In this 3.5 hour session expectant parents learn the fundamentals for establishing successful nursing.

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Topics covered:

• Breastfeeding basics - breastfeeding at birth, importance of skin to skin, learning curve in the early days and weeks, understanding normal nursing for a newborn; frequency

• Demand and supply - Is my baby getting enough?

• Supplementation - when is it needed, what to feed, how to feed?

• Nursing with ease - learn what’s the biological norm, variety of positions including laid back and side lying, optimal latching

• Nighttime - nursing & nighttime sleep strategies, 'breastsleeping'

• Common challenges/solutions - pain, engorgement, sore nipples, plugged ducts, mastitis, sleepy baby

• Breast pump information - when, why and how to pump, collect and store milk