Pumping & Expressing
Electric Breast Pump
When baby misses a feed, you are building a freezer stash or heading back to work, your breasts still need to be emptied whether baby is there or not. An electric breast pump uses powered suction to express milk more quickly and consistently than a manual pump, which matters when pumping becomes part of the daily routine.
Wearable Pump
Finding time to sit attached to a breast pump isn't always easy, particularly if you're back at work or juggling an older child. Wearable pumps sit inside your bra and allow you to express milk while answering emails, cooking dinner, doing school pickup or simply getting on with the rest of your day.
Manual Breast Pump
Sometimes you don't need to express a whole bottle of milk, you just need a little relief from an overly full breast. Manual breast pumps are small, portable and useful for occasional expressing without dragging out a larger electric pump.
Pump Flanges
Pumping should not leave your nipple rubbing, pinching or being pulled halfway down the tunnel. Pump flanges come in different sizes, and finding one that fits properly can make expressing far more comfortable while helping the pump remove milk effectively.
Nipple Ruler
Most breast pumps arrive with standard-sized flanges, but nipples are anything but standard. A nipple ruler measures the diameter before pumping, helping you choose a flange that fits comfortably and removes milk effectively rather than discovering the wrong size several sore sessions later.
Pumping Bra
Holding breast pump flanges against your chest for twenty minutes sounds manageable until you're actually doing it multiple times a day. A pumping bra holds electric pumps in place, keeping your hands free.
Milk Catcher
One of breastfeeding's great surprises is that the breast your baby isn't feeding from often decides to join in anyway. A milk catcher fits over the other breast and saves the milk that would otherwise soak into a breast pad, bra or shirt.
Colostrum Syringes
Those tiny syringes can look a bit ridiculous until you realise colostrum is often collected in drops rather than bottles. They're used to collect and store your first milk in case baby needs a little extra help feeding after birth.
Storing, Transporting & Feeding Expressed Milk
Milk Storage Bags
The freezer quickly becomes prime real estate once expressed milk starts accumulating. Milk storage bags are designed to safely store breast milk while taking up less space than bottles.
Milk Freezer Organiser
At first there are only a few bags of expressed milk in the freezer. A few weeks later you're playing freezer Tetris and wondering which bag is the oldest. A milk freezer organiser keeps stored milk upright, organised by date and much easier to rotate through.
Baby Bottles
Breastfeeding doesn't always mean feeding directly from the breast. Baby bottles are used to feed expressed breast milk and can be handy if you're pumping, returning to work, or simply want someone else to take over a feed every now and then.
Steriliser
Nobody buys a steriliser because they're excited about washing pump parts. Sterilisers exist because bottles, teats, pump flanges, valves and collection cups seem to multiply overnight, and keeping everything clean can quickly become a full-time job.
Insulated Carry Bag
Expressed milk needs to stay cold on the trip between the fridge, work, childcare and home. An insulated carry bag holds bottles or storage bags alongside ice packs, so the milk you spent twenty minutes pumping does not spend the afternoon warming up beside your laptop.
Breastmilk Powder
Freezers fill surprisingly quickly when you are expressing regularly, and frozen bags are not especially convenient for travel. Breastmilk drying services turn your own expressed milk into lightweight, shelf-stable powder, giving you another way to store and transport it without packing half the freezer.
Nipple & Breast Care
Nipple Cream
The first few days of breastfeeding can leave nipples feeling tender, dry or cracked while baby’s latch is being worked out. Nipple cream coats and soothes the skin between feeds, giving it some protection while you deal with the reason it became sore in the first place.
Breast Pads
You don't just leak milk when baby is feeding. Sometimes it happens when you hear a baby cry, step into a hot shower, sleep or simply think about your baby. Breast pads sit inside your bra and absorb leaks before they make their way through your clothes.
Breast Gel Packs
When your milk first comes in, your breasts can suddenly feel swollen, heavy and uncomfortably full. Gel packs can be used warm before a feed to encourage milk flow or chilled to help soothe engorgement and swelling.
Hydrogel Nipple Discs
When nipples become cracked, grazed or painfully sensitive, even your bra brushing against them can feel unpleasant. Hydrogel nipple discs sit directly over the nipple and provide a cool, soothing barrier that helps protect sore skin between feeds.
Silver Nursing Cups
Sore nipples and clothing rubbing against them is not a combination anyone enjoys. Silver nursing cups sit over the nipple between feeds, keeping fabric off damaged skin while the silver’s antimicrobial properties help create a protected environment for healing.
Nipple Shields
When every feed starts with baby slipping off the breast and both of you becoming increasingly frustrated, nipple shields can provide a temporary surface that is easier to latch onto. They can make feeding possible while the underlying latch issue is being sorted, but are best introduced with help from a midwife or lactation consultant.
Nipple Massager
Sometimes milk does not start flowing the moment baby latches or the pump switches on, especially when you are tired, tense and watching an empty bottle refuse to fill. A nipple massager uses gentle stimulation to encourage let-down and can also help draw out a flat nipple before feeding.
