https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:26:41 +0000 Thu, 22 May 2008 10:38:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=17283 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=390736&title=breastfeeding-help-please#390736 Author: nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 22 May 2008 at 10:38am

Yay Kaiz! That's awesome. And super big ups to your mum for being such a great support - more women could do with that help

I always fed fully off both breasts... I never had a problem with the hind milk stuff. They regulated themselves perfectly so that she'd drain both and then when she was growing or extremely thirsty she'd drain and then some so that the milk was stimulated and within a few days it'd have caught up (just in time for her to finish the growth spurt of course! )]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 10:38:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=390736&title=breastfeeding-help-please#390736 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=390670&title=breastfeeding-help-please#390670 Author: Snappy
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Posted: 22 May 2008 at 10:03am

thats exactly what my midwife said too, to feed off one breast and offer a small top up of only a few minutes on the other breast.
mum said she never had any problems with us and we were always full, she said that way you dont have lop-sided boobies
i was very impressed, i was finally able to wear a towel around my chest yesterday when i got out of the shower ]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 10:03:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=390670&title=breastfeeding-help-please#390670 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389886&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389886 Author: LittleBug
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Posted: 21 May 2008 at 3:11pm

Funny that... my mum told me the same thing, and I felt that breastfeeding went heaps better when I fed off both breasts. But then my replacement midwife kept saying that I should only offer one, or she won't be getting enough hindmilk.

I think she was doing fine having both breasts at a feed, it seemed to work better for us.]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 15:11:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389886&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389886 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389849&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389849 Author: DJ
Subject: 17283
Posted: 21 May 2008 at 2:46pm

Yey - well done Kaiz ]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389849&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389849 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389772&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389772 Author: Snappy
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Posted: 21 May 2008 at 1:56pm

thank you all for your help ladies...
i hung out with my mum in the weekend (she breastfed us till we were 2!) and she watched what i was doing and said to offer both breasts (not just a top up on the other breast) and in the last few days my breasts have been fantastic. ive even ditched the nipple shield on my smaller boob and am feeding well now. my boobs are also not as "full" and huge!
]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 13:56:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389772&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389772 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389755&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389755 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 17283
Posted: 21 May 2008 at 1:46pm

peachy wrote: Sorry to thread jack here, but can anyone help me on what to do if Lauren flat out refuses the smaller boob at some feeds, yet if I offer the other she will take it just fine? Eg she has done this twice today. Should I try the vegemite on my nipple trick? It drives me crazy some days

Caprece does this too, I just let her do what she wants but you could try the vegemite thing os always offer her the little one first. Maybe feed her off the little one when shes sleepy? So it still gets the stimulation. ]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 13:46:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389755&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389755 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389167&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389167 Author: Mikki
Subject: 17283
Posted: 20 May 2008 at 8:49pm

hey kaiz, i have noticed a smiliar thing, one breast is definaltey always fuller than the other, yet she feeds off both, but seems to be fuller, quicker from the left one, i also know that milk is produced from both as i still express, but i did notice that when i express, i seem to have heaps of milk flow on the left one, and not much on the right, i can see milk basically spraying in all directions out of the fuller one, but basically only one spray in the other one, i have just accepted thatsit probably normal.

Hey you could try taking a supplement called blessed thistle. i started taking that the other week and my milk supply increased heaps, though again only on one side! but it could help.

]]> Tue, 20 May 2008 20:49:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=389167&title=breastfeeding-help-please#389167 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386573&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386573 Author: LittleBug
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Posted: 17 May 2008 at 7:27pm

I had one fuller boobie too, and unfortunately now it has stayed bigger even though I have stopped BF which annoys me a lot!!

I found that if I let her suckle longer on the smaller boobie, and then tried to express after a feed on that side, it helped the supply increase on that side. I ended up giving her the smaller side first each time for a few days, then topping up off the big side, to make sure that the smaller side was emptied more etc. and it increased the supply on that side more, which kinda regulated things, then I alternated sides at each feed again.

I'm not sure I made much sense.

