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Breastfeeding – for fathers
Some fathers feel that, because they can’t breastfeed their baby, they will not become really close to their baby in the first few weeks. Luckily there are lots of other ways for fathers to bond with babies besides feeding them, and fathers have a very important role in helping and supporting breastfeeding mothers. Doing such […] Read more
Mothers with various shaped/sized breasts/nipples can breastfeed. Babies breastfeed, they don’t nipple feed. Truly inverted nipples (ie where the nipples are completely stuck inwards) are very rare. Some mothers have nipples that don’t stand out or nipples that take more ‘coaxing’ to come out. With good help and persistence, most mothers find that breastfeeding becomes […] Read more
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Prescription medications and breastfeeding
Breastfeeding mothers can safely use most prescribed medications. Natural barriers in the cells that create breast milk make it difficult for most medications to pass into your milk. Even for those medications that do enter breast milk, most do so in amounts so low that there is no effect on the baby. Before your doctor […] Read more
Breast size depends on how much fatty tissue you have. The larger the breast, the more fatty tissue and vice versa. It is the amount of glandular (milk producing) tissue in your breast that matters. If you follow your baby’s lead and breastfeed whenever your baby shows that she needs a feed (by squirming, grunting, […] Read more
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Breastfeeding after a Caesarean birth
Many mothers ask, “Can I breastfeed after a Caesarean birth?” The answer is YES! There is no reason why you should not be able to breastfeed successfully. You will have skin to skin very shortly after delivery and can initiate the first breastfeed shortly after this. Although there may sometimes be short-term effects, the way […] Read more