Does it make sense to prepare for breastfeeding? Isn’t it a waste of time?

When we’re born our lungs are an expectation for oxygen. In the same way our nervous systems are an expectation for LOVE, for nurturing, for being held, for being valued, for being enjoyed. That’s what the infant is born with: those expectations! And whether we develop well or we don’t depends on how fully those…

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….