OXYTOCIN and breastfeeding… What? Why? How?




















Watch me talk about this topic and bust 3 myths on Instagram. Get 1to1 support preparing you for, or helping you along YOUR feeding journey! Read my other BLOG POSTS on Beyond the Birth, Prep for Feeding, to learn about other aspects of breastfeeding and infant feeding in general!
Here is a 5 page GUIDE TO RETURNING TO WORK WHILE BREASTFEEDING. I hope it’s helpful.What did you find most surprising? Anything you haven’t thought about before?What (if anything) is missing? What would you like to find out more about? Would you attend a Zoom session around the topic of breastfeeding and returning to work,…
Busy June: summer festival stalls, free advice, charity walk, online breastfeeding conference
I wonder if we have gone too far when it comes to the pressure to entertain, educate and socialise our babies (see baby Mozart, baby Einstein, Montessori style toys and a plethora of companies queuing up to cater for their ‘needs’)? What if? What if I said ALL babies need is the warm body of…
Poor mummy Elmo can’t sleep!
Baby Elmo is asleep!
“Help! What to do if my baby has started sleeping longer stretches and my boobs are full?”
We keep hearing about the importance of skin to skin in the first hour after birth. But there’s more: It stimulates the baby’s digestion and interest in feeding. Enables colonisation of the baby’s skin with the mother’s friendly bacteria, thus providing protection against infection. Reduces stress hormone (cortisol) levels in babies. May reduce hospital stay….