To get on top of mastitis before you become very ill, we used to be advised: 'Warmth, Rest and Empty your breast'.  However, new treatment advice is almost the opposite.
It’s your first festive season since you had your baby,  you are wondering, how much can I drink while I am breastfeeding? Will alcohol pass through my milk to my baby? And, how can I drink safely?
You are everything to your baby – food, comfort and nurturing. Around the clock. It’s a lot of pressure, so how do you beat this pressure and protect your mental health?
Pregnant? Planning to breastfeed? Lactation Consultant, Pinky McKay shares her top tips for the first 3 days with your newborn.
Is your baby wanting to breastfeed all evening? Anxious about your milk supply? Â Our IBCLC explains "cluster feeding" and how to manage.
Generally breast size doesn't impact milk supply, but for a small number of women, size and shape can be an indicator that there could be challenges to milk supply.
Evidence from several compelling studies shows Breastfeeding can reduce your own and – if you have a baby daughter – her risk of breast cancer too.
Wondering, how do I get my breastfed baby to take a bottle? If you are returning to work or have been advised to supplement feedings at the breast, see IBCLC Pinky McKay's tips to help your baby take a bottle safely without compromising breastfeeding.
Postnatal depletion can happen whether this is your first baby or a subsequent child and this depletion can be an accumulative process – you conceive a baby, grow a baby, birth a baby then breastfeed, then throw in some sleep deprivation and the e...