Breastfeeding: Coping with the First Week

Synopsis: Features mothers who are dealing with the emotional and practical aspects of breastfeeding. Midwives Chloe Fisher, Sally Inch and Caroline Flint frim the Oxford Breastfeeding Clinic explain that breastfeeding is not instinctive, but something that improves with practice. The programme outlines the main points that will help women to breastfeed well and get off to a good start in the first week. The reality of situations where several attempts are needed to get a baby correctly latched has not been overlooked. It also highlights some of the common pitfalls with getting started and the enormous emotional aspects that mothers are coping with.

Main points featured in the video are: the babys’ first feed; putting the baby to the breast; how the baby gets milk from the breast; feeding in public; knowing if the baby is on the breast properly; getting help with breastfeeding. It also answers such questions as: what is colostrum and what is it for; how long should a breastfeed last; should the baby have one or two breasts?
Series: Health Care Training, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 1996
Year of production: 1996
Uses: Midwives, health visitors
Subjects: Medical sciences; Social welfare
Keywords: breast-feeding; health visiting; infant nutrition

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