https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 15:15:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-735500 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:49:57 +0000 dagret 735500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: hope it helps - its the gold "share a breastfeedingpic" thread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-735430 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:14:25 +0000 tororojo 735430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: My normal bra size is less than an A...like if they made grownup bras in AA, that would be me. I'm a full B now only if my boobs are full of milk, and I haven't had any problems BFing! LO was back at birth weight back at 5 days pp and the pediatrician has seemed impressed w/her weight gain. I use the boppy sometimes, but I think a pillow works just as well. Or a couch pillow propping the boppy. Usually I prop my hand on the pillow and hold her head up to the boob. Side-lying works for me if I wedge a pillow under my back and lean into her...she doesn't get quite as deep of a latch as she should that way, but it doesn't hurt and she still gets the milk out. We only do that at the crack of dawn if I'm too lazy to wake up and want to keep her drowsy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-734650 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:59:18 +0000 googly-eyes 734650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: Ah so maybe that would work! Thanks for the advice.</p> <p>@prettylizy: @rattles: I have definitely heard it both ways..I guess medium is the way to go! :P</p> <p>@honeybear: LO is 7 months, but we stopped bfing early on..I'm asking because I want to sort of sort out what happened last time to either (a) make next time successful or (b) decide it's not worth it and not add the extra stress of it from day 1. Thanks for the suggestion of the my breast friend... boppy just seems so overrated! </p> <p>@Weagle: I hadn't tried reclining... I know the first couple months I was sore sitting in certain degrees of recline, but I'll remember that. :)</p> <p>@dagret: I'll have to go look for your pic, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-734295 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:06:37 +0000 tysonja 734295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i guess i have medium sized ones (C) and i had sooooo much trouble with getting him high enough! (i had to use the cross cradle hold and use my other hand to hold/position/massage my boob). i should have tried to switch to regular cradle hold earlier (but i had supply issues so was trying to get more milk out by squeezing!) because i ended up with a lot of neck/shoulder/hand pain from that position.</p> <p>i used to stuff things under and around the boppy too, but it wasn't the best solution -- they would always shift and move around. </p> <p>i think this time i'm gonna try and find a MBF to try! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-734093 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:58:03 +0000 rattles 734093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: I had the exact same thought/experience!</p> <p>I have large breasts. I used the Gia pillow and found it brought LO too high for me, so maybe it'd be great for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733960 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:55 +0000 prettylizy 733960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's funny you ask this, because I have very large breasts and though "It much be so much easier if you have small ones" because I had all this boob and she was so tiny. I was constantly having to make sure my boob didn't cover her nose so she could breathe. My BFF has much smaller breasts and she just doubled a pillow from her bed under her nursing pillow to get it high enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733955 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:12:20 +0000 LemonLong 733955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have both a boppy and MyBrestFriend pillow, I prefer the MBF because its thicker and firmer so it holds her higher up. During the day, I prop her in almost a sitting position (She's almost six months) but for her bedtime feeding, I just use the pillow and sit with my legs crossed so my legs and knees are pushing the MBF up higher. I never really did the side lying position, so I'm no help there. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733940 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:08:52 +0000 rawrasaur 733940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also have A / small B. I never really had a problem with any position, but did use a boppy every time the first 3 months. I didn't really even attempt the side-lying one until she was like 2 months, but haven't had a problem since then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733936 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:06:46 +0000 Mrs. Lantern 733936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: second this about breast size and milk ducts. My friend is a size A and she's nicknamed the milk machine lol. I'm about a small B/C and never had issues with supply. Pillows help to make feedings easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733902 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:50:09 +0000 lindseykaye 733902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My normal bra size is A (with some room, but they don't make adult bras smaller than that) and am just now a B cup after breastfeeding for 5 months+. Things have gone really smoothly for me and I have made plenty of milk for my little miss with no more feedings than the women I know with larger breasts.<br /> I, too had a difficult time getting her high enough at the beginning without hunching over. I fully admit that I still do this sometimes, especially in the middle of the night. I use a boppy, and it has worked well for us. My trick is to take a second pillow (like a couch throw pillow) and tuck it under the boppy on whatever side her head is on. That way she's a little higher and also she seems to have less gas vs. when she feeds totally horizontally.<br /> Side-lying nursing works well for us, too. It took some time and worked best after she had some more head control (about a month or so).