Lactation Ball
Breasts don't always empty evenly during a feed, which can sometimes leave tender or blocked areas behind. A lactation ball is designed to gently massage the breast and encourage milk flow while feeding or pumping.
Breast Support
Larger breasts can sit lower than baby’s mouth, making it harder to position the nipple for a good latch and leaving you holding the breast throughout the feed. A foam breast support tucks underneath to lift the nipple to a better height, helping baby attach comfortably and freeing up a much-needed hand.
Feeding Comfort, Clothing & Setup
Nursing Pillow
Breastfeeding is often more about positioning than people realise. A nursing pillow brings baby up to breast height, helping create a better latch without spending hours hunched over like a prawn.
Nursing Chair
Some babies seem to feed for five minutes. Others appear determined to breastfeed for most of the afternoon. A comfortable nursing chair gives you somewhere supportive to settle in for those longer feeding sessions and often becomes one of the most-used seats in the house.
Breastfeeding Bra
Breasts can change size several times throughout the day during breastfeeding, and fumbling with clips, straps and clothing at 3am gets old very quickly. Nursing bras are designed to provide support while making it easier to feed without completely undressing every time baby is hungry.
Breastfeeding Tops
Trying to feed a baby while wrestling with an awkward outfit gets old quickly. Nursing tops are designed with hidden openings that make breastfeeding easier when you're out and about.
Breastfeeding Sports Bra
The first workout after having a baby can feel very different when your breasts are full of milk. Sports nursing bras provide extra support while still allowing easy feeding access.
Nursing Cover
Some babies become incredibly distractible once they realise there's a whole world happening around them. A nursing cover creates a quieter feeding space and provides a little extra privacy when feeding in public.
Nursing Necklace
Once babies discover their hands, they often become fascinated with grabbing hair, earrings and anything else within reach. Nursing necklaces give busy little fingers something safer to play with during feeds.
Caddy
It's amazing how often you'll sit down to feed only to realise your water bottle, phone charger, nipple cream and snacks are all in different rooms. A breastfeeding caddy keeps everything together and within reach when you're feeding.
Trolley
You'll quickly discover there are certain spots in the house where most feeds happen. A trolley creates a mobile feeding station for snacks, water, burp cloths, nipple cream and everything else that seems to follow breastfeeding around.
Burp Cloths
Some babies finish a feed, let out a little burp and move on with their day. Others seem determined to return half the feed to sender. Burp cloths catch milk dribbles, spit-up and reflux before they end up on your clothes.
Supply, Snacks & Hydration
Lactation Cookies
When you're breastfeeding, it can feel like you're hungry all the time. Lactation cookies are made with ingredients traditionally believed to support milk supply and provide an easy snack during those long feeding days.
Breastfeeding Coffee
Giving up coffee can feel like a cruel joke when you're running on broken sleep. Breastfeeding coffees are typically low-caffeine or caffeine-free alternatives that let you keep the morning ritual without worrying about how much caffeine is making its way into baby's day.
Lactation Tea
Hydration is important when you're breastfeeding, and many women find themselves drinking more fluids than ever before. Lactation teas are herbal blends traditionally used to support milk supply while helping you stay hydrated.
Lactation Hot Drinks
Hydration Powder
Breastfeeding can leave you feeling surprisingly thirsty, especially during those early weeks when you're feeding around the clock. Hydration powders are designed to help replace electrolytes and fluids, and many parents find themselves reaching for them after realising water alone isn't always cutting it.
Water Bottle
Nobody talks about how thirsty breastfeeding can make you. A water bottle quickly becomes one of those things you carry from room to room because there is nothing worse than settling in for a 40-minute feed and realising your drink is on the kitchen bench.
Breastfeeding Probiotics
Blocked ducts and mastitis can turn breastfeeding from enjoyable to miserable very quickly. Breastfeeding probiotics are designed to support breast and gut health and are often used by women who experience recurring mastitis.
Breastfeeding Vitamins
Breastfeeding asks a lot of your body at a time when proper meals can mean toast eaten one-handed over the sink. Breastfeeding vitamins are designed to help cover common nutritional needs during lactation, particularly when sleep, appetite and the contents of the fridge are not exactly working in your favour.
Learning & Tracking
Breastfeeding App
Giving up coffee can feel like a cruel joke when you're running on broken sleep. Breastfeeding coffees are typically low-caffeine or caffeine-free alternatives that let you keep the morning ritual without worrying about how much caffeine is making its way into baby's day.
Breast Side Reminder
After several feeds, very little sleep and a nappy change somewhere in the middle, remembering which breast baby fed from last can become surprisingly difficult. A breast side reminder moves from one wrist, bra strap or side to the other after each feed, saving you from standing there trying to work it out by feel.
Breastfeeding Book
Breastfeeding comes with its own language, positions and problems, most of which make far more sense once you are actually holding a hungry baby. A good breastfeeding book gives you something reliable to refer back to when you need help with latch, supply, expressing or the question that suddenly appears at 2am.
As you can see, most breastfeeding products exist to solve very specific situations. Many mums end up needing only a few of them, and sometimes none at all.
