https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:48:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525569 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:15:12 +0000 Jess1483 2525569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: I donated through <a href="http://www.mothersmilk.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.mothersmilk.org</a>. Even if they aren't local (they're a few states away from me) they may still take it (they send you shipping containers), and if not, I bet they can point you to a more local milk bank to you? I'm not certain of what requirements they had in terms of alcohol, but I definitely had coffee ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525559 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:48:19 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2525559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>someone posted on a local "attachment parenting" Facebook group. She literally asked me not a single question... I felt like good thing I am not a creeper or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525535 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:51:53 +0000 QBbride 2525535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Human Milk 4 Human Babies :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525508 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:10:20 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2525508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also found a donor on Human Milk 4 Human Babies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525487 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:37:59 +0000 peaches1038 2525487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's the Facebook group I used as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525483 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:34:42 +0000 catomd00 2525483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Human milk for human babies. There's probably a Facebook group for your specific area. I knew there are here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/donating-milk#post-2525474 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:29:28 +0000 Pollywog 2525474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I currently have a freezer overflowing with frozen breastmilk that I'll likely never use. I would love to donate it, but don't know where to start. Are there any organizations you recommend? I've seen some organizations with really strict requirements that I don't meet. I do have an occasional glass of wine and daily coffee. I'm healthy and only take synthroid and the mini pill and am on a strict gluten free diet (if that matters)</p> <p>I'm hoping that this oversupply is a temporary issue. I work 2 days a week and LO reverse cycles at daycare and I respond really well to the pump. As a result, I go to work and pump twice as much as he eats. There's always a surplus of fresh milk, so there's no reason to keep hundreds of ounces of the frozen stuff, especially because he's still so young. Bottom line is that it's milk or ice cream and I want ice cream.</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-377134 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:33:52 +0000 ninja 377134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the advice everyone. I think we'll start with 2 hour blocks for a few days and see how it goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376928 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:12:26 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 376928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My experience is a lot like @cvbee. DS would choke, cough, pull off, &amp; slide down so he was just sucking on the nipple to slow the flow. I block feed, switching every 6 hours (and pumping off an ounce or so when I switched sides to help with the initial let down after not using that side for so long). I also, luckily, didnt have problems with feeling uncomfortable from engorgement. </p> <p>After 4 days of that I noticed he would get fussy around the last feeding on each boob because the flow was too slow for him. Now I just feed him on one side &amp; switch sides each feeding. I tried offering both sides at a feeding, but he just ends up having huge spit-ups.</p> <p>Also, he eats every hour during wakeful times. However, he only eats for 5-10 min &amp; he's done. I'm going to try to start pumping once a day to begin building a freezer stash, so I hope I don't start having more oversupply issues from that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376917 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:01:37 +0000 MsMini 376917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried everything for my over-supply and nothing really did the trick. The only thing that eventually corrected it was going on the mini pill for birth control. All of a sudden my oversupply was fixed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376873 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:30:30 +0000 sarac 376873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have a terrible oversupply, but I've always block fed, and I've had a lot of success with it. I'm still feeding often at 13 months, so it's served me well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376869 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:27:13 +0000 Weagle 376869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took about a week or so of block feeding for things to get to where I wasn't constantly in pain from engorgement. It took about 2 months of normal feeding to get to the point where my boobs didn't get hard in between feedings (but my supply was the same). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376831 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:31:05 +0000 cvbee 376831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did one-boob-per-session feeding and still do to this day. </p> <p>I think what can help the most for the forceful letdown is just letting it spray into a cloth and when it's done put baby back on. </p> <p>The thing that also helped me the most was to feed baby more often. It took me a long time to try this because I was so convinced that the extra feedings would increase my supply even more and maybe also make my baby over-fed, but it actually eased things for everyone. </p> <p>You can also nurse in a reclined-position (uphill), and also just know that one day baby will get good at chugging. Until then, at least in my case, it will just be very milky and messy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/oversupply-and-bock-feeding-experience#post-376759 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:05:05 +0000 ninja 376759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 10 days old, and the past few days, he has been choking when I have a letdown, and I've been super engorged. Does anyone have experience with this? I've heard block feeding can help. How did you correct an oversupply, and how long did it take? </p>