Category Archives: 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.
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
How to Express Breast Milk
A few tips on how to express breast milk from your breasts - to relieve
Low Milk Supply and Breast Pumps
A mother recently wrote to us with a plea for help. She had cracked
Pumps and Bottles
Breast Pumps and Bottle Choices for returning to work. Some questions answered so you
What Volume of Milk Can You Pump?
Expressing breast milk? How much volume can you expect? Lots of mums have
Attitudes about Expressing at Work
Expressing at Work. How to do it, where to do it. Any attitudes
Combining Work and Breastfeeding – Tips from Mums
Tips on returning to work and continuing to breastfeed baby. Shared tips from mothers
Some Tips on Expressing Breastmilk
Some tips on getting started with a breastpump and helping you succeed with expressing milk.
When to Express Milk (when away from baby)
"We commonly get asked questions about breast pumps - so if you are not sure
