This episode is a follow-up to “Before Your First Time Working with a Breastfeeding Mother”. We’ll be reviewing additional details about breastfeeding that can help you to answer some of the most common questions that come up for families. We will discuss strategies to improve milk production, newborn stomach volumes, how to know if baby is getting enough milk, what to do if baby isn’t getting enough milk, and breastfeeding complications.

• Strategies to improve milk production


• Latching


• Newborn stomach volumes


• How to know if baby is getting enough milk


• What to do if baby isn’t getting enough milk


• Manual expression and pumping


• Breastfeeding complications

Resources/Links: 

• Bella Breastfeeding Curriculum on Open Pediatrics (free): www.openpediatrics.org


• Virginia Department of Health/Breastfeeding Education Consortium Online Course (free for those who live or work in Virginia): https://bfconsortium.org


• American Academy of Pediatrics Residency Breastfeeding Curriculum: https://www.aap.org/en/learning/breastfeeding-curriculum/


• ACOG Statement on Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2018/10/optimizing-support-for-breastfeeding-as-part-of-obstetric-practice


• AAP Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, 2022: https://publications.aap.org/journal-blogs/blog/20699/Welcome-to-the-AAP-s-2022-Policy-on-Breastfeeding?autologincheck=redirected#


• US Breastfeeding Guidelines for Mothers with HIV: https://clinicalinfo.hiv.gov/en/guidelines/perinatal/infant-feeding-individuals-hiv-united-states


• NEWT Curve: https://newbornweight.org


• UpToDate “Initiation of Breastfeeding”: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/initiation-of-breastfeeding