https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:51:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567953 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:43:28 +0000 LulaBee 567953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thankfully it has gone very well for us- she latched on perfectly right away, despite a slight tongue tie. My supply has dropped a bit since returning to work, but she is thriving and in 94th % for weight, so she must be getting what she needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567848 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:29:03 +0000 tequiero21 567848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After the first few weeks when they were really sore/painful, it's been pretty easy...still doing it after 10.5 months... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567801 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:36:30 +0000 sera_87 567801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Physically, yes. Mentally I agree with @mewtill: &amp; @FutureMrsMcK: it's been quite the adjustment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567782 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:05:29 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 567782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, breastfeeding was surprisingly easy for us. I even gave my nipple cream away because it didn't really hurt me. The worst of it was when I had some engorgement and plugged ducts, but those went away quickly. I really hope I can have the same experience again the second time around! I really loved breastfeeding and I was kind of sad when we weaned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567779 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:51:43 +0000 mrsjyw 567779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After my milk came in and after the first week, it's been smooth sailing for us! (12 wks pp) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567646 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:32:10 +0000 CarrieLouWho 567646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After the first 2 weeks, it's been a breeze! But those first 2 weeks were so painful and exhausting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567558 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:20:08 +0000 mamimami 567558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two easy times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567473 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:31:34 +0000 LittleGBee 567473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did! She latched right away, and I had plenty of milk to spare. In fact, that was my only issue with breastfeeding: what to do with my over supply. I ended up donating my freezer stash to the local milk-bank. 14 months later, she's still going strong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567397 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:39:29 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 567397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the beginning, I thought it was hard but everyone (LCs, Nurses, DH, Mom, etc) assured me I was doing it right. Looking back at it, I didn't have any real physical problems - I just didn't know what to expect! DS latched great, ate well, gained weight, and I've had no supply issues (some over-supply but it regulated quickly). I'm pumping now and have to pump many times a day, but I can cover the next day's bottles. I've had some plugged ducts, but no mastitis yet, so I feel very fortunate!</p> <p>Like @FutureMrsMcK:, I think all my issues have been mental. Being chained to the pump so often, having to worry about when/if I can have a glass of wine, &amp; being the sole giver of food can be intense. I do want to go for a year though (DS is 4.5 months), so I hope it continues to go well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567304 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:39:36 +0000 cascademom 567304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Yeah, I didn't expect pumping to be so draining and sometimes defeating when you're not producing enough for a day. We're exactly a week away from 6 months, so we're going to talk about it from there. His 6 month appt isn't until next month, so we'll talk to our peds about it as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567300 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:38:26 +0000 LuLu Mom 567300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, she never learned to latch even with 3 different LC help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567254 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:18:48 +0000 MsLipGloss 567254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CascadeMom: Pumping has been tough for us too. I supplemented on and off when I went back to work in December, but now I need to supplement every day (I do 3 oz of BM, and 1.5 oz of formula per bottle). BabyGloss is 5.5 months, so I will reassess when we hit the 6 month mark. It has been a draining (and defeating) process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567245 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:16:16 +0000 Sammyfab 567245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a rough first month with a bad latch and low supply, but since then it's been a breeze! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567212 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:03:48 +0000 cascademom 567212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had an okay time. In the beginning, my supply didn't come in right away. Once it came in, he's been a stellar nurser. Now after being back to work for 3 months, my issue is supply. Pumping has been exhausting. He gets plenty of nutrition in the morning and night with me nursing. I struggle with pumping enough for him during the day. I'm doing More Milk Plus, lots of water, etc. We may supplement a bottle of formula a day if I can't keep up with his demand. I'm close to my 6 month goal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567198 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:57:02 +0000 kiddosc 567198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did... my milk came in on day 2, and he had a great latch. It was uncomfortable for the first week or two, but that didn't last long. I've been back to work for 7 months and I worry a lot about my supply, but I've always been able to provide him BM and really shouldn't stress as much as I do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567092 