<br /> It is possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733740 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:10:24 +0000 honeybear 733740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How old is your LO? I had a hard time doing side-lying at first, but as LO got bigger it got easier. (Also, you can kind of lie over them from the side, but that's a tricky maneuver, so I wouldn't attempt that until you're really comfortable BFing.)</p> <p>I don't think it's correct that smaller boobs mean more frequent feedings. Breast size shouldn't affect milk duct capacity. Bigger breasts just have more breast tissue in them, not bigger ducts. </p> <p>Try a My Brest Friend pillow. You buckle it around you like a belt, so you can get it to stay up higher than you might be able to do with a Boppy. I found it to be really helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733623 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:27:41 +0000 Weagle 733623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had no problems with a B cup. I do have a friend that's barely an A that has been able to BF just fine. I do know she couldn't really use the Boppy for the reason you mentioned, and early on she ended up nursing basically in a reclined position to help her LO stay latched. I don't know if she ever nursed in a side-lying position. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733481 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:21:43 +0000 pelikila 733481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a larger chest and I know many breastfeeding support pillows (particularly the boppy) just weren't high enough to get baby up where I needed him to be without curving my back. Finding the right support pillow is really important regardless of breast size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733457 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:05:16 +0000 dagret 733457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>small b usually/small c breastfeeding here...we do the side lie position, and i can also prop him in the crook of my arm, put a pillow under that arm, and feed him while i'm lying down flat (check out my breastfeeding pic in the gold thread) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733456 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:03:47 +0000 mediagirl 733456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took a while for me to get the side lying thing down. It took until she had neck control. I have No problems being with small (pre baby) boobs. I was a small B and sometimes getting her into position was hard but that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733386 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:40:21 +0000 matador84 733386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Small boobs here! I don't do side lying it Judy doesn't work for us. I cradle his head in the crook of my elbow to prop him up even at 8 months. I used a boppy forever to bring him up to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733350 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:00:03 +0000 MamaJ 733350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@googly-eyes: I had a travel boppy that someone gave me and it didn't work for me at all. Not sure if it was because it was the travel version or what. I bought a my breast friend pillow and loved it. It is nice and firm and had an adjustable strap that fits around you so you can raise it nice and high. I don't use it anymore now that DS is bigger but it was great early on! It also has a nice pouch attached that I kept my lanolin in so I always had it handy no matter what room I was in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733348 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:55:02 +0000 iheartleopardprint 733348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me me me! I am a B cup, and breastfeeding. I bf DS and am now 7 months in bf'ing DD. sometimes it is hard getting them up high enough, but it's important that you bring the baby to you rather than crouch down to bring your boob to the baby. Hunching, of stiffness in the shoulders/ chest can affect flow.</p> <p>I know a lot of people swore by the boppy, I used to put a cushion on my lap and lay bub on the cushion. Worked just as great! I have never been able to comfortably feed in the side position, I feel like I have to arch my back too much to get my boob and nipple to bub's mouth.</p> <p>Although I have small boobs, the first time I bf I did have to work on the latch by kind of folding my nipple to make it smaller to fit in LO's mouth. There are always little tricks that work great once you are established. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733342 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:24:04 +0000 googly-eyes 733342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: Ahh good news for me. :) Did you use the boppy? Something else? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733341 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:17:58 +0000 MamaJ 733341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also I had a hard time getting him high enough at first too. The more comfortable I became with BF the easier it got. And I don't have to feed him more frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733340 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:14:57 +0000 MamaJ 733340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am a large A/ small B and I EBF. When doing side laying I have to put LO in the crook of my arm and do it that way and it works perfectly. Not uncomfortable at all. I haven't had any issues at all while BF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sort-of-an-uncomfortable-question#post-733338 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:10:33 +0000 googly-eyes 733338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know it's not supposed to affect the ability to bf (aside from more frequent feedings) but I barely ever see bfing pics with small boobs,</p> <p>so are there any small breasted bf'ing ladies out there? Has anyone been able to master the side lying position?</p> <p>I read that latching and positioning should be easier with smaller breasts but I had a hard time getting LO high enough, even with the boppy, and more frequent feedings would be frustrating- less sleep!</p> <p>Just curious- I have a lot of random bf questions I'll eventually want answered before lo2 comes along to decide if I want to give it another go.... </p>