In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Dr Justice Reilly, a specialist breast doctor and lactation consultant, about some of the challenges you may face while breastfeeding.

Listen to this podcast to find out:

• the function of colostrum
• how factors during the birth can affect birth weight
• that the weight of a baby is only one factor of assessing health
• variables that can delay a baby's return to their birth weight
• how type of delivery can affect a baby's ability to breastfeed
• about the "breast crawl"
• why babies suck their hands, and how that helps them to learn to breastfeed
• how to manage mastitis, some of the causes
• why mastitis incidences spike over the Christmas period
• why causes nipple damage and how to help it to heal
• working with an oversupply of milk
• how to manage a fast letdown
• using human milk banks for babies in the NICU
• how low breastfeeding rates are a systemic issue
• expectations, and how they can affect breastfeeding issues

Justice can be found at www.breastmed.co.uk

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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
https://www.shooglenifty.com/

The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier