From the time you announce your pregnancy, everyone wants to share advice. IBCLC Pinky McKay busts common myths around breastfeeding advice.
Your baby is latching and sucking well, he’s having plenty of wet and poopy nappies and he’s been calm between feeds. Then, suddenly he wants to feed all day and it has you full of self-doubt. Your baby is most likely going through a ‘growth spurt...
Your baby’s cues, or non-verbal language, are his way of trying to tell you what he needs. You will be amazed at how even very young babies can give clear signals that they want to interact (or not), are tired or hungry.
You’re stuck on the couch having the life sucked out of you by the tiny person latched onto your breast as though his life depends on you (actually, it kind of does right now!).
Being needed so intensely is making you feel overwhelmed, and now you’re totally confu...
Mostly, night time breastfeeds feel precious and beautiful. You know in your heart that these sweet moonlight cuddles will end soon but there are niggling doubts about night time nursing, especially if your baby is a ‘certain age’
You are nourishing and nurturing your little one through breastfeeding – around the clock! Is it any wonder you feel tired and overwhelmed, but who is caring for you? A hug and some warming broth could be your best ‘medicine’
Whether they are breastfeeding or not, most women have slight variations in breast size, just as most of us have slight variations in shoe size, for instance, and when it comes to producing milk, it’s common to have one breast that is a better milk maker than the other.<...
Breastfeeding Women have been asked to leave swimming pools, cafes and yesterday, a Melbourne woman was ordered to leave the County Court as she breastfed her baby, quietly, with a cover on her.
Try this easy, effective technique to speed up expressing time and boost your supply, some mothers find it can double the amount of milk they pump!