BF is hard though, good on you for sticking it out so far!! I wanted so badly to give up every day, but I made it to about 3 months (which was way longer than I thought I could do). Just take each day as it comes, and don't feel bad about whatever is happening... it's different for everyone and it can be such a challenge.]]> Sat, 17 May 2008 19:27:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386573&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386573 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386561&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386561 Author: peachy
Subject: 17283
Posted: 17 May 2008 at 7:18pm

Sorry to thread jack here, but can anyone help me on what to do if Lauren flat out refuses the smaller boob at some feeds, yet if I offer the other she will take it just fine? Eg she has done this twice today. Should I try the vegemite on my nipple trick?

It drives me crazy some days



]]> Sat, 17 May 2008 19:18:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386561&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386561 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386418&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386418 Author: nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 17 May 2008 at 4:02pm

As Rach and Deb said, I offered both breasts at each feed and alternated which side I started on.

Maybe try that and see how it goes?]]> Sat, 17 May 2008 16:02:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=386418&title=breastfeeding-help-please#386418 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385460&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385460 Author: Rachael21
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Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:16pm

I would always offer them both, even if he doesn't always have them both still offer them.

To be honest I wouldn't bother with expressing off the smaller one, all that will do is confuse your milk supply. Let him suck whenever he wants and you will find they will sort themselves out.

Sorry to say I still have a much bigger one that produces more milk I think its pretty common]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 12:16:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385460&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385460 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385401&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385401 Author: peachy
Subject: 17283
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:38am

I had this exact same problem and now Lauren prefers the bigger boobie and often rejects the small one, and this is 6 months on!

After every feed I would express off the small boobie to try to stimulate more milk production on that side, it did help for me, but not a huge amount.

Even now I find myself often feeding two times in a row on the big boobie side and only offering the smaller side every seccond feed. Although I know one produces more milk than the other, you cant tell by looking at my boobs that one has mega milk and the other has a piddly amount!

Good on you for sticking at it, b/f IMO is really hard work and it was a challenge for me to actually reach 3 months! And now 6 months on, I am still doing it, although it has become ALOT easier thankfully! Those first 6 weeks are a real struggle!

Hugs to you it will get better!]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 11:38:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385401&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385401 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385396&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385396 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 17283
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:34am

the smaller one may be more efficient hence why it doesnt appear engorged. i offer both breasts at every feed, but with my first child only did one for a while as it was very sore. you have to still offer it twice as you would if doing both boobs tho. he could be unsettled due to wind also too, esp if the flow is diff from that breast it may affect him differently.
]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 11:34:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385396&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385396 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17283&PID=385388&title=breastfeeding-help-please#385388 Author: Snappy
Subject: 17283
Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:28am

hi ladies
well ive made it to week 3 (cant believe ive got this far!!!) and ive got one massive humungous boobie. the other is much smaller and doesnt seem to produce milk anything like the other.
The midwife said its normal, and to offer the bigger boobie if he is still hungry after a feed from the not so good one, which i do quite often. the bigger boobie jackson really struggles to drink from as so much comes out so fast and he screams as he tries to keep up. a feed from this boob takes about 10 mins and the other takes about half an hour. he usually falls asleep on the smaller breast.

anyway, ive noticed that EVERYTIME hes had a feed from my smaller boob he is up for 2 hours and is really unsettled? the only way i seem to get him to sleep is when i offer him the other breast which is not really what i want to be doing. its not just a few minutes on the other breast he is taking either, its more like 10 mins which is just as long as a normal feed.

ive been expressing on occasion from my smaller breast and i manage about 60mls or so... so i know it is producing milk. i can also hear him sucking and swallowing so i know hes actually getting milk.
when i express the other i can fill 100mls in just minutes

how on earth do i fix this? do you think its just coincidental that he is up for a few hours after every second feed? should i express for an extra 10 mins after hes finished off the smaller breast? or is this all so completely normal and should i be offering both breasts EVERY feed? im just worried hes not getting the appropriate hind milk/foremilk etc etc and im going to bugger everything up!

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