S2:Ep8 Breastfeeding Challenges with Dr Justice Reilly


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In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Dr Justice Reilly, a specialist breast doctor and lactation consultant, about some of the challenges you may face while breastfeeding.


Listen to this podcast to find out:

  • the function of colostrum

  • how factors during the birth can affect birth weight

  • that the weight of a baby is only one factor of assessing health

  • variables that can delay a baby's return to their birth weight

  • how type of delivery can affect a baby's ability to breastfeed

  • about the "breast crawl"

  • why babies suck their hands, and how that helps them to learn to breastfeed

  • how to manage mastitis, some of the causes

  • why mastitis incidences spike over the Christmas period

  • why causes nipple damage and how to help it to heal

  • how to feed with an oversupply of milk

  • how to manage a fast letdown

  • using human milk banks for babies in the NICU

  • how low breastfeeding rates are a systemic issue

  • expectations, and how they can affect breastfeeding issues


Music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
https://www.shooglenifty.com/
The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier

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