Starting Breast Feeding

You and your baby will soon take breast-feeding pleasurably for granted, but while you are getting used to it, mutual comfort is important. Clothes that open down the front, for example, make it easier to bare your breasts than “fishing” down... Read more

Expressing And Storing Breast Milk

Expressing and storing your breast milk allows you to leave your baby for a while. without altering her usual diet. Although awkward and slow at first, expression becomes easier with practice. You will need clean hands, clean equipment, and bottles or... Read more

Some Early Breast Feeding Problems

Almost every woman has some problems or questions with breast-feeding in the first weeks after birth. Some of these are common and predictable and can be handled quite easily. Others are more serious and require more information and assistance. Following... Read more

Breast Feeding Basics

First Feedings You can help establish your milk supply and avoid some early breast-feeding problems by nursing your baby as soon after birth as possible and by allowing your baby to suckle frequently. When mothers breast-feed within an hour after birth... Read more

Breast Feeding

[picture] Some babies are born naturally “sucky” . . . Getting started with breast-feeding is not always easy. Just as many babies need to be tactfully shown how to use their sucking reflexes, so many breasts have to be gradually persuaded... Read more