Breastfeeding your newborn… how does it REALLY feel? MYTHS unpicked!
“You’ll fall in love with your baby immediately!” This might be true to some, but the majority of people who have just given birth tend to be in a haze. Either due to drugs, lack of sleep, pain or simply exhaustion from this absolutely transformational experience of giving birth, no matter which way that has…
Prepare for breastfeeding BEFORE baby is born? Why bother?
PART 1: This week is all about your unborn child, your first baby.I, for one, was completely ignorant when it came to breastfeeding my first. I thought a LOT about the birth, but beyond? I went and bought some (all the wrong kind of) clothes, acquired a cot (little did I know how little time…
Keep your offspring close
I want to talk to you about the importance of keeping your offspring close. When you’re pregnant, your body naturally creates a ‘cocoon’ around your foetus. Embracing, nurturing, holding it close. Feeding it around the clock. Keeping it safe. Regulating it. Your pregnancy hormones facilitate this protective environment for the duration of 9 months or…
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 7-13 June 2021 Part 5
Babies are Humans!
Think history, think geography!
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 7-13 June 2021 Part 4
Babies are Humans!
Your baby
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 7-13 June 2021 Part 3
Babies are Humans!
Your body. Your mind. Your support network.
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 7-13 June 2021 Part 2
Babies are Humans!
Babies…Who ARE they?
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 7-13 June 2021 Part 1
Babies are Humans!
Your mental health?
Your baby’s mental health?
OVERSUPPLY SOS
Baby coughing and spluttering at the breast?
Green explosive poo nappies? Reflux symptoms?
Your milk squirting and leaking a LOT?
You’ve tried all the usual techniques for engorgement?
RETURNING TO WORK WHILE BREASTFEEDING
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,…
