Newborn Breastfeeding Questions

3 week old constantly hungry 
I want to start out by saying i think breastfeeding is one of the best things a mother can do for her child. I am the mother of a 3 week old, i would like ...

1 month seems only nurses well when I am slightly engorged. 
Hello. Is it possible that my 1 month old son would nurse 10x better (and faster) when I am slightly engorged? I have noticed that we have a harder time ...

Breastfed stool appearance - darker and somewhat slimy? 
Hello Liz,

I've been doing research on the Internet as to the normal appearance of a breastfed baby's stool. My son is currently 7 weeks old. In the ...

Trying to breastfeed with baby in NICU  
Is my baby not hungry enough to eat? I don't have him on a schedule yet. He's only 3 days old. I think he's being fed through the IV and he's not really ...

Baby only nurses on one side 
Hello,
I have a 3 week old little girl who was seemingly nursing well on both my left and right breast; however when my milk came in it was abundant ...

Breast Woops  Not rated yet
I had just delivered my daughter named Evelynn Tianna Jade and they finally gave her to me to start breastfeeding. I was so scared but anxious at the same ...

1 month old and spitting up after eating  Not rated yet
My daughter is 1 month old and is spitting up every time after she eats, she will spit-up up to an hour in a half after she finishes eating. It doesn't ...

Latch questions- sustaining the Fish Lips and sleepy baby  Not rated yet
Baby Boy Nick- 7 weeks, breech-c section birth
I can get Nick to latch with fish lips but he then goes back to tucking one or both of his lips under. He ...

Baby wont latch  Not rated yet
hello,
My baby is 2 months and 10 days old.I have low milk supply from beginning of baby birth.From first 15 days she did not latch on good and i did ...

Baby Allergic to breastmilk?  Not rated yet
I have a 2 month old boy and I recently found out he's allergic to Milk and milk protein. I took him to the hospital in the begining of Oct. because had ...

Breastfeeding and Immunity  Not rated yet
Hi,

I'm interested in more information about the immune response in breastfed babies. Where can I read more about the cells in the nipple (and how they ...

Baby seems hungry  Not rated yet
Hi Liz-

Claire is 3 days old and i have the feeling that my colostrum isn't filling her up. I'm up to almost 30 minutes on each breast and she still ...

Brestfeeding 4 week old can I get pregnant  Not rated yet
Hi there, I have a 4 week old and I am exclusivly brestfeeding what are the chances of getting pregnant?

Answer from the lactation consultant

If ...

2 week old won't sleep at night  Not rated yet
My 2 1/2 week old has been doing very well breastfeeding since he was born and has already surpassed his birth weight by quite a bit. He eats every 2 1/...

Sleepy baby - does not want to nurse  Not rated yet
Hi,

My baby is a very sleepy baby and I try to keep him up by undressing him however he still falls asleep. Lately he only wants one breast and feeds ...

Is newborns weight gain enough?  Not rated yet
My baby girl weighed 9 lbs 12 oz full term. She went down to 9 lbs 4 oz at her lowest in the first week. At 3 weeks she was back to her birth weight....

Overactive letdown or bad positioning?  Not rated yet
My 2 week old sometimes has trouble nursing, most often at night. She will cry and seem to want to nurse but may not latch but just plays w/ the nipple ...

Not comfortable with baby nursing at the breast  Not rated yet
I hate the way it feels to breastfeed but i want to do whats best for my baby...
is there anything i can do?
I have been pumping but I am afraid that ...

Newborn wants to sleep through the night...  Not rated yet
Hi and thank you for this resource!
I am now breastfeeding my second child who is a week and a couple days old. Its been different in the sense that he ...

Positions for small breasted women  Not rated yet

Do you have an opinion on the best nursing positions for small-breasted women? I have trouble with the side-lying position...it's like I don't have ...