Breastfeeding: and your supply

Description

Breastfeeding – and Your Supply explains the basics of how breastfeeding works, the supply-and-demand relationship of how breasts make milk and the let-down reflex.

It includes:
• What to expect in the early days of breastfeeding,
• Colostrum versus mature breastmilk
• Frequency of feeds,
• What is cluster feeding and why do babies cluster feed
• Coping with engorgement,
• How to tell if your baby is getting enough or too much breastmilk
• Correct positioning and attachment,
• Step by step instructions on baby-led attachment.
• Practical tips for increasing supply
• How expressing breastmilk impacts supply
• Issues that may arise from providing complementary or ‘top-up’ feeds

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