Lactation 101

Nursing your baby is a relationship that is best nourished with support and understanding. Our comprehensive course will help build your confidence while providing you with a solid understanding of how milk is produced and maintained, ways to prevent common complications, and how to navigate the nursing relationship as it unfolds in the first few weeks and months. Our course covers the basics of milk production, how to know that your baby is getting enough, proper positioning and latch for successful and comfortable nursing, tips for meeting the individual's nursing goals, feeding misconceptions, information on storing and expressing milk, and where (and when!) to go for additional support once your baby arrives. Nursing supplies and products are also discussed and techniques and tips to ease the nursing relationship are shared.

• Course
• By Brittany Sharpe McCollum, CCE(BWI), CPLD, CLC