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Breastmates: Your Questions Answered

a few topics that you might find useful

 
 

There's more to our website than just the maternity store. 

We've been building a resource section for you based on motherhood. You're not alone with your questions and concerns,  there are other mums going through the same thing as you are right now!

We've complied common questions here as a bit of a resource for you.  We answer questions for free, because our core business value is to support mothers.  Maybe you'll remember us and come back and buy something, or tell a friend about our website.

There are tonnes of articles within the sections below for you to browse.  If you do have a specific question or concern, then we are happy to answer that for you, but allow us a couple of days to reply.  Just contact us by email. 

We can give you an honest answer based on our own experiences, we have a huge Facebook Fan base of mothers who are going through the same things as you, and we can draw on midwives and lactation consultants that we know.

We are here to support your decisions in motherhood.  Breastmates is all about the balance of boob & bottle, and a few baby things in between.

“A mother asking a question needs answers, she’s already tried everything else, she needs a solution, a listening ear, and to know that she’s not alone.” Frances McInnes, Owner of Breastmates.

If you are ever in any doubt about your health or your baby's health, please seek medical attention.
 


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Bottle feeding
Baby Wont Take a Bottle
Bottle Feeding
Bottle Feeding - Storage and Heating
Bottle Feeding Costs
Bottle Feeding Special Teats
Intolerant to Cows Milk
Bottle Feeding Tips
BPA Free Bottles
Buying Bottle Teats
Cleaning Baby Bottles
Heating Baby Bottles
How to Give Baby a Bottle
How to Prepare Baby Formula
Mums Share Tips for Starting Bottles
Large medela bottles
Medela Bottles
Medela Teats
Starting Baby on a Bottle
Switching between Breast and Bottle
Warming Infant Formula
Bottle Feeding Young Baby
What Baby Formula to Buy

Breastfeeding help
Baby Biting while Breastfeeding
Baby Wont Take a Bottle!!
Breastfeeding hurts to start with
Sensitive to Dairy
Baby Preferring One Side
Benefits of Breastfeeding
Engorged Breasts
Breastfeeding After C-Section
Breastfeeding Clothes
Breastfeeding Help
Breastfeeding Rights
Days for Milk to Come in
Breastfeeding Tips
Breastfeeding Video
How Do I Know When Breasts Are Empty
Doctor to Fix Tongue Tie
Getting Baby to Take a Bottle - results!!
How long does breastfeeding take?
Department of Labour Code for BF at work
How Much Milk Does Baby Drink?
Is my baby getting enough breast milk
Latching for Breastfeeding
Latching Photo
Leaking Boobs
Learning how to Breastfeed
Signs of Mastitis
Warming Breastmilk & Travelling
Working and Breastfeeding
Dr Seuss Breastfeeding Rhyme
Breastfeeding Twins

Breastmilk supply
Breast Milk Supply
Breastfeeding Food Intake
Low Milk Supply
Sensitive to Dairy
Complan Milkshake
Increasing Milk Supply
Drinking Alcohol While Breastfeeding
Increasing Milk Supply with Breast Pump
Improve Breast Milk Supply
Lactation Boosting Cookies



Breastpump spare parts
Breast pump -  technical help

Breast pumps
Avent Products Online
Avent Uno Trouble Shooting
Basic Expressing Instructions
Breast Pump Hire or Hospital Pumps
What Volume to Expect when Pumping
Milk sucked into Motor
Working 3 days Per Week
Breast Pumps
Breast Pumps & Bottle Choices
Low Milk Supply and Breast Pumps
Breastfeeding and Working
Breast Pump at University
Breastmilk Storage
Secondhand Pumps - replacing parts
Buying a Breast Pump when Pregnant
Expressing Breast Milk
Flush out Breast Pump
How to Express Breast Milk
Manual or Electric?
Medela Pump Trouble Shooting
Noises of Breast Pumps
Not getting much milk with Breast Pump
Rental Breast Pumps
Returning to Work
Second Hand Breast Pumps
Swing Breast Pump Recommendation
Medela Swing vs Avent Electric

Find a midwife
Ad: Midwives Wanted
Directory of Midwife Listings

Hotmilk lingerie
Bra Fitting Problems
Bra Size Calculator
Bra Sizes for Different Countries
Bra Sizes What the Numbers Mean
HOTmilk Lingerie Videos 2010
Bras in Your Size
Hot Milk History
HOTmilk Design Features
HOTmilk International Sizes
How Many Maternity Bras
Man's HOTmilk Buying Guide
Non Maternity Bras
Plus Size Bras
When to get a Maternity Bra
Why wear a Maternity Bra?
Why HOTmilk?

