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A GREATVINE PARENTING GUIDE

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Many new mums look or help with

breasteeding diculties in the rst

ew weeks and months ater giving

birth.

Experts agree that breast really is best, as it gives

newborns the nutrients they need or a healthy

start. Its also a special and unique way to bond with

your baby. But breasteeding doesnt come easily

to most mums. Many want to succeed but nd it

impossible, painul - or a mixture o the two.

We can help. This Greatvine booklet is jam-

packed with invaluable advice and insider tips on

breasteeding, rom the right position to hold your

baby; how to avoid sore nipples; to whens the right

time to get your partner involved in eeding.

These top experts have years o experience helping

parents through the particular challenges o

breasteeding. From specialist midwives to lactation

consultants and best-selling breasteeding authors,

their gentle and supportive methods can really make

the dierence to you and your baby.

I this booklet helps you, remember that the

breasteeding specialists in the next ew pages are

just a part o Greatvine. To speak to an expert,

go to Greatvine.com and see how we can make a

dierence to your lie. The experts are ready to talk

whenever you need.

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In this editionMeet the breastfeeding experts

Expert Q&A with Geraldine Miskin

Top tips for a happier breastfeed

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Geraldine

MiskinAn independent

breasteeding

specialist with

over 16 years o experience, by

teaching eective techniques

Geraldine has helped thousands

o mums to enjoy blissul

breasteeds. Through her Lets

Breasteed practice and books

Geraldine aims to empower,educate and inspire mums to

breasteed. Geraldine has studied

the science o breasteeding

around the world, undertaking

courses including the

Australasian Lactation course,

the UNICEF Baby Friendly

course and the Maternity

Practitioner course. Geraldines

specialist interests include the

compression o the babys headduring labour and delivery

and how this translates into

breasteeding problems. Shes

also knowledgeable about the

anatomy o both mum and baby,

and how this can aect which

technique and eeding position

produces the most pain-ree

eeds. Talk with Geraldine on

0906 400 6213 - 1.50/min*.greatvine.com/geraldine-miskin

Katherine Fisher

A breasteeding

expert or Mother

and Baby magazine,

Katherine

has 18 years o experience

helping amilies to breasteed

successully and enjoy the

experience. She understands thediculties many mums ace, and

sees it as entirely natural that

getting breasteeding right takes

time, practice and support.

Katherine currently works as

a lactation consultant at Kings

College Hospital, London, and

is also an NCT breasteeding

counsellor. She has also run

breasteeding drop-in clinics orSure Start Childrens Centres. She

specialises in areas including:

complex eeding problems;

making sure that babies gain

weight; nipple trauma and sleep

diculties. Talk with Katherine

on 0905 675 4622 - 1.20/min*.

greatvine.com/katherine-sher

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Sharon Trotter

As a registered

nurse and midwie

with over 25 years

o experience,

Sharon provides easy-to-

understand advice on all aspects

o breasteeding. Her book

Breasteeding: The Essential

Guide has stayed in the Top

10 bestselling breasteeding

books since 2004. Shes also

written an award-winning leafet

Babycare - Back to Basics, now

in its seventh edition, which

has helped over 100,000 mums.Sharon gained a BSc in Advanced

Studies in Midwiery in 2005.

Two years later she launched

her TIPS award scheme in which

parent volunteers independently

test baby and toddler products.

Talk with Sharon on 0906 400

6215 - 1.50 per/min*.

greatvine.com/sharon-trotter

Caroline Flint

A recipient

o a Lietime

Achievement

Award rom the

British Journal o Midwiery,

Caroline has over 33 years

experience as a midwie and

41 years o experience teaching

antenatal classes or the NCT.She was the rst elected

President o the Royal College o

Midwives, and has also advised

the government on maternity

services. Caroline is the author o

several books on birth, including

Sensitive Midwiery and is the

ounder and director o The Birth

Centre, the rst private birth

centre in the UK. Caroline prides

hersel on being sympathetic

and non-judgemental, and in her

ability to oer a listening ear and

comorting voice in addition to

practical and eective solutions.

Talk with Caroline on

0906 207 2675 - 1/min*.

greatvine.com/caroline-fint

Vicki Scott

Ater 20 years

working with

mums, babies and

amilies, Vicki

has a wealth o knowledge

and experience to share.

