Expressing colostrum antenatally – things to ask your midwife

Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Jane HBFW

Does your baby have a chance of low blood sugar at or soon after birth?  See this list here for things that might increase the risk: Babies with an increased chance of low blood sugar include: Early or premature babies (born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy) Babies who are lighter in weight than expected [...]

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What discussion would you have liked antenatally about breastfeeding?

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Jane HBFW

When I was pregnant with my first son, discussion of feeding method was fairly limited.  At 13-week booking appointment:  Midwife – “How will you be feeding your baby?” Me – “With the placenta, for some while to come, I hope! Ha-ha-ha!” Midwife – “Ha-ha, yes, very good.  And after the baby’s born?” Me (serious again [...]

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Women learning about breastfeeding, antenatally

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by Jane HBFW

There is no way that every woman in the UK will breastfeed.  That might sound like a negative way to begin, but I prefer to think of it as realistic.  There is a whole raft of reasons why this is true, medical and emotional, from the “cannots” to the “prefer nots”.  I start like this [...]

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What do you wish you’d known about breastfeeding before you needed to do it?

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Jane HBFW

I thought it might be an idea to start this section with “what do you wish you’d known about breastfeeding when you were pregnant?”.For me, it was something really silly.  I wish somebody had explained where the baby’s bottom arm went when you were feeding.  I fed my first son in the cross cradle position [...]

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