Lactation consultants
Ad: Lactation Consultants Wanted
Lactation Consultants Directory


Newborn baby
Baby Layette
Baby Poo
Best way to get your baby to sleep
Best Way to Help with New Baby
Birth Control
Breastfeeding in Hospital
Colic
Coming Home with a New Baby
Crying Time
Essential Baby Buys
Feeding Baby with a Cold
Newborn Sleep Cycles and Tips
Sleep Tips
Relaxed Baby Routines
Gift Vouchers

How to Swaddle Baby
Meconium - Baby's First Poo
Nappies
New Baby Information and Tips
Post Natal Depression
Sleeping Like a Baby
Sounds of Hungry Baby
Silent Reflux
Baby Colic (Surviving)
Tummy Time
What to Pack in your Nappy Bag

Nipples
Cracked and Sore Nipples
Engorged Breasts
Nipple Care with Baby
Breast Drips Milk
Protecting your Nipples

Photos of breastfeeding
Ad: Breastfeeding Photos Wanted
Breastfeeding Photos and Images

Pregnancy
Baby Kicks in Belly
13 Week Baby Scan
Belly Bra for Pregnancy
Breast Changes During Pregnancy
Extreme Itchy Skin When Pregnant
Breastfeeding and Contraception
Essential Nutrients for Healthy Pregnancy
Pregnant? Start Healthy Eating
Calculate Your Due Date
Find a Midwife
How Long Do Your Boobs Stay Big
I wish someone had told me before
Rite Aid Hydrogel Breast Discs
Mamalicious in Wellington
Maternal Journey
Maternity Sanitary Pads
Pregnancy Articles and a few tips
Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Belly
Pregnant Baby Belly
Tummy Support for Pregnancy
What to Pack for Hospital
Worst Things to Ask a Pregnant Women

Real fathers
Becoming a Dad
Collection of stories from Dads
Dads view on breastfeeding
How will a new baby change your sex life

Real mothers
Ad: Your Story Wanted Please
Breastfeeding Twins in Hospital
Breastfeeding Photos  Shared
Age Gap Between Sons
Are my Breasts Still Making Milk?
Auckland Lactation Consultant
ntolerance to Cows Milk
Baby Friendly NZ or Tokyo
Baby not getting enough
BFing after C-Section
Real Mums share Colic Tips
Prem Baby
Bottle Feeding Tips
Preventing Mastitis
First Weeks of Breastfeeding
Nursing Strike
Breast or Bottle an experience with both
Breastfeeding a Baby in Hospital
Breastfeeding and Expressing over 21 months
Breastfeeding in Public
Breastfeeding is a B i t c h
Breastfeeding Shouldnt Hurt
Breastfeeding Through Mental Illness
Breastfeeding Tips from Lydia
Clicking while feeding
Cluster Feeding
Constipated on Formula
Demand Feeding
Dont Judge other Parents
Drink Lots of Water to Make Milk
Exclusively Expressing
Get a Lactation Consultant
Get Baby Used to a Bottle
Hard to Start
Honest Breastfeeding Tips
Lactation Consultant
Mastitis and Probiotics
Milk brings on reflux and colic
Negative Feeding Experiences
Newborn and Toddler
Nursing with Large Breasts
Postnatal Depression
Raynauds Syndrome
Stressful Breastfeeding to Start With
Switching to Formula
Silent Reflux
Tongue Tie
When to Start a Bottle

Relactation
Articles about Relactation
Induced Lactation for Foster Baby

Starting solids
Articles about Starting Solids
Fingerfood and snacks for toddlers
Introducing solids
Solids Offered before Bottle
Starting Solids

Tandem feeding
Breast Feeding Twins
Photos of Twins Breastfeeding
Breast Feeding Twins & Tandem Feeding
Breastfeeding Twins
Mums share Tips for Breastfeeding Twins
Breastpump for Twins
Pregnant and Breastfeeding Older Baby

Videos of breastfeeding
Ad: Breastfeeding Videos Wanted
Baby Feeding Tube
Breastfeeding in New Zealand
Breast Pumps noises
Breastfeeding in Public
Breastfeeding a Baby
Breastfeeding Sounds
Breastfeeding Video Collection
Crying Baby Milk Squirts
Dream Feed
Extended Breastfeeding
Latching for Feed
My Youtube turned into a movie
Nursing Baby
Waiting for Letdown

Weaning
One Year Old Won't Drink Milk
Starting to Wean Baby
How long did you Breastfeed
Weaning Toddlers onto Cows Milk
Baby Led Weaning
Mums doing Baby Led Weaning
Weaning child while pregnant with second
Eight Month Baby Refusing Breast
Weaning Tips from Other Mums
Weaning Toddler off Bottle to Cup
Weaning Articles and Tips

 

 

 

 

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