19/11/2025
Some general breastfeeding reminders:
👉🏼Breasts are not supposed to stay engorged
👉🏼The feeling of fullness between feedings goes away
👉🏼Babies become more efficient feeders with time, so a 3 month old may only feed for 5 minutes and still get a full feeding even if they fed for 30 as a newborn
👉🏼Every feeding can be a different length
👉🏼This is eating. Some times we want a snack. Sometimes we want a meal. Some times we just need to quench our thirst. Some times we just want a treat. Same goes at the breast.
👉🏼Some leak, some don’t. Leaking is not an indication of supply. Many stop leaking when supply regultes. Some continue to leak longer.
👉🏼Not everyone feels their let down. Some stop feeling their let down with time.
👉🏼Your body changes its milk based on how its emptied from the breast. Milk that’s emptied around the clock is balanced nutritionally for a newborn. Milk that’s emptied only a few times a day will be perfect for an older infant
👉🏼Pumping is never an indication of supply
👉🏼You can NEVER empty the breast. It constantly makes milk. It takes at least 40 days of no stimulation for the breast to stop making milk
👉🏼Nipple damage is not normal. It is always a sign of something: shallow latch. Tongue tie. Wrong size fl**ge.
👉🏼Every baby feeds differently
👉🏼You are an amazing mom
👉🏼You are doing a wonderful job
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