The Breastfeeding Clinic

Over the next few posts I will try and answers some common questions most parents, who come to the Breastfeeding Clinic, have ;-). How can I ensure an abundant milk supply? In a previous BLOG post I spoke about successful breastfeeding = lots of milk + good latch from baby + confident mother + all in a basket of support. Bear with me now ;-), lots of milk (a good milk production) = sufficient glandular tissue + intact nerve pathways & ducts (your breast anatomy plays a role h

Over the next few posts I will try and answers some common questions most parents, who come to the Breastfeeding Clinic have ;-). What is Fore-milk and Hind-milk? You may have heard that mothers produce two kinds of milk: “fore-milk”, the thinner milk the baby gets first, which has a lower fat content; and “hind-milk”, the high-fat, creamier milk that follow? These terms can make it seem as if the breasts produce two distinct kinds of milk, which is not the case. A woman's br

Getting breastfeeding off to the best possible start means choosing normal birth and selecting caregivers and places of birth that promote, protect, and support normal birth (like a Baby Friendly Hospital). Though you might have had many interventions during labour and yet baby managed to breastfeed just fine, normal, natural birth “set the stage” for problem-free breastfeeding (what nature intended), while a complicated, intervention-intensive labour and birth “set the stage

Welcome to The Breastfeeding Clinic in the Helderberg (Somerset West, Strand, Gordon's Bay and surrounding areas). It is said that raising a baby should be a community effort. This does not mean other people should take over caring for your baby. No, it means while you rest and recover from the birth, others take over the cooking, cleaning and looking after the siblings so you have the time to bond with and breastfeed your new baby. The first two weeks are critical for breast

In her book Why Milk Matters, Maureen Minchin has this to say about Breastfeeding: “Making normal humans, creating familial bonds, optimizing women’s and children’s physical and mental health, immunizing, controlling disease and resistant pathogens, saving taxpayers’ money, promoting social mobility and equity and preventing needless environmental harms.” Breastfeeding is a perfectly natural function and women have been doing it for all of human history. In theory breastfeedi