Advice & Tips

Parenting can be hard work, and pregnant mums and new mothers sometimes need a little bit of extra help from other mums who know what they’re going through. Breastmates has created a special resource section filled with tried and tested parenting tips, common-sense advice on pregnancy and motherhood, unbiased help with infant feeding, and expert answers to your most important questions. Being a mum is the most important job you’ll ever do, and Breastmates cares about helping you to enjoy being a mum without the stress.

How to Clean Breast Pump Tubing

What to do if your Medela Breast Pump tube gets milk or condensation in the

Breast Pump Has Lost Suction

Medela Breast Pump has Lost Suction? Here are some easy trouble shooting ideas which

How to Use a Manual Breast Pump

How to use a Manual Breast Pump. Our simple instructions guide you on how

How to Assemble the Avent Manual Breast Pump

How to Assemble the Avent Manual Breast Pump. We have a diagram and instructions

Swing Pump: Milk Doesn’t Drip Into Bottle

Medela Swing Breastpump: problems with milk backflow down the tube and not into the

I’m Getting a Sore Areola When Pumping

Breast Pump - using a breast pump and getting a sore areola. This would

Basic Expressing Instructions

Basic instructions on using a breast pump. How to use a breast pump, and

Breastmilk Storage

Breast milk storage guidelines. Some tips on how to express and store breast milk

Breastshield Sizes for Pumps

Breastshield Sizes for Breast Pumps - we have different size breast shields which may help

Expressing Breast Milk

Expressing breast milk to feed your baby breast milk in a bottle, this can be