Antenatal Feeding Session
Prepare during pregnancy
A 90 minute introduction to feeding, tailored to your feeding choice and providing you with invaluable information, practical skills and up-to-date advice to help you feel prepared and confident ahead of your baby’s arrival.
Breastfeeding. Bottle feeding. Combination feeding. Formula. Donor milk. Pumping. Hand Expressing.
What does it all mean?
The world of infant feeding can be intimidating. Whether you’re a first time or seasoned parent, it can be difficult to know which choice to make for your baby. Advice from family and friends often only further confuse things or you can’t find the right information and you feel a bit lost.
This 90 minute session is the perfect gentle introduction to infant feeding. I will take you through all of your options, assess each one with you, and help you to make a decision that you feel happy with. If you already know how you’d like to feed your baby, the call will be tailored to you and your feeding choices to ensure you’re getting the most out of the session. I can cover a range of topics depending on your feeding preference, including:
Milk production - how your body makes milk
Newborn behaviours - what to expect in the first few hours, days and weeks after birth,
Hand Expressing - why this is a useful skill to learn before birth and how to express and collect colostrum
Breastfeeding - How to establish breastfeeding following the birth and maintain good milk supply, positioning and attachment, how to avoid common feeding issues
Pumping - Information about pumps and how to store breastmilk safely
Bottle feeding - How and when to introduce a bottle, the importance of using a paced bottle technique, the best shaped teats for your baby
Formula feeding - How to use and store formula safely, paced bottle feeding, sterilising your feeding equipment, feeding on the go
Feeding plan - If you are already confident in your choice, we can work together and create a feeding plan for you and your birthing partner, to ensure you are given the best possible start to your feeding journey
Within 24 hours of booking:
You will be sent available appointment slots and an introduction form that needs to be completed in as much detail as possible ahead of our session. Our session cannot take place unless you have completed the introduction form. After our call you will be sent follow up notes and relevant resources or referrals.
Full terms and conditions can be found here.