Breastfeeding
Just as your body grew baby - now comes milk
You can greatly improve all that you have known to be you and health.
Whilst you are growing bub you are remaking yourself.
Rest and sensible living – and taking care of what is your baby’s architecture, as you can only make baby once.
All that you see on my sites may be new to you. It is from a combination of all I have been teaching students and patients for the past 40 years. It is time tested – both with me and the cultures it originated within. I suggest that you start with the eBook Woman Tides/The Pregnancy Map. You will discover a very different model for life – that of the energy that run us and give the physical body instructions.
Feeding your baby is one of the absolute highlights of mothering. Almost all of us can.
Please investigate all I have put together on this page – it is a combination of my own 6 1/4 years of breastfeeding and 40 years of assisting women who are in all stages of nurturing their own children, plus my ability to solve problems – always starting in a different spot than most – to come up with many differing solutions.
If lactation has been a trial in the past – please – look forwards. I have a lot on my different sites. Breasts in general
All is there as a guide – there is no one right way . .
Starting with understanding how to lactate – have enough ingredients on board to have surplus is a start. Water, protein, fat and of course lots of mineral and vitamins – all found in what you eat – when it is a selection of varied as wholesome as possible. How we make breast milk
Two places to begin – how to win at breastfeeding
More also on this site developed as the resource behind my apps.
I know breastfeeding is tricky at times.
To answer this, as an older mum, I have started a project of interviewing older women. We have in the past have had to learn and listen to others and our babies – and to slow down.
We all say – ‘and then there was an older midwife .. . ‘.
I will come back to this and add it into the easy breasts site soon.
In the meantime – here is some of my story.
4 children – variously
- 1977 – as a vegan mum,
- 1984 as a working teacher/course developer from baby 3 weeks of age,
- 1986 – newborn massively brain injured, then vaccine damaged
- 1994 – C section and baby not able to grasp basic concept – leading thrush in cracked nipples.
We manage . .
It is all so simple – ‘when we get the hang of it.
Why would we?
Is what we do. .
Simple, easy, cheap. always right temperature – and always what baby needs. So much more than food and water, but also the way her/his immune system is being educated to work.
Love
Hormones and love flow. Most women I interviewed were what would be seen now as militant breastfeeders – they felt that as though there was no substitute. Offering our body in service as mum was all part of being mum. What came out was – when messed with in birthing, it was not a given that breastfeeding followed easily.
I wrote ‘What Dads Can Do’ to show that the initial stages need so much loving support.
Perserverence
If you are having problems – please reach out.
It is not a medical issue – but a life one. Others have been there and will have answers. At least partial ones.
Some resources for you!
