The most common reason women say they give up breastfeeding is because they don’t think they have enough milk. Our lactation consultant busts the booby traps of low milk supply.
You may have heard about foremilk and hindmilk, and worry, is my baby getting enough 'fatty' hind milk? Our IBCLC explains.
If you feel anxious about how much milk your breastfed baby is getting, you aren't alone. One of the most commonly reported reasons for women stopping breastfeeding is low milk supply.
Throughout history and across cultures breastfeeding mothers have been fed galactagogues - special foods to boost milk supply. Just as certain foods are ‘lactogenic’ and can support your breastmilk supply, there are also herbs, drinks and foods that are anti-lactogenic...
Ideally, Colostrum, the yellowish ‘first milk’, an antibody rich immune booster often called ‘baby’s first immunisation’ will be your baby's first feed.
We asked mothers for all the reasons their babies wanted to breastfeed and here, we have 75 very good reasons babies may need to snuggle in and refuel on magic mama milk– besides feeling hungry!
"I was incredibly stressed and I knew something was very wrong but I thought, I am a mum, I should be able to cope,” says Sandy, a Melbourne mother of two who was diagnosed with postnatal depression when her first baby was three months old.
If you become pregnant while you are breastfeeding, how does pregnancy affect breastfeeding and how does breastfeeding affect your unborn baby? A Lactation Consultant explains.