Breastfeeding: an introduction provides a basic outline of the key aspects of breastfeeding.

It contains:

• Information on why breastfeeding and breastmilk are important
• Tips to prepare to breastfeed before your baby arrives
• Details on how breastfeeding works
• Instructions to help breastfeed in the early days after birth including useful diagrams and images
• Common concerns that mothers may have in the early days of breastfeeding including sore nipples, engorgement, milk supply etc…
• Tips to help you settle in at home with your baby
• Why night feeds are important for your baby and your supply
• Looking after yourself and your emotions with a new baby
• Information for partners to help support you, the baby and breastfeeding
• Ways in which a new baby may impact your sex life
• How you and your partner may be feeling about sex after a new baby.