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Successfully breastfeeding your premature baby

You may be reading this because you have a preterm baby, or because you are expecting to deliver your baby before full term and you want to be prepared. Perhaps you're supporting someone who has recently had a preterm baby. Whatever your situation then we hope this information will help to get … [Read more...] about Successfully breastfeeding your premature baby

Filed Under: Breastfeeding information, Special Circumstances Tagged With: antenatal expression, colostrum, premature, premie, preterm baby

Breastfeeding Your Baby – Easy Read

Hold your baby skin-to-skin as soon as he is born. Encourage him to breastfeed as soon as possible. Latching on Get comfortable and relaxed—sit or lie with your back well supported. Keep your breast at its natural level. Bring baby to breast, not breast to baby. Keep baby’s head and … [Read more...] about Breastfeeding Your Baby – Easy Read

Filed Under: Beginning Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding information Tagged With: attachment, beginning breastfeeding, blocked duct, colostrum, early days, easy read, engorgement, latch, return to work, sore nipples

Amazing Milk, Best For Everyone

Breastmilk has everything a growing baby needs in exactly the right amounts and is easy to digest. Research shows that a baby who is not breastfed is more likely to suffer from health problems, both as a child and throughout adulthood. Can anyone breastfeed? Breastfeeding is the normal, … [Read more...] about Amazing Milk, Best For Everyone

Filed Under: Beginning Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding information Tagged With: amazing milk, breastfeeding, breastmilk, colostrum

Beginning Breastfeeding

Mother kissing the head of her sleeping newborn

Breastfeeding is normal and natural but it may take you and your baby time to learn. Milk production speeds up (your body makes more milk faster) if you nurse or pump more frequently. The emptier the breast, the faster your body works to replace the milk that was taken out. Milk is being produced at … [Read more...] about Beginning Breastfeeding

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Antenatal Expression of Colostrum

Mothers start to produce colostrum (early milk) while pregnant. Learning to express colostrum during pregnancy is a useful skill for all mothers. There are also benefits to saving expressed colostrum if your baby is likely to need special care after birth. In the early days, it’s important that … [Read more...] about Antenatal Expression of Colostrum

Filed Under: Beginning Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding information Tagged With: antenatal, colostrum, diabetes, expression

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