How do you breastfeed?

Question

I always did both sides every feeding for each of my older two kids. With my newborn, I am finding sometimes she will do a longer feed on one side and just want to do one side per feeding (not for lack of trying to offer the other side).. I am wondering what the Pros/Cons are of this, and what other’s experiences are?

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When he was a newborn I did both sides but since 3 or 4 months old I’ve only done one and it’s worked great for us

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I’ve only fed on one side each feeding since day 1. She’s 2 months old now and in the 75th percentile for weight and height so I’m assuming it’s fine 🤷🏻‍♀️

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My 'big' daughter never really wanted the second side. After she was done with a boob, she was done with the nursing session. For a while I kept offering and the most I achieved usually was a few tentative gulps after letdown, but she wouldn't want any more than that.
Now I have a newborn and she usually takes both sides but she doesn't last too long on the second side, usually only spends about half the time as she spent on the first side.

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I did both or just one depending how full my daughter was then I’d pump the rest to freeze.

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