Lactation Information Sheets for Parents

The way you hold your baby and latch to the breast are keys to comfortable feeding for you and complete feedings for your baby.

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You have breastmilk! Production starts during pregnancy (after 4 months). The best way to keep a good supply is to breastfeed early and often.

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Do you feel you have more milk than your baby can drink? Does your baby have frequent, green, loose stools? This could be breastmilk oversupply.

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Here are some basic guidelines for the first few weeks: Wet nappies (6+ per day); Stools (3+ per day); Feeding (at least 8 times a day around the clock).

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Hand expression is a helpful skill, whenever you need to empty your breast or are separated from your baby in the first few days.

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During the first few days and weeks, frequent stimulation of the breasts is essential to establish a healthy supply.

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Tender and sensitive nipples are common, as you begin breastfeeding your new baby. However, very painful, cracked, or bleeding nipples are not.

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If you notice a small lump the size of a pea in your breasts, it may be a plugged duct. This occurs when a portion of the breast does not get emptied completely during feedings.

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A deep latch is the key to the best feeding session. Regardless of the position you hold your baby, the latch is always important.

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Frequent stimulation of the breasts, by breastfeeding, hand expression or using a breast pump during the first few days and weeks, is essential to establish a strong milk supply.

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Follow these time-tested and evidence-based strategies to thrive during the first two weeks of breastfeeding.

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Breast massage and compression can encourage your baby to continue feeding if the milk slows down.

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Here are useful suggestions to help a breastfed baby use a bottle when necessary.

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A Baby Friendly Hospitals follow, “The 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding,” developed by WHO and UNICEF globally. The research shows these steps improve breastfeeding success.

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Learning your baby’s hunger cues will make feeding more successful and positive.

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Tips to ensure the first feed in the hospital and the early days.

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Here are a few suggestions for waking your baby. Some work better on certain babies than others.

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As the care provider, you can support a working breastfeeding mother/parent with these tips.

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Nipple pain, engorgement, excessive weight loss, and jaundice are often the result of an ineffective latch.

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The Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) and WHO suggest exclusive breastfeeding for six months. After that time, you can begin adding complementary foods, and continue breastfeeding.

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Hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, is common for newborns within the first 2-3 hours after birth. Then, blood sugar normally rises…but not always.

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