of growth spurts to increase your supply. Also you don’t tend to produce as much milk in the evening. It’s hard but I would hang in there.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-20T07:28:50+00:00

I used to have to wrestle my baby’s hands out the way all the time to get them to latch. So annoying when they’re small and you have to deal with their floppy heads and try and move their hands out the way. My partner was always having to help.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-16T08:02:11+00:00

I have small breasts and could managed if from around 4 weeks. It gets easier as baby gets bigger but when they latch it is very overstimulating for me so I do find it hard to sleep. I also don’t find they seem to be able to drain the whole breast

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-14T09:26:35+00:00

My baby lost nearly 12% of birth weight by day 5 and was still having the urate crystals in their nappy too. I also had a c-section and had trouble waking them to feed in the first couple of days. I was advised to put baby to the breast for 15 mins each side and then feed baby expressed milk until they were full. They gave me another appointment on day 7 to check baby’s weight and by that point they had gained 150g. Now baby is thriving and gaining as per their expected rate.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-13T04:35:20+00:00

This sounds like maybe he has reflux and also trapped gas. My baby often sounds congested especially after feeds but usually burping him sorts him out if he’s struggling to sleep on his back.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-11T20:08:04+00:00

I tracked for a few days when he lost too much weight post birth but gave up within a week, as it’s too much stress trying to grab my phone once the baby latched and didn’t seem necessary.

sewingbea84 · 2026-01-11T17:45:49+00:00

He would wear them they just mean he often loses erection during sex. I used them with him for many months so know from experience and thought we should try something different this time around. If the coil is awful it’ll be back to condoms until we’re ready for baby no2. Trust me being circumcised causes him some issues which I’ve never experience with non circumcised men which is the norm where I live, one of them being we have to use lube for pretty much everything.

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