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Getting breastfeeding off to a good start

Learn how to start breastfeeding your newborn baby

Benefits of breastfeeding

  1. The importance of breastfeeding
  2. Breastfeeding - Common myths

Getting started

  1. Your baby's first feed
  2. Feeding your baby: the first few days
  3. Newborn breastfeeding routine
  4. Skin-to-skin contact
  5. Positioning and attachment
  6. Your first breast milk or 'colostrum'
  7. Combination feeding - Breast milk and formula

How much milk to feed your baby

  1. How to tell if your newborn is getting enough breast milk
  2. Concern about overfeeding
  3. Weight gain in breastfed babies

Feeding a premature or ill baby

  1. Breastfeeding your premature or ill baby