Shes a registered midwie,

nursery nurse and teacher.

Her consultancy service was

launched in 2002 to provide

new mums with proessional,

riendly, up-to-date support

and advice through the early

weeks and months with a new

baby. Vickis practical, fexibleapproach means that clients

come to her or breasteeding

advice, help with starting and

maintaining a routine, solving

sleep diculties and starting

solid oods. Shes passionate

about breasteeding but realises

that the recommendation o at

least six months o exclusive

breasteeding can be dauntingto many women. She sees her

role as supporting new mums to

make this possible.

Talk with Vicki on 0905 675

4614 - 1.20/min*.

greatvine.com/vicki-scott

Nikki KhanThe expert midwie

or Prima Baby

magazine or the

last decade, Nikkis

been a practising midwie or over

20 years. She currently works or

Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust,

and was ormerly a midwie or

baby charity Tommys where she

answered peoples questions about

pregnancy and childbirth. Having

been a midwie or 17 years beore

she gave birth to her own child,

Nikki has great insights to share. A

staunch supporter o breasteeding

or a minimum o six months

ater birth, she also wants to give

mums the power to make their

own choices and do whats best orthem and their baby. Also a trained

clinical negligence lawyer, Nikki

has a special interest in maternity

rights and benets and the law

when pregnant, as well as birth

injuries. Talk with Nikki on 0905

675 4618 - 1.20/min*.

greatvine.com/nikki-khan

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Expert Q & A

with Geraldine

Thousands o new mums with

breasteeding problems turn to

Geraldine Miskin or help.

Here, she tackles your mostfrequently asked questions.

How do I know when my breast is

empty, and when to oer my baby the

other breast?

It would be wonderul i our bodies fashed a

red light as the breast was emptying. But there is a

way to gauge how ull your breast is you need to

look at your babys suck and swallow pattern.

Knowing when your baby is swallowing rather

than just sucking is important. While your babysbreasteeding, look at their lower jaw. When theyre

sucking, it bounces up and down pretty quickly.

When they swallow, it will drop slightly lower and

will pause or a split second longer. You may also

hear a bubble sound rom your babys nose. I your

baby is just sucking, your baby is calling the milk.

Place a fat hand on the outer edge o your

breast and push inwards to fatten. This creates a

manual let down and you should be able to see your

baby swallowing. I not, move to another area and

try the same.

I youve compressed the entire breast and your

babys still not swallowing, theyre asleep or the

breast is empty. So either wake them up, or oer

them the other breast.

Yellow poos mean that your baby is getting to

the hindmilk (the most nutritious milk at the end

o a eed, which has a higher at content), whereaspoos that are a spinach green colour mean theyre

not. So let your baby stay on the rst breast a little

longer beore oering the second side.

My partner would like to be involved

with our babys eeding ASAP. When can

I start expressing so that he can oer our

son a bottle at the last eed?

Its lovely or dads to be involved with baby

as early as possible, but its probably best to leave



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expressing and bottleeeding or two to three

weeks. This will give you time to establish a good

milk supply, and your baby a chance to learn how

to breasteed well without causing you discomort.

Beore you oer a bottle, make sure theyre:

Older than 10 days.

Not leaving your nipples feeling sore andtender at the end o eeds.

Draining the breast so youre not at risk of

developing mastitis.

Gaining weight, roughly 20-30g a day.

The best time to express is in the morning

ater the rst two eeds, such as the 7am eed and

the 10am feed. Offer this milk to your baby at the

10pm eed. As youll be substituting a bottle or

a breasteed, youll need to express both breastsaround 9pm beore going to bed. You can reeze

this milk to create a milk bank or emergencies.

Encourage your partner to be as hands on as

possible until you can introduce a bottle eed. Try

holding your baby skin-to-skin in a sling or a baby

massage ater a bath.

Im dreading getting sore nipples. Can

you give me some practical tips to avoid

developing cracks and soreness?

Nobody likes the thought o pain, but sore

nipples can be avoided nine times out o 10 by

following the simple steps below. Dont put too

much pressure on yoursel and remember that you

and your baby are learning a new skill.

