https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:47:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447868 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:06:28 +0000 Kemma 447868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks and 2 days in and I can officialy say that I'm finally feeding pain free! LO still clicks like crazy when feeding and has plenty of spit-ups but being able to enjoy rather than dread feeding is such a great feeling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447286 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:07:31 +0000 KT326 447286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got easier around 12 weeks. But I still don't enjoy it 90% of the time. DS is almost 9 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447268 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:51:30 +0000 Running Elley 447268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Thanks!!! Luckily parts have gotten better! The pain for me is almost gone and definitely at a manageable point. Now we're just dealing with Elliot's feeding fits which take more of a mental toll than anything. I'm being stubborn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447202 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:14:59 +0000 hilsy85 447202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: @mrskc: thanks ladies :) I'm hopeful that by 12 weeks, we will have it down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447187 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:11:24 +0000 mrskc 447187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: @Running Elley: I really hope it gets better for you ladies! You're amazing for sticking with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447156 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:04:19 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 447156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I'm so sorry...you will get there. You're so amazing for sticking to it-honestly:)</p> <p>It stopped hurting me at 7w &amp; it's been getting better &amp; better every day. If anything, I have supply issues now:/ not nipple issues...but we're still happy:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447144 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:02:13 +0000 hilsy85 447144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessLC: that's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-447139 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:59:56 +0000 SleepyMonkey 447139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 weeks was when it clicked for us and it has been getting easier every day since (mostly). she has a really good deep latch now and can find it herself if she unlatches herself. today she unlatched early and i was distracted doing something else for a minute and then i suddenly felt her sucking again! very pleasantly surprised by that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446893 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:30:01 +0000 Running Elley 446893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elliot is 9 weeks and we still haven't found it. We've overcome a lot of hurdles though and we're still trying! I was so disappointed when the "magical" 6 week milestone hit because sooooo many people have told me that's when it gets easier but that just wasn't the case for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446865 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:12:40 +0000 Mrsbells 446865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4-6 weeks is when I really started to feel like i knew what I was doing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446754 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:08:39 +0000 lemondrop 446754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks for discomfort-free and easier, around 6 months for actually enjoying it. At 6 weeks I was still crying to my mom over the phone about how hard it was. For me, the more strength and head control he gained, the better it got. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446740 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:58:23 +0000 winniebee 446740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never made it to that point....at 6 weeks it was still very stressful so I switched to pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446728 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:53:24 +0000 hilsy85 446728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks today and still no groove! We missed that magical moment at 6-8 weeks where it all gets better... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446722 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:47:00 +0000 purrpletulips 446722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still working on getting into "the groove" but it definitely got easier with DS around 9weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446601 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:37:49 +0000 MusicaV 446601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure when it was, but it got much easier as his head control improved. I agree with @Weagle, growth spurts can be torturous. I feel like we regress a little when he goes through a growth spurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446305 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:14:54 +0000 cyndistar3 446305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my first child it was an instant success, it was so easy I loved it! However that just made it that much more discouraging when my second had a bad latch, I got a cracked nipple and I dreaded breastfeeding the majority of the first 2 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446286 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:08:52 +0000 mrs. wagon 446286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say at about 4 or 5 months. And that was while being a SAHM and breastfeeding round the clock. I never enjoyed it and neither did WJ. I'm so much happier being an exclusive pumper. But that's just us... I have heard the 4-6 week mark as well for other moms.</p> <p>ETA: but when we hit that groove, it became REALLY easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446281 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:06:37 +0000 mrskc 446281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it got much easier at 4 weeks and it has only gotten easier and easier since then (DS is now 8 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-446270 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:02:35 +0000 sarac 446270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby didn't breastfeed until day 5 of her little life, and from then on it was really easy for us. Reading all the stories here, I see how lucky I got with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445865 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:02:10 +0000 Weagle 445865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 weeks? I remember being in a groove, then the 6 week growth spurt hit, and I was thrown for a loop. She nursed SO MUCH! It was by far the worst growth spurt for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445771 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:40:12 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 445771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Six weeks<br /> ...but then I got mastitis.</p> <p>So I would say a solid 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445763 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:39:09 +0000 T-Mom 445763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: oh that's good! So glad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445734 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:31:58 +0000 sorrycharlie 445734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: yes thank god :) i did the nystatin &amp; diflucan and was a nut about sterilizing and washing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445729 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:31:05 +0000 Bao 445729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say 3 weeks? Maybe that's too early </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445719 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:27:37 +0000 T-Mom 445719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 weeks was so much better than even 4 weeks for me! @sorrycharlie: did your thrush go away? I remember when you got diagnosed... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445653 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:16:02 +0000 LemonLong 445653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Six weeks, that's when all the pain went away for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445646 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:14:45 +0000 sorrycharlie 445646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks! I got a blocked duct &gt; mastitis &gt; thrush at 6 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-445517 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:50:24 +0000 autumnlove 445517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It got a lot easier at one month but my true groove was at 4 months...when I went back to work. :-( I was sad that I spent so much of my maternity leave pumping...maybe my groove would have come sooner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-find-your-bf-groove#post-431408 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:45:00 +0000 mrsjyw 431408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that the 4 to 6 week mark is the magic place where BFing somewhat becomes habitual and normal and routine...</p> <p>I think we've been lucky for the most part... but every day is different... still looking forward to the "ease" of bfing... </p>