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:30:48 +0000 mamabolt 567092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, other than getting mastitis once it's been very easy. Although LO has been starting to bite lately and that's making things a little painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567086 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:28:50 +0000 hilsy85 567086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Tongue tie, lip tie, vasospasms, forceful letdown...thank goodness, at around 8.5/9wks things got much smoother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567047 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:19:32 +0000 MarieJ 567047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It has been incredibly easy for us. LO has a great latch &amp; she is the nursing queen. Her first ten days of life she received pumped breastmilk because she was in the NICU. I thought she wouldn't latch on properly since breastfeeding wasn't introduced to her right away, but she did and it's been easy peasy since! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567013 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:04:48 +0000 Bao 567013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel fortunate to have had an easy time breastfeeding, I hope we can continue our nursing relationship for quite a while. LO is 5.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-567007 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:01:07 +0000 duckduckkristen 567007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was easy for me until I got pregnant when LO was 7 months. Then it started to hurt a lot and is requiring me to eat an absurd amount of food and I'm exhausted. :( I'm about to start supplementing with formula a few times a week, but hopefully I'll make it a few more months until LO is a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566999 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:56:35 +0000 mrsmenow 566999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second DD it was pure pain for the first 6 weeks. Pain curling pain. We stuck with it and she was EBF for 9 /10 months.</p> <p>With this LO it has been so easy. No problems at all. Milk came in with 24 hours, latched right after delivery- it has been pretty easy. Hopefully I don't have any suppy issues when I go back to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566987 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:53:50 +0000 littlek 566987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an easy time with B. I was afraid it was going to e difficult because he had to be bottle feed for the first few days of his life because breastfeeding was too hard for him since he was a preemie. However, the first time I tried, when he was about 5 days old, he latched right on. We couldn't breastfeed long because it took a lot of energy for him so we would alternate bottle an breast and he'd go back and forth with no issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566986 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:53:39 +0000 mrskc 566986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had a pretty easy time with it so far. LO latched on great from the beginning and I only had a little pain for the first few seconds he latched. I feel no pain now. I've never had any supply issues or clogged duct or mastitis. Only issue I had in the beginning was a forceful let down. LO would unlatch and milk would squirt everywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566984 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:53:00 +0000 T-Mom 566984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was so tough the first time and I didn't make it for very long. But with #2 it was so much easier and I made it past the year mark. I did get mastitis twice and have recurrent clogged ducts, but I still don't consider it being difficult since it didn't prevent me from reaching my goal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566981 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:52:10 +0000 MsLipGloss 566981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My milk didn't come in for 5 days (I had crazy blood loss and tons of meds), there were latch issues, I got thrush (there went my pitiful freezer stash), and I have always struggled with my supply (took a hit when I started the mini pill, I don't pump enough to cover all LO's daytime feeds) . . . *augh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566980 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:52:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 566980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm very grateful for how easy it was for us. He latched on perfectly right away, my milk came in within 24 hours, and I never had any pain or discomfort or chapped/bleeding/cracked nipples. The biggest challenge was all mental--how to deal with the fact that I felt like a pacifier, especially the first 6 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566973 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:48:58 +0000 runsyellowlites 566973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. P was severely tongue-tied &amp; her pedi &amp; ENT didn't see the point in clipping it so it took 7 weeks for us to find someone on our own. Add that on top of some major oversupply/overactive letdown &amp; her numerous protein intolerances and it took almost 5 months for us to really get into an easy time breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566972 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:48:52 +0000 Dandelion 566972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, it was really easy for me. I had an over supply, so my letdown was pretty intense, but besides that, no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566968 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:47:56 +0000 Weagle 566968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. I've had a great supply and no issues whatsoever. There was some initial discomfort, but that's to be expected when all of a sudden there's someone attached to you many hours of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-anyone-have-an-easy-time-breastfeeding#post-566960 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:45:50 +0000 bunnylove08 566960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a very hard time. For a month I cried and gritted my teeth at every feeding. I had over supply and my baby had colic from it. I bared through it and now she is a breastfeeding champ. Now my issue is my supply but I'm supplementing with formula when she is away from me. </p>