Making the decision to breastfeed
- Benefits for baby
- Benefits for mom & dad
- Can I breastfeed if:
- Will my nipples work if they are flat, inverted or pierced?
- Risks of not breastfeeding
- Getting family on board
Breastfeeding made easier
- Breastfeeding in the first hour
- Getting off to a good start (“I wish someone had told me”)
- Video: Ways to hold your baby during breastfeeding (Topic begins at 10 minute mark, but the entire video is very helpful!)
- Breastfeeding basics: how milk is made, when to nurse, how long babies nurse and more
- Making breastmilk
- Baby’s hunger feeding cues
- Latching help: hunger signs (page 7)
- Latching help: four steps to a great latch (pages 4–5)
- Latching help: hand expression (page 11)
- Hand expression and nipple softening
- Steps & signs of a good latch
- Is my baby getting enough milk?
- Am I making enough milk?
- What is a nipple shield, and how do I use it?
- How to store breast milk
- Using bottles with a breastfed baby
Breastfeeding challenges
- Reverse pressure softening technique
- Preventing and treating engorgement (page 19)
- Sore nipples
- Preventing sore nipples (page 15)
- Steps & signs of a good latch
- Latching help: four steps to a great latch (pages 4–5)
- Mastitis, plugged ducts, thrush
- Tongue tie: video and examination techniques
- Feeling overwhelmed or frustrated when breastfeeding isn’t working
- Thrush (page 17)
- How to increase a low milk supply, power pumping
- Helping a breastfed baby accept a bottle
- Alternative feeding methods
The future
- Pumping and hand expression basics
- Preparing a caregiver for your return to work
- Maximizing milk production
- Breastfeeding and returning to work
- Weaning
Still need help? Contact us.
Call the Williams County Health Department WIC offices:
- Bryan: 419-636-8754
- Montpelier: 419-485-3141
Call the Bryan Hospital New Beginnings Birthing Center: 419-636-1131, ext. 14117.
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