Hello and welcome back to episode 3 of the Breastfeeding 101 series!

So far in this series we have learnt the foundational knowledge you’ll need to help establish a confident and successful breastfeeding relationship as well as learning about the magical breast crawl and why it is so important as an initiation into your breastfeeding journey.

For those of you who missed the first 2 episodes, I encourage you to go back and listen to them first. They will help set you up with a normal and physiological understanding of breastfeeding, before we dive in today about when things don’t go to plan with your breastfeeding journey.

And for those who just want to jump straight into the entire breastfeeding series without waiting for the future episodes to be released, remember it is up now inside my online program The Pregnancy Posse. This entire breastfeeding series plus a bonus episode on pumping, hand expressing demonstrations and baby latch demonstrations is now live for all Posse members to enjoy. You can find out more about the Pregnancy Posse and trial it for 7 days by visiting thepregnancyposse.com

Amberley Harris, our wonderful breastfeeding expert and endorsed midwife, is today going to teach us about how to manage when things don’t go to plan.

It is all well and good to learn about the natural and normal parts of breastfeeding, but we know that for a lot of women this is not the journey they will experience. Breastfeeding can be hard, oh so hard. And I want to make sure we don’t set women up to fail by not helping them understand the ways in which breastfeeding can go astray and the strategies you may need to help pull it back on track.

In today’s episode Amberley and I discuss:

• Mastitis and the best ways to manage it
• Why you don’t always need to run to get antibiotics if you suspect you have mastitis
• Milk supply issues, specifically low supply and why pumping volumes or frequent feeds are not great indicators of milk volume
• The 4 things you should be assessing to work out whether you have adequate milk supply
• Nipple pain and damage
• Whether lactation cookies and teas are worth your money
• Whether you should prepare your nipples for breastfeeding

If you do love this episode, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on your favourite podcast player so you don’t miss our upcoming episodes in this series.

In the last few episodes of this series we’ll be debunking some funny but also horrifying breastfeeding myths as well as everything you need to know about antenatal expressing and preparing colostrum before your baby arrives!

But for now… let’s troubleshoot when things don’t go to plan with your breastfeeding journey!

To learn more about the wonderful Amberley you can find her @maternalinstinctsbyamberley

To jump straight in and watch this entire series straight away including the bonus episode, it is now live up inside my online pregnancy program The Pregnancy Posse. Click the link to find out more and trial the program for 7 days.

Or come and chat to me over @physiolaura and let me know what road blocks you experienced in your breastfeeding journey!