- Hold your baby with the opposite arm to the

breast youre eeding with.

- Pop their bottom into the crook o your arm

and support their cheek with your ngers. You

should have the heel o your hand on your babys

upper back.

- Dont move your breast to line up with your

babys nose, but instead line them up nose to nipple

when your breast is at rest.

- When they do a big wide mouth, bring them

onto the breast really quickly, applying pressure to

their upper back with the heel o your hand.

- Their lower lip should be away rom the nipple

at the edge o the areola (the coloured circle around

the nipple) so that the nipple goes to the roo o

their mouth.

- Make sure that both cheeks are touching your

breast during the eed. This means they can drain

both the top and lower hal o your breast.

- I theyre not doing a big wide mouth, use your

areola close to their lower lip to drag their lower

lip down and open beore popping them onto the

breast.

- I your latch is correct, your nipple should be

round like a jelly tot. I your babys lower lip was too

close to the nipple when latching on, your nipple

will be pinched like a new lipstick.


Talk with Geraldine

www.greatvine.com/geraldine-miskin

0906 400 62131.50/min from a BT landline. Calls from other networks and mobiles

may vary. 18+.


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1Breasteeding is so

good or your baby

because breast milk is

tailor-made with your

own child in mind.

It provides exactly the right

nutrients, in an easy-to-digest

package at the right temperature

whenever your baby wants it.-Sharon Totter

2To fnd out i your

baby has had enough

milk, give a two-part

eed, separated with

a winding/burping

session and nappy change. Its

normal or babies to all asleep

ater 15 minutes o eeding,

so doing a nappy change here

will wake your baby beore

continuing the eed. I, ater the

second part, your baby allows

you to take the breast out o

their mouth without going into

meltdown, theyve had enough.-Geraldine Miskin

3Your baby needs

to have a wide-open

mouth to latch onto

the breast correctly.

They should take lots

o breast tissue into their mouth,

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not just the nipple. This helps

them to eed well and eciently

and shouldnt be painul or you.

-Vicki Scott

4Breasteeding a

newborn can betime-consuming

as your baby will need

more requent eeds.

So try to stock up on essentials

beore the birth. Fill up your

reezer and encourage amily

and riends to agree to help with

housework and shopping ater

the babys born. -Katherine

Fisher

5To keep your baby

awake during a eed,

compress the outer

edge, or rim, o the

breast. By fattening the

breast tissue urthest away rom

the nipple, youll create a fush o

milk. Your baby will have to start

swallowing again or come o the

breast. -Geraldine Miskin

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I you oer regular

eeds when your

baby is hungry, your

milk supply will grow

to match their needs.

Your newborn needs to eed

requently, little and oten -

sometimes ater just an hour

or two. These early, requent

eeds will ensure you build up a

milk supply or your baby in the

coming months. -Vicki Scott

7I you exclusively

breasteed your

baby, your periods

might not return or up

to a year. Its natures

way o making the natural, and

thereore saer, gap between

children longer. But remember

not to rely on breasteeding

as a method o contraception.

-Katherine Fisher

8I your babys poos

are green or your

nipples are sore, your

baby may not be getting

enough ood, and

may be asking to be ed more

requently. Youll need help with

your positioning and attachment

so that your baby latches well

and drains the breast to increase

your supply.

- Geraldine Miskin

9On average, a

breasted baby will

want to eed every two

to our hours. Every

mum and baby are

unique, and will have their own

pattern o eeds. But eeds can

last rom 10 minutes to over an

hour. At rst, you might eel like

youre spending all your time

eeding, but this is normal. Soon,

eeds should space out a little

and youll be sleeping longer at

night i your baby eeds well

during the day. -Vicki Scott

10Breasteeding

really is the

best or you

and your baby,

so try to stay

positive about it. Although its

natural, that denitely doesnt

mean its easy or everyone.

Many new mums have mastitis,

sore nipples and thrush at some

stage in their breasteeding, so

be prepared. Most o all, try to

enjoy this very special time.

-Katherine Fisher

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One way to

know i youre

producing

enough milk

and i your baby

is eeding well is i your babys

gaining between 20-30g each day.

-Katherine Fisher


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