Overcoming breastfeeding problems

Breastfeeding (nursing) your baby can be a comfortable and relaxing experience, though nipple soreness should be expected, especially during the first weeks of breastfeeding. Some breastfeeding mothers describe nipple soreness as a pinching, itching, or burning sensation.
Nipple soreness may be caused by:

Improper position of baby
Improper feeding techniques
Improper nipple care

For many women, there is no identified [...]

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Breastfeeding Tips

Hold your baby’s tummy to your tummy, baby’s chin to your breast. You can do this sitting or lying down. Hold your breast in a “C-hold,” with your thumb on top and fingers underneath. Tickle your baby’s lips with your nipple until her mouth opens wide. Quickly bring her onto the breast. Allow the tip [...]

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Breastfeeding During a Baby’s Growth Spurt

Growth spurts are essential parts of physical maturation and they are developmental milestones. Also called “frequency days,” growth spurts are inevitable in every baby. Still, breastfeeding mothers often become concerned that they have low milk supply during these times. It can be very confusing when a baby has been feeding and sleeping well and, all [...]

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How to Breastfeed

A Healthy Breast
The outer breast consists of a nipple and areola. The tip of the nipple contains several hole openings allowing for milk to flow through during lactation. The areola is the pigmented area around the nipple. It is covered with Montgomery glands that secrete oil to lubricate the nipple and areola.
Producing Milk for [...]

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The Family’s Role

Breastfeeding is usually thought to include only a mother and baby. However, the family also plays a major role in the breastfeeding relationship. One of the most precious gifts family members can give the mother is to take care of her and encourage and support a healthy breastfeeding relationship.
Try to delegate the many household tasks [...]

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Anatomy of the Female Breast

Each nipple has 15 to 20 openings for milk to flow. The nipple and areola (the pigmented area around the nipple) enlarge and darken during pregnancy. This may assist your baby in latching-on by providing a clear “target.”
The small bumps on the areola are called Montgomery Glands. They produce a natural oil which cleans, lubricates, [...]

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Colostrum

Colostrum is the early milk made by your breasts, and is usually present after the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy. Once the baby is born, it is present in small amounts for the first 3 days to match the small size of the baby’s stomach. Most babies do not need additional nutrition during this [...]

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The Let-Down Reflex

Your Body’s Response to the Baby’s Suckling
Infant suckling stimulates the nerve endings in the nipple and areola, which signal the pituitary gland in the brain to release two hormones, prolactin and oxytocin.

Prolactin causes your alveoli to take nutrients (proteins, sugars) from your blood supply and turn them into breast [...]

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Pumping and Storing Breast Milk

If you plan on returning to work, pumping and storing breast milk is essential if you want to continue breastfeeding. You might want to pratice breast pumping a week or two before you return to work. You can try pumping just after your baby eats, or you can pump your breasts between feedings. If you [...]

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How much expressed milk will my baby need?

By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC
Many mothers wonder how much expressed breastmilk they need to have available if they are away from baby.
In exclusively breastfed babies, milk intake increases quickly during the first few weeks of life, then stays about the same between one and six months (though it likely increases short term during [...]

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