SUPPORTING YOU FROM PREGNANCY TO PARENTHOOD

BREASTFEEDING & EXPRESSING SUPPORT
Breastfeeding your baby or babies can be the most fulfilling, natural and bonding of experiences. This doesn't mean it is always easy. Equipping yourself and your partner with knowledge in advance and knowing where to turn to for support can help you navigate the physical and emotional aspects of this precious journey with your baby.

Breastfeeding is a skill that both you and your baby will learn together. Equipping yourself with knowledge in advance can help promote confidence and help you:
- understand the importance of skin-to-skin time
- understand your bodies amazing production from colostrum to mature milk
- infant tummy sizes
- recognise a good latch
- understand normal feeding patterns
- explore different feeding positions
- know how to tell if your baby is getting enough milk
- get to grips with the basics of hand expression
- the importance of your wellbeing
- where to turn to for further peer and professional support
Antenatal breastfeeding education is offered as part of my Breathe Birth Baby classes or can also be taken as an individual private consultation or in conjunction with birth or postpartum doula support.
